David Bernstein
Lawprof at Scalia Law School, GMU. Check out my books at tinyurl.com/ycyz34ts.
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Israel lobby groups hatch plan to divide the left
Alliance with Trump and far-right seen as eroding support for Israel.
Jewish Americans abandon Israeli Birthright tour to call out propaganda
Young Jews question the narrative presented to them during government-sponsored trips to Israel
Are Young American Jews as Left-leaning as the Media Suggests?
Surprisingly, according to a recent survey Jews ages 18-30 are signifcantly more supportive of Donald Trump than are older Jews
Touring the Israeli Occupation: Young U.S. Jews Get an Unflinching View
Birthright Israel, which takes young Jews to Israel, has been criticized for ignoring the Palestinians. A Times reporter joins an alternative tour set up by J Street, a liberal lobbying group.
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600 thousand participants have gone on Birthright. 40 on this trip. This trip has received perhaps 15 thousand times the attention from the Times as BR, proportionately.
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panorama 2019 07 10 is labour anti semitic 720p hdtv x264 deadpool
The BBC's latest act of treachery.
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Must-see BBC documentary on antisemitism in the UK Labour Party. A warning for Americans as the Corbynization of the Democrats continues apace.
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41 percent of young European Jews have considered emigrating due to anti-Semitism
Some 2,700 respondents aged 16-34 said they fear for their safety as a Jewish person, a survey found.
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Noam Chomsky, 2003: 'In the West, fortunately, [antisemitism] scarcely exists now, though it did in the past."
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America’s Asylum System Is Profoundly Broken
Until the United States establishes and articulates clear rules, the crisis at the border will continue.
David Bernstein
"Nobody intended to build 'concentration camps' ... instead[it's] the inevitable failure of the attempt to process hundreds of thousands of would-be migrants through a system intended for a few thousand victims of state-sponsored persecution."
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More Than 140 Holocaust, genocide experts think Ocasio-Cortez should be allowed to call migrant detention centers "concentration camps"
"The very core of Holocaust education is to alert the public to dangerous developments that facilitate human rights violations," the scholars wrote.
David Bernstein
Hundreds of "experts" claim that the core of Holocaust education is to politicize the Holocaust to mobilize people against other bad stuff. Activists have an excuse, but no academic scholar should have signed this.
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David Bernstein
If these experts had invoked the Holocaust instead in a controversy about Israel to support the pro-Israel perspective, the same folks who are promoting them would be pillorying them for using their scholarly credentials for ideological purposes.
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New study: Russian propaganda may really have helped Trump in 2016
The study does not prove Russian interference swung the election to Trump. But it did find Trump's poll numbers improved when Russian trolls were active.
Oman on "Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law" by Saiman
Nathan B. Oman (William & Mary Law School) has posted Temple, Talmud, and Sacrament: Some Christian Thoughts on Halakhah (Villanova Law Review, Forthcoming 2019) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law, Chaim Saiman...
After Words with George Will
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will offers his thoughts on American conservatism. He's interviewed by Jonah Goldberg, National Review senior editor.
David Bernstein
George Will: "David Bernstein of George Mason Law School has a wonderful book, Rehabilitating Lochner..."
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Everyone Involved in Harming Migrant Kids Should Be Living in Shame
Writing to representatives won’t be enough. Each individual in the system — including the foot soldiers — has to feel responsible.
If Americans Knew - What every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine
If Americans Knew is dedicated to providing Americans with everything they need to know about Israel and Palestine. Statistics updated every week.
Sweden - Chabad Couple Made To Pay $100k For Home Schooling Their Children In Sweden
Sweden - A Swedish supreme court ordered a rabbi and his wife, who is a teacher, to pay more than $100,000 for refusing to send to school two of their children. Alexander and Leah Namdar, both emissaries of the Chabad movement to Gothenburg,...
It Sounds Crazy, But Fukushima, Chernobyl, And Three Mile Island Show Why Nuclear Is Inherently Safe
Nuclear’s worst accidents show that the technology has always been inherently safe thanks to the high energy density of its fuel.
Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College - Trial Day 1 - “It was a mob mentality out there”
... testified a police officer, who also contradicted a main defense that school officials were involved to calm the situation: “I didn’t see anyone trying to calm the students down at all."
Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – Trial Day 8 -- "my dad was going to pass away labeled as a racist"
David Gibson: “Without [Oberlin College] coming out and offering a message that we were not racist, it was going to go on forever. They caused this thing, and they needed to step up and do the right thing. They never did.”
Afghan government unconditionally releases hundreds of Taliban prisoners
In an effort to get the Taliban to open negotiations, the Afghan government has freed hundreds of Taliban prisoners without conditions, and will free hundreds more.