Phyllis Chesler's Blog, page 30

Dial Three for Arabic for Public Assistance in Michigan, USA

"Give me your tired and your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." These immortal words were written by a Jewish-American woman, Emma Lazarus, whose roots are Sephardic; her words are inscribed on the American Statue of Liberty and have

Cinematic Apartheid, the Folly of Appeasement, and the Righteous Artists of our Time

Why did Haifa's International Film Festival wish to honor filmmaker Mira Nair for her film "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"? The film is just another exceptionally well done piece of anti-American propaganda which justifies Islamic/Islamist terrorism by

Excluding Women from the Ezrat Nashim is a Crime Before God

I have just read through the many comments in response to my piece "Mean Girls at the Western Wall." I want to thank so many people for reading my words. I have heard from some people privately as well. Please allow me to clarify some things: The

"Mean Girls" at the Western Wall

Yesterday, the Women of the Wall (WOW), tried to pray at Jerusalem's Western Wall but were met, instead, with a solid wall of female hatred. Thousands of ultra-Orthodox (haredi) high school girls and women cursed, jeered, and blew whistles non-stop. Eggs

Family Feuds, Wild East Style

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal had a front page story: As U.S. Pulls Out, Feuds Split Afghanistan's Ruling Family. This title is both comic and tragic but it is not "news". "A Ruling Family feud" is Afghan history and, perhaps, psychology. Afghan

Op-Ed: L'Attentat: Suicide Bombing as a Female Career Option

An Arab doctor and his suicide bomber wife are the focus of a complex film banned in Lebanon. I have just seen Lebanese director Zind Doueiri's prize-winning film, "L'Attentat" (The Attack). The film focuses on Dr. Amin Jafaari, a rather soulful,

UNICEF's Blood Libel Against Israel

UNICEF has just released a report which constitutes a Blood Libel against the state of Israel. The UN body claims that Israeli forces have mistreated Palestinian children and have "degraded" and "tortured" those in custody. The world media is picking

Hacked - Thank You!

Anumber of prominent anti-Jihadists were all hacked last night. I am proud to be among them. I am not "naming names." But here is the story. Someone copied my photo and set up a new Facebook account in the name of another anti-jihadist,

Twenty Five Years and Counting No More: Women's Struggle for Religious Rights in Jerusalem

On June 9, 2013, this coming Sunday, the legendary, Jerusalem-based Women of the Wall plan to conduct a full Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) prayer service in the women's section at the Kotel (Western Wall). They plan to leyn (chant) from a Torah. This will be

Mad and Lethal Jew-Hatred Has Taken Front Stage

We did not want to leave Egypt when we were Pharoah's slaves; within weeks, we wanted to return. This longing for the place of one's childhood, the smells and haunts and gravesites of our ancestors also characterized the Egyptian Jews of the 20th century