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The Undeniable Link Between Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Apr 28, 2019 Those who promote loathing of Muslims among white people are creating an atmosphere in which, inevitably, Jews will also be attacked. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Press Once Again Declines to Call White Terrorism in Kansas, Nevada, White Terrorism

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 14, 2014 We had the horrible day-before-Passover attack on two Jewish community facilities outside Kansas City, Kan, allegedly committed by a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, which left three people dead We had the horrible day-before-Passover attack on two Jewish community facilities outside Kansas City, Kan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hope’s Opening Day

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 1, 2013 The obligations of religious toleration and pluralism require all who care not a bit about baseball to accept that Opening Day is more than the beginning of a sports season. It is a great religious festival. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kill the Child, Spare the Lamb

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 26, 2013 Sorry to be such a nudge, but as I write this before heading off to yet another in a long lifetime of Seders, I still can't get my head wrapped around this business of the plagues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

ObamaTube: Passover/Easter Edition

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2009 President Barack Obama draws upon the traditions and meanings behind "two very different holidays" -- Passover and Easter -- as his jumping-off point for his weekly address about the state of the country and the world and about his time rubbing elbows with other world leaders during the past week . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )