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Op-Ed: Multiculturalism, Islam and Child Sex Slavery

"Easy meat" is how Islamic doctrine looks at the abuse of non-Muslim women. And now it is documented in the UK. Soeren Kern has just published an article about child sex slavery in the UK. He focuses on a new report about the large-scale "grooming" of

Chesler Facebook Chronicles

I begin to understand why people have increasingly shortened their words, going from handwritten letters to computer-driven email to a few sentences on Facebook to a limited number of characters on Twitter. It is very Talmudic--and haiku-like, very much

Chesler Facebook Chronicles

I have been busily posting at Facebook and growing quite a following. The discussions are often interesting, sometimes even riveting. I fear that FB has become something of a discipline, a habit, a practice. I see that many people post "selfies" or

Op-Ed: Anti-Semitism, Old and New

And so, twelve years after I started writing my now out-of-print book, "The New Anti-Semitism: The Coming Crisis and What To Do About It"; eleven years after I published it in 2003, I am counted as one of the experts on the subject. My words are joined

International Women's Day -- why America's politically correct feminists dishonor human rights

As a young bride, I once lived in a harem in Afghanistan. It was a nearly fatal adventure but I survived, escaped, and learned about gender and religious apartheid long before the Taliban. My firebrand American feminism was probably forged in purdah in

Zen and the Art of Motherhood

Last night, I was honored by the Museum of Motherhood and inducted into their Hall of Fame, as were Drs. Andrea O'Reilly and Barbara Katz Rothman. All three of us have done research and activism on behalf of mothers and motherhood. The room was crowded

National Jewish Book Awards

Now, I have been knighted. Now, my people have claimed me as one of their own. Forevermore, my book, An American Bride in Kabul, will bear a seal on its cover designating it as a winner. The evening was splendid, resplendent; the company distinguished.

Chesler Facebook Chronicles

Dear Readers, I regularly chronicle events of interest on Facebook. For those of you who aren't Facebook users, I'm sending some of the posts from the last few weeks. 2/28/14 Is Obama Indifferent to African-American Women? He was concerned with Trayvon

Op-Ed: 'J Street Challenge': Truth Trumps Lies

In 2014, in his new film, "The Last of the Unjust," Claude Lanzmann shares his 1975 interview with Viennese Rabbi, Benjamin Murmelstein, the last and only surviving "Elder of the Jews" at Theresienstadt. Both Lanzmann (and I) are impressed with

Chesler Facebook Chronicles

Dear Readers, I've been chronicling events of interest on Facebook. It has become quite a habit! For those of you who aren't Facebook users, I'm sending some of the posts from the last few weeks. An Interesting Travel Update 2/6/14 My trip through