Will the Democrats’ generational shift turn the tide against Israel?
For pro-Israel Democrats, the only thing that matters about 2020 is that former Vice President Joe Biden is at the top of the ticket. They have good reason to celebrate the fact that he...
Indoctrinated with hate: Palestinian schools are typical Muslim schools
A recent study examining nearly 400 textbooks and more than 100 teachers’ guides issued between 2013 and 2020 by the Palestinian Education Ministry found them to be rife with anti-Israel indoctrination.
According to the study’s author, Dr. Arnon...
A Jewish opera legend’s family is divided by cancel culture
Few things are sadder than when a family is divided by politics. But when it happens because of outside pressure and false accusations that threaten to destroy the legacy of a beloved father, what...
Has Erdoğan launched a new age of religious wars?
To understand just how dishonest the discussion about Jerusalem is conducted in venues where Israel is regarded with hostility like The New York Times, you need to start by discussing events in Istanbul, Turkey.
Last week,...
Protests about many issues now common in Israel
Confusion prevails in the government. And has been joined by multiple protests and strikes.
Several are protests by the ultra-Orthodox, against closures in their neighborhoods or towns.
Others are protests against economic issues, demanding more money...
Israel and the Sino-Iranian alliance
When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Tehran in 2016, most observers dismissed the significance of the move. The notion that Beijing would wreck its relations with America, the largest economy and most powerful global...
Farrakhan’s July 4 warning to ‘Satanic Jews’
Hundreds have signed a petition calling for the removal from YouTube of the three-hour July 4 address delivered by Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam (NOI) since 1977 because of his numerous...
Recreation, Work, Meditation, And Feeling Human
Recreation refers to those activities that we do for enjoyment and that don’t relate to making a living. Ideally, recreation helps us to relax or helps us to express strong passionate enthusiastic feelings. Either...
A chill wind from Poland
I’ve known Rafal Pankowski, the Polish academic and campaigner against anti-Semitism and racism, for almost 20 years, but I don’t think I’ve heard him sound as worried about the political situation in his country...
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...