The Dangerous Charisma of Gideon Levy
Gideon Levy is a brilliant and charismatic speaker. I saw him for the first time in a video of his lecture at a conference held in Washington, DC on 18 March 2016. If I...
Category: Jew-Hate
Using a Knife In The Public Relations Intifada
Intifada victim Yonaton Azarihab knew when to take the knife out of his wound and Dafna Meir knew when to fight to keep it in. We all need to have the presence of mind...
3 Steps to Effectively Counter-Protest Antisemitic Events
Consider this a case-study: On 4 February 2016 at York University, the JDL conducted a humiliating and ineffective counter-protest to a divestment demonstration. Using this event as an example, I offer here the way...
JDL – Much Ado About Nothing at York University, Toronto
Sometimes it is smarter to keep silent than to make a fuss. It is not necessarily weakness. The demonstration at York University yesterday (Feb 4, 2016) was a prime example of silence being golden....
Toward the Making of Self-Hating Jews
Self-hating Jews, I think, deplore the reflection of themselves that they see mirrored in the eyes of the non-Jewish world; this determines how they experience their own Jewishness. Non-Jewish societies have, for centuries, found...
Once a Jew Always a Jew – Jewish Self-Hate
Ryan Bellerose, Meti Canadian, put on a kippa for a week and saw what it is like to walk around town as if he was an easily identifiable Jew. In contrast, I left Toronto...
Naomi Friedman: Understanding New Symbols of Antisemitism
Confronting antisemitism today is more difficult than in the past because antisemites are becoming increasingly devious and antisemitic events are less “in-your-face” than the mass protests and violence characterizing earlier years. I want to...
Antisemitic Mural At York University: Protest or Acquiesce?
The Jewish Defence League (JDL) of Toronto is planning a protest against the antisemitic mural at York University. And a week ago, I was asked by a group fighting defamation of Israel on North...
