Writer: Kenneth Stern

October 31, 2008
4:00 am

Will the financial crisis encourage anti-Semitism?

During times of crisis Jews get nervous, and for good reason. How many generations have learned the meaning of the word “scapegoat” the hard way? Amid the current global financial meltdown, some have pointed out Jewish names in the news or hyped classical anti-Semitic tropes of “Jewish bankers.” How serious is the threat, and what […]

By Kenneth Stern

January 25, 2007
5:00 am

Teaching the Holocaust is important, but it won’t stop anti-Semitism

Holocaust Remembrance Day will be observed tomorrow in many parts of the world, thanks to a landmark ‘005 U.N. General Assembly resolution designating Jan. ‘7 for that observance. One might say, "It’s about time," as it took 60 years for the United Nations to memorialize the Holocaust, or "perfect timing," given Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s […]

By Kenneth Stern