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24 Days, 26 Murderers: The Story of Ilan Halimi

Algerian born French filmmaker, Alexandre Arcady, has directed a small masterpiece. 24 Days is a gripping and somber police drama. Even though we know the outcome, we are nevertheless at the edge of our seats, fearing what we might see next, knowing what

Female Muslim Author Beaten, Sent to Mental Hospital After Praising Rushdie

Zainub Priya Dala, a South African Muslim author and psychologist, was "violently attacked for expressing admiration for Salman Rushdie" the day after praising the author. After countless phoned-in threats to recant, Dala was placed under psychiatric

Left Protests at Idan Reichel's NY Performance - I Kid You Not

On the evening of April 12th, on Manhattan's upper West Side, the usual anti-Zionist and pro-Palestinian groups such as Adalah-NY, the BDS National Committee, and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel protested the

ISIS's Nazi-Style 'Jihad Bride' Propaganda an Alluring Trap for Western Girls

Foreign girls who are lured via the internet to join ISIS are being misled by a glamorized vision of women posing with AK-47s and in martial arts positions—in essence, a vision of women performing forbidden, male-only holy mission tasks. ISIS

B'Kol Dor V'Dor….In Every Generation

Who would have believed that the Jews would ever be so defamed again? That Israel and Zionism—the liberation movement of the Jewish people--would become despised by both western intellectuals and Islamist mobs? Who could ever have predicted that the

Professor Takes Medical Leave After Pro-Israel Facebook Post Leads to 'Vicious Hate Mail' Campaign

Andrew Pessin, Professor of Philosophy at Connecticut College, is the latest casualty in the campus-based culture wars. Dr. Pessin is a well-liked and much published professor, self-described as the "only Jewish professor on campus who openly advocates

The First Serious Push-Back on the West-Islamist Battlefield of Ideas

"There is an apocalyptic dimension to global Jihad. Jihadists believe they are engaged in a 'sacred task' to redeem the world via conquest. We hide our eyes while they do not hide their intentions." Please meet Professor Richard Landes, a medieval

UN to Advocate for Rights of Child Sex Slaves: Don't Call It 'Prostitution'

Yesterday, according to a PassBlue report prominent Indian anti-prostitution activist Ruchira Gupta revealed: "I was surprised that the UN was trying to censor [me and told] me not to speak on prostitution, when my work was with victims of prostitution

Palestinian Journalist Chronicles Brutal Life of Muslim Sister Wives

Polygamy is widely practiced in Gaza—and the women (or "sister wives") are not happy about it. So says Asmaa Al-Ghoul, who has just exposed this practice in an article for Al Monitor. Al-Ghoul is a heroic feminist Palestinian journalist who, in 2009,

A new war against the 'oldest hatred'

Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism — two sides of the same coin — are raging yet again. They are brutally alive in the Middle East, Europe and even here in America. Yet now, at long last, there is some pushback, at least on the "battlefield of ideas." It