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Jul 1, 2024, 12:32 AM

Israel Breathes. World Condemns.

Israel breathed this morning. There was a quick intake of air, and then a gentle exhalation. World condemnation was instantaneous. P.A. President Abbas, in the twentieth year of his four-year term, decried the illegitimacy of Israel’s use of the Middle East...

Nov 19, 2023, 7:10 PM

To Campus Presidents: You Can Stop This Madness Now

Dear Presidents of Elite Universities, You have a crisis on your hands. Jewish students are not merely facing a threatening atmosphere of repeated angry rallies celebrating their mass murder and calling for more ("Intifada!"), openly celebrating the terrorist entity Hamas...

Oct 27, 2023, 12:17 AM

Decolonization and Murder

Any ideology that endorses the mass slaughter of a specific people should have no place on any university campus, particularly those allegedly dedicated to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Unfortunately, the October 7 massacre by Hamas of 1400 mostly...

Jul 13, 2021, 5:44 PM

Remarks at the No Fear Rally Against Antisemitism

It’s coming from everywhere. From members of government, from entertainers and celebrities, from the media, in our schools, on our streets, from the right, and from the left, and in the case of Hamas, from the sky and from beneath...

May 25, 2021, 2:59 PM

Israel Breathes. World Condemnation Instantaneous.

Israel breathed this morning. There was a quick intake of air, and then a gentle exhalation. World condemnation was instantaneous. P.A. President Abbas, in the seventeenth year of his four-year term, decried the illegitimacy of Israel’s use of the Middle East...

Apr 7, 2021, 12:20 AM

On being reasonable, and BDS

Review of Jonathan Marks, Let’s Be Reasonable: A Conservative Defense of Liberal Education. Princeton University Press, February 2021, 232 pages, $27.95. Jonathan Marks, Professor of Politics at Ursinus College, has written an important and timely book that should interest anyone,...

Apr 2, 2018, 10:47 PM

Review of Rick Richman, ‘Racing Against History: The 1940 Campaign for a Jewish Army to Fight Hitler’

Racing Against History: The 1940 Campaign for a Jewish Army to Fight Hitler (New York: Encounter Books, 2018, 272 pages, $17.48). In 1940, in the first months of World War II, the three great Zionist leaders in the world --...

Jun 27, 2017, 4:33 PM

The Indelible Stain of Antisemitism: The Failure of ‘Jew-Washing,’ Part 4

See Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. We continue our survey of the many different “types” of Jews that anti-Israelists might invoke for Jew-washing purposes. So far we have examined, and critiqued, the use of Jews in Genes Only...

Jun 26, 2017, 2:36 PM

The Indelible Stain of Antisemitism: The Failure of ‘Jew-Washing,’ Part 3

Part 1 may be found here, Part 2 may be found here. We continue our survey of the many different “types” of Jews that anti-Israelists might invoke for Jew-washing purposes. So far we have examined, and critiqued, the use of...

Jun 25, 2017, 8:46 AM

The Indelible Stain of Antisemitism: The Failed Practice of ‘Jew-Washing,’ Part 2

Part 1 of this essay may be found here. We turn now to the project of getting clearer on just how Jew-washing works. There are two main modes of Jew-washing. The non-Jewish anti-Israelist may deny the charge of antisemitism by noting...

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Andrew Pessin is a philosophy professor, Campus Bureau Editor at The Algemeiner, co-editor of "Anti-Zionism on Campus," and author most recently of two novels, "Nevergreen" (an academic satire examining campus cancel culture and the ideological excesses that generate it) and "Bright College Years" (about how college used to be before they all went crazy). For more information, visit www.andrewpessin.com.

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