Tag Archives: OPINION
Opinion: What We Can All Learn From Mrs. Kellom
Daniel S. MariaschinIn a new year only days old, one story resonated loudly with me: an item about a swastika discovered etched on the wall of the boys’ locker room at the U.N. International School in New York. Read more » »
Letters to the Editor, December 12 2025 – The Jewish Chronicle
Muslim BrotherhoodPresident Trump is right to seek a crackdown on the hated Muslim Brotherhood. (US confronts the Muslim Brotherhood threat, November 28) . Read more » »
Opinion: 50 Years Ago, With One Vote, the UN Set in Motion Today’s Anti-Zionism
Daniel S. Mariaschin and David J. MichaelsMany of Israel’s supporters and detractors alike have been stunned by the virulence of recent anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish sentiment, even in the aftermath of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 terrorist assault on Israel, and even in the United States. Read more » »
Reclaiming Our Streets – My Race Against Racism
Another weekend, and once again our streets are filled with angry, masked protestors, some dressed in black, some arms raised in Nazi salutes. This is springtime Melbourne, our Melbourne.How does it get to this? What do these people do for a living? They must live amongst us. Read more » »
Be the reason racism loses its power
Racism is not a distant issue. It lives among us today – in our streets, schools, workplaces and online as an ever-present danger. Our nation’s social cohesion is at its lowest level since 2007.In the face of this growing reality, the worst thing we can do is stay silent. Being a bystander is a choice. Read more » »
Educating the dangers of antisemitism beyond the classroom
It’s safe to assume if you are reading these words that the Jewish world has relevance to your life. You know what being a Jew means to you your family and your Jewish friends. Read more » »
The Spreading Oil Slick of Obsessive Israel Hatred
Pro-Hamas activists gather in Washington Square Park for a rally following a protest march held in response to an NYPD sweep of an anti-Israel encampment at New York University in Manhattan, May 3, 2024. Read more » »
How to Combat the Lie That Israel Is a ‘Settler Colonial’ State
The Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, there’s been a lot of public discussion of “settler colonialism” and the rights of indigenous peoples. Academics call for the “decolonization” of countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United States. Read more » »
Answering the Genocide Charges: The World Is Not Listening
Egyptian trucks carrying humanitarian aid make their way to the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, May 30, 2024. Read more » »
Living as Jews in Latin America After Oct. 7
Antisemitism is a social illness that we Jews — in Latin America and around the world — have sadly learned to live with. We know that even when it appears dormant, it always remains latent, waiting for the right moment to resurface with force.Both of us have spent years monitoring and combating antisemitism in the region. Read more » »