Edward Koch
By Edward Koch
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Opinion Recognize Resurgence of Antisemitism in France
Physical attacks on Jews in France increased by 45% last year, and verbal attacks increased by 71%, according to a new report prepared by CRIF, the umbrella group of French Jewish organizations. That is bad enough news. But to make matters worse, the French ambassador to the United States has been quoted as claiming that…
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Opinion Will Mel Gibson Get Away With His Antisemitic Tirade?
Will Mel Gibson get away with it? Now that Gibson has been revealed as having ranted against “f—ing Jews” who “are responsible for all the wars in the world,” a debate has erupted over what consequences, if any, he should suffer. In the past, some public figures who have made hostile statements about Jews or…
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Opinion A Lesson In Protesting Insulting Cartoons
As mobs throughout the Muslim world assaulted European targets in response to the publication of caricatures of Muhammad, an Iranian government newspaper offered its own bizarre response to the controversy by announcing a contest for cartoons mocking the Holocaust. In their fevered imagination, the Iranians believe they will expose a double standard, according to which…
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