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Tucker Carlson Gives A Nazi Apologist A Platform

Tucker Carlson, one of Donald Trump’s favorite broadcasters, coddles Nazi apologists. On his show, Tucker on X, he recently interviewed Darryl Cooper, whom he introduced as “the most important popular historian working in the United States today,” a title that is completely overblown and unwarranted. Cooper, a podcaster and the writer of the newsletter Martyr […]

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A Far-Right Party Stuns Germany

Much to the consternation and alarm of most Germans, the Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) won the recent election in Thuringia and finished second in neighboring Saxony, both of which are in eastern Germany. Chillingly enough, this was the first time since the 12-year Nazi interregnum that a far-right party had amassed a majority of […]

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Nazi Crimes Cannot Be Forgiven

Europeans who committed genocidal crimes during the Holocaust cannot be forgiven, regardless of their age. There is no statute of limitations on murder, either legally or morally. Perpetrators like Irmgard Furchner, a 99-year-old German woman who was given a lenient two-year sentence in 2022 as an accessory to murder in a Nazi concentration camp, richly […]

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Canadian Labor Leader Fred Hahn Must Resign

It is debatable whether Canadian labor leader Fred Hahn is an antisemite, but he is certainly grossly insensitive to Jews and undeniably hostile toward Israel. Which makes him a highly divisive leader and an ignoble character who does not belong in his job. On August 21, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) announced it […]

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New University Rules Do Not Curtail Free Speech

With students scheduled to return to classes next month, universities in the United States have adopted stringent new rules to limit pro-Palestinian protests, which erupted on campuses following  the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip last October. Under the new regulations, encampments will be banned, protests will be allowed only in designated […]

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The Birju Dattani Affair Tarnishes Canada

In light of the scandalous Birju Dattani affair, one can only hope that the Canadian federal government will not make the same egregious mistake again in its employment practices. Dattani, selected recently as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, agreed to go on leave last week following a flurry of complaints from the […]

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Another “Progressive” U.S. Politician Bites The Dust

Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York was the first one in the club to fall in a primary election. Representative Cori Bush of Missouri followed him down the path to defeat. In relatively quick succession, two African American members of The Squad, an informal group of left-wing Democratic members of the House of Representatives who […]

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Israel Was Josh Shapiro’s Achilles heel

At the end of it all, Josh Shapiro was unable overcome a distinct disadvantage in his bid to become Kamala Harris’ running mate in the forthcoming U.S. presidential election. Shapiro thereby fell short of becoming the second Jewish American to be selected for that job. In 2000, Vice President Al Gore chose Joseph Lieberman, a […]

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A Grotesque Misrepresentation

The Norwegian street artist Toddel has created a mural of Anne Frank in the southwestern city of Bergen that is nothing short of revolting. “Death of an Innocent,” as it is blandly called, provocatively portrays the late Dutch Jewish diarist clad in a Palestinian keffiyeh. Toddel has said that his mural is a critique of […]

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Fragmented France After An Inconclusive Election

A multitude of voters, particularly Jews, reacted nervously to the inconclusive outcome of the second round of the parliamentary election in France on July 7. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, which finished first in last week’s opening round and was forecast to form a majority government before yesterday’s runoff, wound up in third place with […]