Dan Weiss

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Jan 13, 2015, 6:15 AM

Je Suis Dreyfus?

“If France… get caught up in a maelstrom of antisemitism and let the Parisian crowd chant 'Kill the Jews!' Where can they be safe once again – if not in their own country?” This excerpt has a very contemporary ring...

Jul 24, 2014, 6:50 AM

The Silent Majority

Back in May, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) published the results of a comprehensive global study of anti-Semitism. They polled 53,100 people from countries spanning the globe asking whether they endorse 11 common stereotypes about Jews. According...

Apr 28, 2014, 5:56 PM

Anti-Semitism: More than Meets the Eye

Several events this past month presaged the arrival of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). Two weeks ago, 73 year-old Frazier Glenn Cross drove up to Jewish institutions in Kansas City and murdered three people he believed to be Jewish....

Apr 11, 2014, 9:22 PM

Passover Cleaning: The Eleventh Plague

Growing up in a modern orthodox home, I always considered Pesach (Passover for everyone else) to be my favorite holiday. This undoubtedly had to do with the Seder, which was a special family time (particularly when my brother...

Dec 4, 2013, 7:08 PM

A Jew with no religion

The Pew report omitted the single core feature that binds Jews together: namely, arguing with fellow Jews

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About Me

Dan is an associate professor of psychology at Penn State Unviersity. He also blogs on the Huffington Post and PsychologyToday.