The Ultimate Negative Campaign

from Ruth Wisse at the Wall Street Journal, March Madness, the Anti-Semite Bracket The agents of anti-Semitism are anti-Semites, and unless they become the object of scrutiny, the belligerents will achieve their goal. Blaming Israel for the suffering of Palestinian...

The Root of the Attacks in Paris

from the Wall Street Journal editorials, Ruth R. Wisse writes Anti-Semitism Is Never Solely About The Jews: Excerpts: The PLO was founded in 1964—three years before the war launched by the Arab states from which Israel emerged in possession of some disputed territory...

…Then They Came for the Cartoonists

from the Wall Street Journal editorials, Ruth R. Wisse writes Anti-Semitism Is Never Solely About The Jews: excerpts: If we mistakenly imagine that this is “about” the Jews, however, we fall into the trap that anti-Semitism sets for us by deflecting attention from...

Anti-Semitism as a Political Tool

But I prefer to distinguish anti-Semitism from mere intolerance. Many other groups are subject to prejudice and discrimination. American clubs and schools that formerly excluded Jews also excluded blacks and Asians. Other “middleman minorities,” like Koreans or...

How Anti-Semitism fails

The ability of Arab and Muslim leaders to dominate the United Nations while celebrating their contempt for everything it stands for seems to confirm anti-Semitism’s success. Yet caveat emptor—early benefits of organizing politics against the Jews are inevitably...