Prof. Phyllis Chesler

Ruth and Naomi--a tale for every age

Me - a rebel girl, long outta Borough Park, began to study a "bissel Toirah" later in life with the help of my dear friend Rivka Haut z"l. Here are some of the things we discerned in the Book of Ruth.

Pesach in a Bomb Shelter

How can one celebrate one's freedom while rushing to a safe space, living in exile or starving in a Nazi death camp? Op-ed.

America and Israel in the just war against Iran's Mullahcracy

And the strange case of Iran's American propagandist--Calla Mairead Walsh

How to fight the antisemites:

Wonderful, wonderful feminists in Sheffield, UK

That's the way to go- showing the antisemites that civilized people fight back. Opinion.

Feminists Against Antisemitism

A brave new group in the UK

FAA writes of its mission: 'We’re confronting antisemitism in our own movement, uncovering how it shows up in feminist spaces, and exploring what can be done to challenge and end it.' More power to them! Opinion.

New Yorkers:

Be afraid, be vigilant, but gird your loins for battle

This is a fight we cannot afford to lose. When the mayor fails to deliver on his pie-in-the-sky promises, he has two ready-made scapegoats to feed to the rage of the masses: The millionaires, the billionaires--and the Jews.Opinion.

Studying Torah while snow falls

As I sit and study looking at the falling snow, I realize that each figure in Bereshit, which we will finish reading this coming Shabbat, is a bridge; each figure is a link in the destined chain. As we all are.

Far beyond from "The River to the Sea"

Let's tell it like it is: It's from the Atlantic to the Medirerranean to the Pacific to the Tasman Sea. Op-ed.

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What I think must be done - now, not a moment later

American Jews should no longer contribute a penny to all the very large Jewish organizations that have served us so poorly and whose major priorities are their own pension plans, inflated salaries, and travel perks. Instead, they should focus asap on the actions described below. Opinion.

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Mr. President: Hamas is not like the Mafia

Please understand that Hamas terrorists are sadistic barbarians whose codes of behavior have never evolved and never will. Opinion.

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Civilization, its discontents--and the Jews

Eros vs Thanatos continues. They are still battling for the survival of the world. Opinion.

Genocide pornography:

Media incitement provokes Jihad against the Jews

Can we sue the New York Times for incitement in terms of its daily, monthly, yearly negative and false coverage of Israel? Opinion.

The Pro-Gaza propaganda film or a real film?

Guess which film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival?

The audience response in Venice reminded me of the mindless crowds cheering Hitler in the streets of Vienna and of how films by his propagandist filmmaker also won prizes at the Venice festival. Opinion.

The Middle East:

Better to be seen as the strong man

World propaganda aside, Israel resides in the Mideast, where it is safer to be feared than loved and crucial to be seen as militarily victorious. Opinion.

Feminist Jew-Hatred, feminist Jew-haters

My once treasured feminist sisters, gave priority to the alleged "occupation" of a country that has never existed and jettisoned all interest in Islamist occupation of women's bodies in that very same region. Opinion.

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Wikipedia has been hijacked by Jihadists

Wikipedia is a fully owned subsidiary of Islamism. Instead of being a source of information, the grassroots encyclopedia is now a propaganda screed filled with lies. Opinion.

Disovering the City of David--proving Jewish indigeneity

The significance of the City of David excavation far exceeds archeology. It exposes the lie that the Jews are "settlers" and "occupiers" in the Holy Land. Review.

Just another day

Daily, I mourn the Death of Reason in the West and the re-emergence of Jew-hatred on a level starting to challenge the German Nazi Era. Opinion.

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The Blood Libel gathers monstrous proportions

There is no Genocide in Gaza, but the truth no longer matters. Such lies have always, always led to the isolation, persecution, and then, to the massacre of Jews. Opinion.

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What must be said - but what I don't want to say

Our Western intelligentsia, our elitists, our Nobel Prize winners, our celebrities, heads of state, those who lead human rights organizations are all, in reality, the Brownshirts of our time. Here are some of my criticisms. Opinion.

Outcasts, masquerading as Rabbinical Authorities

The six Jewish clergy who signed a letter commending Mandani and blasting Israel are just one more tragic, pathetic, foolish, perhaps even dangerous expression of egregious naivete. Opinion.

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A moment in history that will never be forgotten

President Trump gave Iran a chance to negotiate, an option which they refused to exercise. Iran has now paid the price

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The downfall of Iran, the rise of Persia

Magnificent, miraculous Israel.

Ruth in Bethlehem

Ruth is surely worthy of becoming King David's great-grandmother.

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Our next great battle

The deprogramming of billions must get underway. Can it work? Opinion.

Commencement at NYU:

Ovations for the graduate speaker who wants to kill the Jews

Qatar has sent many billions of dollars to infiltrate, take over, and take down the American Academy. Did no one see this coming? Opinion.

Burning questions unanswered

Unanswered questions about the Israeli Hostages, the Pope, President Trump, and Rabbis who do not seem to know what the Torah says. Op-ed.

Violence is not the same as Free Speech

Curse, terrify, threaten, and beat up a visibly Jewish male or female student and then call it "free speech"? Is that what the Constitution protects? Op-ed.

