Ruling on campus hate

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 22, 2013

Over the past decade, as anti-Israel demonstrations have become a regular occurrence on many U.S. college campuses, Jewish nonprofits and individuals have turned to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for relief, and with some success. They convinced the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), for one, to investigate anti-Israel speech and actions at three University of California campuses, arguing that such speech is tantamount to anti-Semitism and violates the civil rights of Jewish students.

The battle brewing over Sen. Boxer’s Israel visa bill

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 22, 2013

L.A. rabbi, running for U.S. Senate, draws fire for anti-Islamic comments

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 16, 2012

Return to sender

By Rob Eshman
Published on October 15, 2008

I've never understood why they call a last-minute election ploy an "October Surprise," other than the fact that it usually happens in, you know, October.

The Muslim assassination plot and President Bush

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 8, 2008

Prager; CAIR; Gibson; The Boot!

Published on December 14, 2006

letters to the editor

Israeli-Palestinian Confederation; CAIR; Borat; Elections; More JewQ questions

Published on November 16, 2006

Josef Avesar says of the Israelis and Palestinian Arabs that "each side demands that the other relinquish crucial aspects of its identity," and that therefore, some form of confederation would be a "pragmatic" solution to their problems ("Mideast Solution: A Confederation," Nov. 3). Both Avesar's diagnosis and prescription are wrong.

Cluster bombs; again with the ‘Dumb Jews;’  Democrats vs Republicans one more time; Jews in Space!

Published on November 9, 2006

Calling for condemnation of the IDF's use of cluster bombs against Hezbollah would degrade Israel's ability to defend herself, thus encouraging Hezbollah to again employ their vast rocket and missile inventory to terrorize and murder Israeli civilians and to damage Israel's economy ("Cluster Silence," Oct. 31).

L.A. Times violates journalistic ethics in Anaheim City Council election coverage

By Steven Emerson
Published on October 19, 2006

Bill Dalati, a Syrian-born insurance agent, is running for a spot on Anaheim's City Council. His candidacy has come under scrutiny because of his association with a controversial organization with known links to the Hamas terror group and his participation at a virulently anti-Israel rally this past summer.

Community Briefs

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 24, 2005

Community Briefs

Hate Crime Stats Not Always Precise

By Idan Ivri
Published on July 15, 2004

The Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) new report titled, "Unpatriotic Acts," warns that acts of hate against Muslims in the United States skyrocketed in 2003. At face value, the numbers are grim: CAIR notes a 70 percent increase in "reports of harassment, violence and discriminatory treatment" against Muslims in the United States between 2002 (602 acts) and 2003 (1,019 acts). That also represents a 300 percent increase between the years 2000 and 2003.

Those numbers, however, do not entirely speak for themselves. Tracking hate is a complex process; statistics may be influenced by outside variables. That's especially true since the CAIR report also includes noncriminal acts of discrimination, sometimes called "hate incidents." CAIR is not alone in using this methodology: Some groups tracking anti-Semitism do the exact same thing.

Community Briefs

Published on April 15, 2004

Community Briefs

Muslim Messages

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 28, 2002

Amid the profusion of billboards along Southern California freeways, motorists are being startled by a new one. It features seven smiling faces of various ethnicities, with one, a woman wearing a black headscarf, holding a small American flag.