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Anti-Semitism

• March 8 -- Gibson's Movie a "Joy Ride for Sadomasochists"
Frank Rich sees "The Passion of Christ," a movie on which he has expended thousands of harsh words over the last several months. But that's nothing compared to the vitriol unleashed in his "review."

• February 20 -- "Intifada? What Intifada?"
Elaine Sciolino's take on a EU anti-Semitism conference is stained by this puzzler: "Much of the debate focused on finding a definition for the new wave of anti-Semitic acts and statements that have swept through Europe since the Israeli crackdown on Palestinians in 2000." Didn't the Palestinian intifada have something to do with that "crackdown"?

• February 20 -- The Religious Right Is Rising (Again)
TV critic Alessandra Stanley sees a rising of the religious right in the release of Mel Gibson's new movie.

• January 19 -- Pope "Unwittingly Hawks" Mel Gibson Movie?
Editor Frank Rich spins a conspiracy theory about the Pope giving Gibson's movie on Jesus a thumbs-up: "The ailing pontiff has been recruited, however unwittingly, to help hawk 'The Passion of the Christ.'"

• October 28 -- Krugman on the Defensive
Columnist Paul Krugman gets touchy in print over criticism of his recent column on Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, which even liberals saw as a too-easy dismissal of Mahathir's hateful anti-Jewish remarks.

• October 22 -- Christian General Biased, Notes Anti-Semitic PM
A Times editorial calls for the firing of Lt. Gen. William Boykin for remarks he made to a church group--and cites as credible criticism from Malaysia's anti-Jewish prime minister.

• August 6 -- Frank Rich’s Persecution Complex
Times editor Frank Rich attacks as anti-Semitic Mel Gibson’s upcoming movie on the last hours of the life of Christ, claiming its “real tinder-box effect could be abroad, where anti-Semitism has metastasized since 9/11.” But in the past liberal Rich has ridiculed the idea that movies cause violence. And his criticism is particularly hypocritical considering his discussion of 1995’s pro-gay, anti-Catholic Church movie “Priest.”