Archive for July 24th, 2007

Anti-Semitism: Back in Vogue – Part II

It’s clear that anti-Semitism is back in vogue. This point has unfortunately been made abundantly clear in the blogosphere over the past week, thanks to some of the bloggers over at the Gawker Media blogs Gawker and Wonkette. If you are not familiar with these blogs, they typify what I refer to as trash blogging [...]

Jul 24, 2007 | 5 comments | View Post

Anti-Semitism: Back in Vogue – Part I

Today is Tisha Be’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. How sad? Well, here’s a sample of the tragedies that occurred on this day in history. 1312 BCE – When the Jews were in the desert, they accepted the slanderous report of the ten spies, resulting in the decree that they could not enter [...]

Jul 24, 2007 | 1 comment | View Post