Phyllis Chesler reviews Melanie Phillips:

How the West was won, and how it can be saved

As Israel is fighting for its very life, the entire world, in an Orwellian reversal of reality, believes that Israel is the aggressor and that the true victims are the members of an infidel-hating death-cult. Review.

The blood is on their hands

How can people be this blind, this stupid, this heartless, this culturally suicidal? Opinion.

An O'Toole for anti-Israel lies

This problem of propaganda masquerading as fact, truth, deep thinking, literary grace is not confined to the O'Toole book review, certain reviewers or specific newspapers, but is now embedded in every venue. Opinion

Fighting back against Jew hatred among psychologists

The Psychologists Against Antisemitism’s letter holds the APA accountable for refusing to live up to its own stated principles when it comes to the Jews. Opinion.

The Jews are not going anywhere

No matter what our individual views may be, whether or not we are religious, Jews are indigenous to the Holy Land. Op-ed.

The New York Times is still at it

Are the journalists at the NYT blind, dead, and dumb? What anti-reality playbook are they following? Op-ed.

End a mass delusion: The Gaza plan makes sense

Does anyone know that Islam is the largest practitioner of gender and religious apartheid? And of slavery? Op-ed.

Israel — and the World — Take off the gloves

Israel, along with those countries facing the menace of Islamic extremism, must ensure there are no future Oct. 7th attacks. Opinion.

Given my joy at seeing the hostages come home, why am I so sad?

Perhaps the answer is in what a wise Israeli just said to me: "Israel has two choices. Bad. And worse."

Elon Musk to the rescue - thank God

Pakistani rape gangs in the UK, Israeli hostages in Gaza--and beyond. Opinion.

Don't attribute Sudden Jihad Syndrome to mental illness

Let's understand what really happened in New Orleans on New Year's Day. Opinion.

Fair and balanced?

In three sections of the same pre-Xmas New York Times, there are 32 pro-Palestinian Arab photos and one puzzling photo of an Israeli family in mourning. Opinion.

Shimon and Levi did not blame the victim

What Shimon and Levi did was extraordinary both for their time, and for the geographical region. It still is today in parts of the world. They did not blame the victim, they blamed the perpetrator, taking a Torah-based stand and calling rape an abomination.

Whitewashing Leftist and Islamist Jew-hatred

Two professors take to the New York Times to blur the connection between DEI and the Left's response to Oct.7th. Take note: When a criminal's identity is omitted, it usually means that we are talking about a Muslim or an African American perpetrator. Opinion.

ICC fails Afghan women. Filmmakers step in

While the ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, it has no time for Afghan women. A new film indicts the Taliban’s murderous treatment of these brave women. Opinion.

"Palestine" disruptions at the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade

Who are these people who interrupt/disrupt every public event with their demand that a country that does not exist, that has never existed, for a 'Palestinian people' that don't exist, be free? Opinion.

My letter to President Trump

There are many better uses for the prime Manhattan real estate taken up by the United Nations than the useless, evil institution that stands there now. Op-ed.

The re-emergence of Jew-hate in Amsterdam

For the moment, I am thinking more about the Dutch non-Arabs who are celebrating the “Jew hunt” than I am about the Muslim attackers. Op-ed.

Thank God! Former President Obama will not enjoy a fourth term

The American citizens who voted for Trump are not ashamed of America--they are proud of it. Opinion.

I would never marry or date him. But that's not the issue is it?

The Democratic Party liberals harass, hector, bully, and try to shame me--ceaselessly, but the Kamala hard sell is not for freethinkers such as myself - or for anyone who thinks at all. Opinion.

The infamous/famous literary Jew haters

Group think among the Glitterati and their wannabees, Opinion.

Please answer my burning questions

Iran (good), Israel (bad), Trump (worse)--read all about it in NYT! Opinion.

There are no more safe spaces, nowhere to call home

It is bigger than my own city, bigger than my own country, far bigger than a single continent. Op-ed.

JVP protesters are living in an alternate world

What motivates Jewish Voice for Peace's members, especially young women, to ignore the attacks against Jews and Israel by Arab terrorists? Opinion..

Moral Clarity as we approach October 7

The sight of Jewish blood and Israeli vulnerability, has unleashed a frenzy for more dead Jews, more sadistic pogroms--and all in the name of 'liberation'. Opinion.

A modern pogrom through history’s lens

Never forget: These heavily indoctrinated Arabs are barbarians, and the Westerners who support them are not merely bystanders but collaborators. Opinion.

Review:

The Goldman Trial

It was not really comparable to the famed Dreyfus Trial, but viewers of the film on the Goldman Trial will be left wondering if this particular anti-hero was created by centuries of European antisemitism.

September 11, 2024

9/11 has continued for a long time; it is still happening; it is not over yet.

No one--absolutely no one--stops them

No one else does, so we must. We need to train and encourage young American Jews to turn out in really huge numbers prepared to stand their ground. Opinion.

Alone at the helm

PM Netanyahu is the sole world leader who is standing against radical Islam. Opinion.

The stakes for women in this election are enormous

Under a Harris administration that supports transgender ideology and Islamic fundamentalism women face immeasurable harm. Opinion.

Ceasefire? In exchange for what?

It is as empty a term as the “two-state solution,” which the Palestinians have rejected time and again, and it certainly should not be one that endangers Israel's future. Op-ed