The fault line that runs through American Jewry
Much has been made of the perceived disappearing act of the American Jewish community. Surveys indicate plummeting marriage and birth rates, rampant intermarriage and a lessening affinity with Israel.
These indicia have set off alarm...
Israel’s wars against jihadi terrorists concern intersections between death and time.
In the final analysis, Israel’s wars against jihadi terrorists concern intersections between death and time. While these wars highlight sub-state adversaries, they also point toward existential conflicts with Iran. All such wars, whatever their...
The Trump-Zelenskyy spat isn’t a warning to Israel
It was, as President Donald Trump said, “good television.” But the dustup at the White House last week between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a disaster for Ukraine....
Academic apologism: How universities are rationalizing terror
Institutions of higher education have long been perceived as bastions of critical thinking and rigorous debate. Yet recent incidents throughout the United Kingdom suggest that some educators may be exploiting their platforms to rationalize...
The US, Ukraine and Israel
The collective gasp that erupted on Friday across European capitals—and echoed in certain circles in Jerusalem—was warranted. Never before had a confrontation like the one between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in...
Behind the lens of all those terror images
The bodies of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas, her young sons Kfir and Ariel, and octogenarian Oded Lifshitz were displayed last week by Hamas terrorists on a newly erected “stage” in the Gaza Strip, paraded...
The truth about ‘No Other Land’
The Oscar-nominated documentary “No Other Land” portrays the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the microcosm of a collection of Palestinian Arab settlements called Masafer Yatta. In that cluster of makeshift villages, the film gives the impression...
Trump, Gaza and false analogies
It was interesting to watch the bemused look on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s face during a Washington press conference as President Donald Trump floated his harebrained idea of deporting all Gazans. Yet the...
Reflecting on CPAC 2025
Every year, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) brings together conservative activists and officials from across the United States. Hosted by the American Conservative Union, the first CPAC took place in 1974. Jews and...
So much to mourn …
How does one adequately mourn a baby of barely 9 months, who was just beginning to crawl and eat solid food? How does one mourn a 4-year-old who loved Batman and had sparkling eyes...