Achievements in 2020 in the battle against antisemitism
December 31, 2020 by Manfred Gerstenfeld
While the number of antisemitic incidents worldwide increased in 2020, there were several positive developments in the fight against this hatred. Read more
Should Jews be proud of American Jews in high positions?
December 23, 2020 by Manfred Gerstenfeld
The incoming U.S. President Joe Biden has named a number of Jews to his future cabinet and other senior positions. Read more
Did Dutch Jews go like lambs to the gas chambers?
June 20, 2019 by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Retired Dutch general Toine Beukering is a freshman Dutch senator from the Forum for Democracy (FvD), a new anti-immigration and Euroskeptic party that has become the largest party in the Dutch Senate. Read more
Mahathir Ten Years Ago: Jews rule the World
November 24, 2013 by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Ten years ago in the last months of 2003, the since-forgotten yet highly instructive Mahathir Affair took place. At the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit in 2003 in Kuala Lumpur, then-Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir, the conference host, presented relations between Muslims and Jews as a worldwide frontal confrontation.[1] Read more
Wilders’ Pro-Israel Party Favours Forbidding Ritual Slaughter…writes Manfred Gerstenfeld
February 5, 2013 by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Before the Dutch parliamentary elections in September 2012, Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger wrote a letter to Geert Wilders, the pro-Israel leader of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV). The party’s platform for the elections included the prohibition of ritual slaughter.[1] Read more
Geert Wilders’ Mistake…
February 4, 2013 by Manfred Gerstenfeld
Last week, Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger wrote a letter to Geert Wilders, the pro-Israel leader of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV). The party’s platform for the upcoming parliamentary elections on 12 September includes the prohibition of ritual slaughter. Read more
