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It never ceases to amaze me how the populist Right, or what speaks in its name, overestimates its strength both here and in Western Europe. One needn’t be an enemy of these activists to recognize the exaggerated nature of their claims. Those in the media who now demand a border wall insist that the “people” want this goal achieved immediately if not sooner. In fact, according to Ann Coulter, Trump “scammed the American people” by not giving them the wall they’re clamoring for. But according a nationwide poll by The Hill, 51 percent of American voters oppose Trump’s project, while...

Even groups whose purported mission is to defend Jews against attack do not always acknowledge the extent of campus anti-Semitism and SJP’s role in perpetrating it. Tina Malka, the associate regional director of the San Diego chapter of the Anti-Defamation League was quoted as stating that SDSU’s inclusion on the Top Ten list was “unfair to the school.” [SNIP] Yet, the ADL is determined to keep its head in the sand and dismiss the many documented incidents at SDSU with the claim that they do not indicate an “anti-Semitic environment.” It is time for the ADL and other mainstream Jewish...

After President Barack Obama revealed the suspect status of his support for Israel — and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wowed crowds with a sternly-worded address to a special joint session of Congress — some speculated Jewish American support for Obama would wane. But a new Gallup poll out yesterday shows a large majority still approve of the president. Jewish Americans gave President Barack Obama a 60% job approval rating in June, down from 68% in May, but statistically unchanged from 64% in April. Thirty-two percent of U.S. Jews now disapprove of the job Obama is doing, similar to their...

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Two Columbia police officers are the focus of a civil lawsuit concerning an incident last year in which a man was tasered after a traffic stop. Attorney Samuel Trapp filed the civil suit yesterday in federal court in Jefferson City on behalf of Cadilac Derrick, 23, of Columbia. On Feb. 24, 2009, Derrick was driving his registered Suburu down Providence Road when Columbia police Officers Tim Giger and John Logan pulled him over, according to the lawsuit A video posted on YouTube shows the incident captured by police cameras. The officers approached each side of the car, in which Derrick’s...

American Jews overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama, the Candidate of Change, despite credible warnings and ample evidence that he would obsessively seek to create a Palestinian state at Israel's expense and "engage" nuclear-arming, Islamist Iran. After four months of Change, Obama's support in the Jewish community seems rock solid. Besides, many Jews say, Obama's appointment of two Jews to key White House positions - Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff and David Axelrod as presidential senior adviser - proves Obama is OK for Israel. So what if the meeting with Netanyahu didn't go as well as first advertised? Bibi's a...

Doing the Holocaust “Schtick”   By Hillel StavisFrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, May 16, 2008 “Some U.S. citizens travel with an unconscious attitude of superiority” “Being openly gay or lesbian is outside the cultural norms of Palestinian life…” “It is best that you not raise the issue of being gay or lesbian with Palestinians..” “It’s best not to practice your Hebrew with Palestinians even if someone uses it with you.” “It is better not to wear a kippah or yarmulke in Palestinian communities.  Again, while our hosts are glad to meet Israelis and Jews, there are many eyes and ears watching...

Washington - The simmering debate over American policy toward Israel and the role of the Jewish community in shaping it exploded with near-nuclear force this week. Several of the nation?s best-known international affairs commentators fired salvos at pro-Israel lobbyists and defenders of Israel fired back with unprecedented fury. In the space of three days, major critiques of Jewish lobbying were published by controversial billionaire George Soros, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof, the respected British newsmagazine The Economist and the popular Web site Salon. The replies were furious. The New York Sun accused Kristof and Soros of spreading a ?new blood...

Throughout the Diaspora there are alienated Jews on the fringe whose primary involvement in Jewish life is centered on undermining the Jewish state. Now they are seeking to establish themselves as a respectable alternative Jewish voice. This is the price we are paying for having long buried our heads in the sand, failing to isolate from the mainstream Jews who dedicate themselves to delegitimizing and demonizing Israel. The potential damage they are capable of inflicting upon us cannot be underestimated. Jews defaming their own people is hardly a new phenomenon. Their presence is evident throughout history from the age of...

Funders call emergency aid to Israeli Arabs an ‘imperative’ by Robert Wiener NJJN Staff Writer Leaders of New Jersey Jewish federations are defending emergency allocations to Arab and Druze citizens of Israel who suffered or were threatened when Hizbullah rocket attacks crashed into the country’s North during the summer’s war in Lebanon. Responding to allegations from a right-wing pro-Israel activist that Israeli Arabs are a “fifth column,” the fund-raisers say that their beneficiary agencies do not discriminate by race or religion, and that it is irresponsible to make generalizations about a population that numbers 1.2 million. In his weekly e-mail...

Howard Dean, in a speech to the American Jewish Committee... took a swipe at the Republican Party, saying the Democratic Party is one of inclusion and religious freedom. "I was recently asked about the difference between the Democratic and Republican parties," Dean said. "When it comes right down to it, the essential difference is that the Democrats fundamentally believe it is important to make sure that American Jews feel comfortable being American Jews." Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, who is Jewish, addressed the group on Tuesday. The head of the Democratic Party said Wednesday that unchecked U.S. reliance on...

February 20, 2006 Dissecting “Israel is an Apartheid Regime” Calumny Filed under: Front Page, Opinion, Middle East, Israel, Law, antisemitism TAKING IT TO THE PALESTINIANS’ USEFUL JEWISH IDIOTS By Bill Narvey All too often the world’s Jewish community tends to consider Jews in academia and other higher stations in life who allow themselves to be used to speak out in favor of Palestinians and against Israel as kooks that the Jewish community need not be too concerned about. It is not only foolish, but dangerous for the Jewish communities and pro-Israel advocates to ignore these Jews who, by being Jews,...

Tense Quiet in Hevron 14:41 Jan 16, '06 / 16 Tevet 5766 By Hillel Fendel Hundreds of army forces and special policemen entered the Jewish Quarter of Hevron late this morning, taking over rooftops, as well as the Betar building. The situation is tense. "They've come simply to provoke us, to scare us and to show their strength," said David Wilder, spokesman for the Hevron Jewish Community. "They have come with a tremendous show of force - soldiers, police, Yassam, Border Guard, and horses - and they're just standing and watching. I don't think there's been one arrest. They're simply...

US Jews weigh in ahead of Alito hearings By MATTHEW E. BERGER / JTA WASHINGTON Talkbacks for this article: 8 Amid the Hanukka parties and the New Year festivities, the organized Jewish community has been gearing up to make itself heard on the next nominee for the US Supreme Court. Several Jewish organizations already have spoken out against Judge Samuel Alito Jr., who will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for confirmation hearings this week. Those groups and others are pushing key lawmakers to ask pointed questions about Alito's record on abortion and the separation of church and state. The...