‘Jesus is my Vaccine’ Has a Millennium-Long History Rooted in Antisemitism
In early April, the internet was entranced by televangelist Kenneth Copeland summoning the wind of…
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Bill Gates’ Comments on Covid-19 Vaccine Enflame ‘Mark of the Beast’ Worries in Some Christian Circles
If the worries of most quarantined Christians in the United States center on health and…
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Churchgoers, Stay Home—It’s The American Way
Across the nation, stay-at-home orders have quieted downtowns, schools, theaters, and stadiums. But one kind…
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Literary Critic George Steiner, Whose Views on Anti-Semitism Drew Controversy, Dies at 90
In 2019 the community of literary scholars marked the passing of the pugilistic and controversial…
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Trump Gives Davos Press Credentials to Racist Conspiracy Outlet. Again.
One of the many despicable attributes of the Trump administration is its habit of using…
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A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade
Since the turn of this century, following the news is like experiencing a daily repudiation…
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The Resurgence of Right-Wing Anti-Semitic Conspiracism Endangers All Justice Movements
In right-wing circles, theories about cultural Marxism in the era of Trumpism come entangled with other anti-Semitic theories, often arguing that George Soros and a shadowy “globalist” cabal are working to dissolve national borders and sovereignty into a totalitarian-communist “New World Order.”
Read MoreRecent Debates Highlight Democrats’ Antisemitism Blind Spot—But It’s Not What You Think
Though Democrats have recently sought to condemn antisemitism, by defining it solely in the context of Israel they ironically force American Jews into an impossible situation.
Read MoreThe Conflation of Antisemitism and Israel Criticism Isn’t Unique, But It Is a Problem
Our focus should be on the capture of the debate over U.S.-Israeli relations by a dominant narrative in which a single set of authorities (both political and religious) claims exclusive access to a rich and fluid set of political and religious traditions.
Read MoreRacism and Anti-Semitism Are Not Intrusions of a Dark Past Into Our Present
We add to the power of racism and anti-Semitism rather than resist them when we fail to acknowledge that the past lives through us.
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