On November 10, 1938, simultaneous violent attacks on Jewish businesses, Synagogues and properties occurred all over Germany. Kristallnacht or “The Night of Broken Glass” was a new phase in anti-Semitism and it helped it to reach a point of no return. As the civilized world voiced its outrage at the violent pogroms, Hitler ignored it all and […]
This coming March, the third Christ at the Checkpoint Conference (CaTC) will take place in Bethlehem. The theme for this year's conference is taken straight out of the Lord's Prayer found in Matthew 6:10: "Your Kingdom Come". By their own declaration, the organizers of CaTC have a mission defined as follows: The mission […]
There is no doubt in my mind that organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League or the Simon Wiesenthal Center are instrumental in fighting bigotry and xenophobia in general and anti-Semitism in particular. They are very involved in tracking, exposing and fighting all kinds of anti-Semitism worldwide. Yet, I still believe that the best […]