Israel’s Shiri Maimon has done us proud, placing fourth in the in the Eurovision Song Contest. Of course, I thought she should have won. Her song was easily the most powerful, and she sang it beautifully. And before you shout out “but they hate us in Europe!”, a look at the scoreboard reveals that she received [...]
Make no mistake about it: anti-Semitism is flourishing. Up until fairly recently, the European nations had been more or less low-key when it came to expressing their feelings about Jews. Sure, many had still harbored the usual ill feelings towards Jews, but it had not been acceptable to voice them. Once Israel bashing became acceptable, the [...]
It seems that all of a sudden, everyone’s the fashion police….The media, and indeed many left-leaning bloggers, are having a field day criticizing US Vice president Cheney’s attire at the 60th anniversary ceremony of the liberation of Auschwitz. Vice President Dick Cheney raised eyebrows on Friday for wearing an olive-drab parka, hiking boots and knit [...]
