Tag: bds
Pro-Israel grassroots campus group soars
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, JNSSep 18, 2015
ACTIVISM. NOT re-activism. Education. Preparation. These are just a few of the mantras a new pro-Israel organization uses to encourage participation. Fast-growing...
BDS is rife with anti-Semitism
IJN Editorial StaffAug 20, 2015
Only a Jewish performer is asked to pass a litmus test on Israel and the Palestinians. If there were any lingering doubt that the BDS movement — which calls for the...
Mark of Cain
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 11, 2015
My first reaction to the latest controversial Meretz-sponsored bill in the Israeli parliament was, mark of Cain. The original meaning of the phrase in Genesis is a sign...
Lesser of two evils: With Israel at the UN
IJN Editorial StaffJun 11, 2015
How’s this for a choice that’s not a choice? Ask the UN to delete Israel from a blacklist of states and armed groups that violate children’s rights during conflict...
Agenda item for Colorado Legislature — Follow Illinois: Outlaw BDS
IJN Editorial StaffJun 04, 2015
Illinois barred state pension funds from including companies that boycott Israel. Memo to Colorado: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. “We anticipate that...
BDS: an absurd galaxy of anti-Semitism
IJN Editorial StaffMay 28, 2015
For many years, American Jews have debated whether anti-Israel attitudes equate with anti-Semitism. Some argued that they were not the same, while others suggested it...
The crisis in US-Israel relations
IJN Editorial StaffMar 26, 2015
It is time for cooler heads. Tighter tongues. Longer-range perspectives. After Simeon and Levi smote the residents of Schechem, who raped their sister Dinah, father...
Fanning the flames of anti-Semitism
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 19, 2015
Chemotherapy administered. Patient dies. How could it be? wonder medical professionals. We only wanted to kill the cancerous cells. Marijuana-laced edible sold. Customer...