Chanukkah: A Two Thousand-Year Old Celebration of Jewish Life in Their Historic Homeland
This week, Jews around the world celebrate the holiday of Chanukkah. More than two thousand years ago, King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Hellenistic Greek leader of the Seleucid Empire, sought to forcibly assimilate the Jews living in Judea & Samaria (sometimes referred to as the “West Bank” by the news media). Those who refused would […]
Holocaust Museums Invite Celebs After Spouting Antisemitism – What if There’s a Better Way to Educate?
Whenever a public figure or celebrity makes antisemitic comments, they are invariably invited to visit a Holocaust museum in order to learn and correct the error and harm of their statements. And while there is indisputably value in learning about the Nazi Holocaust against Europe’s Jews, what if there’s a better way to combat antisemitism […]
Why Are Anti-Israel Activists So Afraid of The IHRA Definition of Antisemitism?
Since being approved by dozens of countries and mainstream Jewish communities around the world in 2016, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism has become widely accepted around the world, Canada included, and increasingly by Canadian provinces and cities with Vancouver being the latest to adopt it. But the IHRA definition is aggressively […]
Qatar Prepares For The 2022 World Cup: Will The Media Cover Their Human Rights Abuses?
Each year, the World Cup attracts legions of fans in person, and viewers worldwide cheer on their home country. The games also attract a massive amount of media attention. This year, the World Cup takes place in Qatar, the small oil-rich kingdom in the Persian Gulf. And while the country’s immense oil wealth has attracted […]
Kyrie Irving Antisemitism Scandal Shows Companies How To Respond To Anti-Jewish Hatred
On the heels of the antisemitism controversy surrounding rapper Kanye West, now, Kyrie Irving, a basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets, is in hot water for sharing a link to a rabidly anti-Jewish “documentary” on his social media channels. Fortunately, his employer took action, and publicly called out Irving and suspended him without pay, showing […]
Another Round of Elections: A Reminder of Israel’s Democracy at Work
On November 1, Israel underwent another election – its fifth in three years. And while many Israelis grumble at the electoral impasse, the ongoing voting is a stark reminder of the democratic rights that Israelis enjoy while hundreds of millions of people throughout the Middle East lack. Even in countries where elections take place, like […]