Antisemitic Times

The Commentary Magazine Podcast delivers a blistering indictment of The New York Times, accusing it of crossing into 'Der Stürmer' territory by publishing three deeply problematic pieces in 24 hours. The episode centers on a 100-best restaurants list in New York City that omits all Israeli-owned or Israeli-inflected restaurants—despite over 100 such establishments—while simultaneously running a 4,000-word opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof alleging that Israeli soldiers train dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners. The hosts argue this is not just biased journalism but a coordinated effort to erase Jewish culture, promote blood libel, and justify anti-Jewish sentiment. They trace this to a broader pattern: the systematic demonization of Israel and Jews through false narratives, including a doctored video falsely implicating IDF soldiers in sexual violence, leaked by a high-ranking IDF attorney general who faked her suicide and threw her phone into the Mediterranean—only for it to power on days later. The episode warns that this is not merely bad reporting but the early stages of a modern anti-Semitic campaign, where cultural erasure, fabricated atrocities, and the weaponization of media are used to delegitimize Jewish self-defense and normalize hostility toward Jews worldwide.