Judaism

Palestinian activists held a tea party in protest Wednesday. The Balfour Declaration, Britain's promise to Zionists to create a Jewish home in what is now Israel, turns 100 this week, with events in Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Britain drawing attention to the now yellowing document tucked away in London's British Library. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

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The Balfour Declaration’s 100th anniversary reminds us that history matters

Tom Rogan · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

After Alan Dershowitz delivered a speech at the University of California, Berkeley, the student newspaper published a editorial cartoon of the Harvard Law professor that many condemned as a throwback to the anti-Semitic imagery of the Nazi era. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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Alan Dershowitz: Why is a Jewish-American newspaper defending an anti-Semitic cartoon?

Alan Dershowitz · October 31, 2017 11:00 pm

Lord Jonathan Sacks decried both the rise of "safe spaces" on the Left and the rise of nationalism on the Right. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Rabbi urges Americans to ‘renew the covenant’ of the nation amid growing social divisions

Washington Examiner · October 26, 2017 12:50 am

Lazio soccer team president Claudio Lotito, accompanied by Lazio player Felipe Anderson, center, places a wreath outside Rome's Synagogue, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Lazio fans have a long history of racism and anti-Semitism and the Roman club's supporters established another low over the weekend when they littered the Stadio Olimpico with superimposed images of Anne Frank, the young diarist who died in the Holocaust, wearing a jersey of city rival Roma. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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An Italian soccer club struggles to battle anti-Semitism

Tom Rogan · October 25, 2017 5:39 pm

There is a long history of homosexuality in the Nazi movement. (thecouchtripper/YouTube)

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British neo-Nazi comes out as gay and Jewish, but I’m not surprised

Tom Rogan · October 18, 2017 7:50 pm

Anthony Scaramucci's company, Scaramucci ost, posted a survey that asked its followers whether 1 million, 1 to 2 million, 2 to 3 million, or more than 5 million people died during the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Anthony Scaramucci’s ‘media company’ deletes Twitter poll asking how many Jews died in Holocaust

Anna Giaritelli · October 17, 2017 3:13 pm

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., said the Unite the Right rally may have been orchestrated by the political left. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Rep. Paul Gosar suggests George Soros was behind Charlottesville white nationalist rally

Melissa Quinn · October 5, 2017 8:46 pm

The video was removed from the Daily Caller's Youtube page after receiving backlash on social media, including accusations of anti-Semitism. (Screengrab)

Daily Caller removes video mocking New York Times reporter’s pronunciation of ‘chutzpah’

Mandy Mayfield · September 29, 2017 12:39 am

Ken Loach encapsulates the pathological hatred of Israel and just-below-the-surface anti-semitism that defines the British left. On Tuesday, the veteran left-wing filmmaker implied that the Holocaust might be fake news designed to prevent criticism of Israel. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

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Top British socialist implies the Holocaust might be fake news

Tom Rogan · September 26, 2017 8:51 pm

Valerie Plame had to know what she was tweeting. Plame retweeted a virulently anti-Semitic article by a well-known bigot, which she characterized as "thoughtful." Now she's trying to make excuses, but they don't wash. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Alan Dershowitz: Valerie Plame knew what she was retweeting

Alan Dershowitz · September 23, 2017 5:02 pm

New York City residents cast their ballots last week in primaries for mayor, city council, and a handful of other races. Among these largely uncompetitive races was the contest in City Council District 7, which includes Harlem and upper Manhattan, where incumbent Mark Levine trounced challenger Thomas Lopez-Pierre 75 percent to 25 percent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize candidates’ hateful speech

Eric Peterson · September 21, 2017 5:05 pm

Ellison should know better than to abuse the tragedy of the Holocaust to make a political point. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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Exactly what we needed in the immigration debate: A congressman comparing deportation to the Holocaust

Becket Adams · September 21, 2017 3:52 pm