Dershowitz says reported contender for papacy is an anti-Semite

Published on February 18, 2013

Alan Dershowitz wrote in a letter to the editor of the Miami Herald that one of the leading candidates to replace Pope Benedict XVI is an anti-Semite.

Toulouse killer Mohammed Merah was raised to be anti-Semite, brother writes

Published on November 12, 2012

Mohammed Merah was raised to be an anti-Semite long before he killed four Jews in Toulouse, Merah's brother wrote.

French rabbi receives threat to ‘punish’ Jews for complaining

Published on August 22, 2012

The chief rabbi of Lyon, Richard Wertenschlag, has received a letter threatening to "punish a Jew for every complaint the Jews make on TV."

Leader of anti-Semitic party in Hungary plans Auschwitz trip after learning he’s Jewish

Published on August 14, 2012

Following recent revelations that he has Jewish ancestors, a far-right Hungarian politician reportedly will visit Auschwitz.

‘Father of peace studies’ makes public anti-Semitic remarks

Published on April 30, 2012

A Norwegian sociologist who pioneered the discipline of peace studies and conflict resolution made anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements during a public lecture and in an article.

Police look into anti-Semitic bullying incident in Northern Ireland

Published on April 27, 2012

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating claims of anti-Semitic bullying of a boy with Asperger syndrome.

Former Phoenix principal sues over gas chamber exhibit

Published on April 26, 2012

A black Jewish woman is suing the Phoenix school where she formerly served as principal for failing to respond to complaints about a fake gas chamber set up outside her office and then firing her.

Opinion: Our golden calf

By Dennis Prager
Published on March 7, 2012

How would most American Jews react to the following historical assessment by a noted Yiddish scholar, professor Gennady Estraikh of New York University?

Farrakhan The Anti-Semite

By Rob Eshman
Published on February 27, 2012

Galliano sentenced to suspended fine

Published on September 8, 2011

A Paris court sentenced fashion designer John Galliano to a suspended fine and no jail time for making anti-Semitic and racist remarks to patrons at a local cafe.

Letters to the Editor: Gibson Scale, Glenn Beck, Aaron Liberman and Latino-Jewish Coalition

Published on March 15, 2011

The best reasons that I read The Jewish Journal are because of great Americans like Dennis Prager and David Suissa. It is nauseating to see columns by leftist slimebags like Marty Kaplan and Rachel Roberts (the doctoral student — OMG) (“Muslim Criminals, Jewish Activists,” Feb. 18). Maybe the two of them can get together and hate Israel and America together!

Portman’s bold attack on an anti-Semite and Huckabee’s untimely critique

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on March 7, 2011

Fashion and Hitler [VIDEO]

By Susan Freudenheim
Published on March 1, 2011

Charlie Sheen is crazy; is he an anti-Semite too?

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 1, 2011

‘Zorba’ composer declares himself an anti-Semite

Published on February 9, 2011

Mikis Theodorakis, the Greek composer who wrote the music for the film "Zorba the Greek," said in a television interview that he is an "anti-Semite and anti-Zionist." Theodorakis, 86, a hero in Greece, also said in the interview on Greece's High channel that "everything that happens today in the world has to do with the Zionists." He added that "American Jews are behind the world economic crisis that has hit Greece also."

Kissinger: Gassing Jews would not be a U.S. problem

Published on December 12, 2010

Henry Kissinger is heard saying on newly released Nixon tapes that the genocide of Soviet Jews would not be an American concern.

‘Kill Jews’ notes author charged with hate crime

Published on November 4, 2010

A former Brooklyn car service driver accused of leaving notes reading 'Kill Jews' around New York's Long Island was arraigned on a hate crimes charge.

New Mumbai Chabad house to memorialize Holtzbergs

Published on October 20, 2010

Tentative plans for a new Chabad House in Mumbai feature a memorial to the emissary couple slain in the 2008 attacks in the Indian city.

Bombing Suspect Ahmad Vahidi overwhelmingly chosen to be Iran’s defense minister [VIDEO]

Published on September 4, 2009

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chose Ahmad Vahidi, wanted by Argentina over the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre, as his new defence minister.

Let Wagner Be Heard?

Published on August 26, 2009

Why is it I simply cannot condone the presentation and celebration of Richard Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” in Los Angeles, arriving with much fanfare this coming spring?

Microsoft Word: Anti-Semitic?

By Joel Chasnoff
Published on May 19, 2009

Diplomats Make End Run With Early Ratification of Final Durban Document

Published on April 21, 2009

A day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tirade against Israel triggered a walkout by the European delegation and generated headlines around the world, diplomats at the U.N. forum scrambled to ratify the conference’s final document on Tuesday -- three days before the parley’s close, when the document was scheduled to be adopted.

Ahmadinejad: The next Hitler?

By Joshua Yasmeh
Published on February 1, 2007

Some might argue that though Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may appear to be a threat to the world, he is serving and providing for his own country and people. But the scores of protests against Ahmadinejad by college students in Tehran over the past couple of months prove otherwise.

If Borat has offended ... then he’s done his job

By Steven Rosen
Published on November 2, 2006

"Borat" release - will a mass, mainstream audience get the film's satiric sensibilities, or, rather, be offended by its political incorrectness and by its lead character.

Maher Hathout—partner for peace or anti-Semite in centrist clothing?

By Marc Ballon
Published on September 14, 2006

Dr. Maher Hathout, like no other local Muslim leader in recent memory, has divided the Jewish community, exposing fissures between Jews who fervently believe in reviving the frayed Jewish-Muslim dialogue and those who have lost faith.

Richard Wagner’s Day of Reckoning

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 1, 2006

Was Richard Wagner, Hitler's favorite composer, a classical anti-Semite and proto-Nazi or has conventional assumption given him a bad rap?

Letters

Published on June 16, 2005

Letters to the Editor.

Screen Scribe

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 13, 2004

Norman Hudis is a patient man, not by temperament but by necessity. It took the ex-Londoner and current Woodland Hills resident some 30 years to see his play produced on stage, and if the venue is Santa Ana rather than Manhattan, he is as pleased as any playwright savoring his name on a Broadway marquee.

Hidden Heritage Inspires Director

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on September 27, 2001

British film director Stephen Frears was drawn to "Liam," about the making of an anti-Semite, partly because of a startling family secret he discovered in his late 20s.

The Future Is Now

By Wendy Elliman
Published on August 17, 2000

Standing alone next to a yellow sign with black letters warning, "Buchanan is the Fourth Reich," Bob Kunst, president of the Shalom International, became a magnet for heated emotions on the sidewalk outside Long Beach's Convention Center last Friday afternoon.