ISIS/ISIL: An Islamic Aberration

Animals: was my instinctual response to photos of Syrian soldiers being executed by members of the so-called Islamic State (IS). The same gut feelings two days earlier to the news of the killing of American…

Which Israel Will Be Greeting the Pope?

IS it the official diplomatic fanfare and PR machine parading Israel’s religious “tourism,” or the unofficial welcome decorating Palestinian churches in Jerusalem with slogans like “Jesus is garbage” and “Mary is a cow”? Would it…

Spain’s Apology

Jews are Not the Only Ones Who Suffered, Muslims Also Owed Corrections for Historical Wrongs  The Spanish government’s offer of the “right of return” to the descendants of Jews expelled in 1492 is a “bit…

Rupert Murdoch and the Jews

Whoops. Rupert Murdoch’s unchaperoned tweeting was bound to get him into trouble. On Saturday, he slipped into an antisemitic usage: “Why is Jewish-owned press so consistently anti-Israel in every crisis?” What Murdoch was doing was…