DeSean Jackson: Ignorance or hatred?
I was minding my own business sheltering in my Northeast Philadelphia apartment when DeSean Jackson accused me – as well as all my fellow Jews – of blackmailing America.
Purportedly quoting the most reviled monster...
Should the Jewish community provide a ‘safe space’ for anti-Zionists?
A prominent Jewish writer used the bully pulpit of The New York Times op-ed section last week to call for the elimination of the Jewish state. At the same time, an assistant rabbi at one of the nation’s...
Tel Aviv court decision is a setback to dubious accusations against NSO
Since at least 2018, Amnesty International had gone on a mission trying to expose the Israeli cybersecurity Pegasus software producer NSO Group/Q Cyber Technologies of allegedly playing a role in facilitating human-rights abuses, in...
Israel’s Law of Return at 70
In July 1950, the Law of Return was passed unanimously by the Knesset, establishing the principle that every Jew, wherever he lives, is entitled to immigrate to Israel—that Diaspora Jews have the “right of aliyah.”
The...
Visiting Auschwitz is not the answer
American Jews are making a mistake. When Philadelphia Eagles football player DeSean Jackson made blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, Jewish Patriots player Julian Edelman invited him to visit Auschwitz. In fact, Jackson has accepted an invitation from Edward Mosberg, a...
Return to rewarding terrorism?
Two years ago, Congress cut off funds to the Palestinian Authority because it pays salaries to terrorists. Now a group of Democratic members of Congress are trying to restore that funding, even though the...
Don’t accept the myth of ‘Jewish privilege’
For one day at least, Twitter became a forum for some honesty, as opposed to the usual orgy of nastiness and pointless memes. After seeing the hashtag #Jewishprivilege used to spread anti-Semitic smears, a...
Days of Mashiach
A Short Story by Tzvi Fishman
Even before the jumbo jet came to a stop on the runway, Dr. Elliot Miller unfastened his seat belt and jumped up from his seat.
“Where are you going?” his...
American Foreign Policy and Nuclear War: Existential Crisis Management In A Time Of Plague
Abstract: For the moment, Americans devote scant attention to any apparent risks of a nuclear war, but whatever residual attention remains centered on such risks focus on North Korea and Iran. Though concurrent hazards from...
How can Israel help Diaspora Jewry?
At Sunday’s government meeting, Israel’s elected leaders demonstrated their commitment to helping Jewish communities in the Diaspora. The government overwhelmingly approved a plan presented by the Diaspora Affairs Ministry to strengthen the connection between...