Did Trump just blink on Iran sanctions?
When U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal in May of this year, he vowed that America would re-impose all the sanctions on Tehran that had been...
The Khashoggi Affair and the Specter of the New Nuclear Deal with Iran
The outrage over the missing Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Jamal Khashoggi has seemed to have reached with the Saudi Royal Family even allegedly having considered replacing the...
‘Anti-Semitism upholds white supremacy’
On a sunny afternoon last Tuesday in Pittsburgh, about 200 demonstrators gathered outside the JCC in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a short distance from the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh where, on...
Returning to synagogue, how do we speak to our children about Pittsburgh?
Unlike any previous tragedy, where we listen to the horror stories, process our emotions and then return to ordinary life, this time is different. As the tragic shooting took place in a synagogue, the...
PLO threat to withdraw recognition of Israel is fake news:The PLO never recognized Israel...
Concerning the JPOST Oct 29 headline story ” that PLO announces will no longer recognize the State of Israel”
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/PLO-announces-the-cessation-of-recognition-of-the-State-of-Israel-570661
Most people do not realize that the PLO never ratified the Oslo Accord when the PLO...
Mike Pence’s Messianic problem
It was the sort of unforced error that was the last thing the Trump administration needed in a week during which its liberal critics have been trying to place blame for the massacre at...
Grappling with the roots of anti-Semitism after Pittsburgh
As Jews around the world grieve for those who were slaughtered in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, the reaction of many in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles has demonstrated a refusal to acknowledge the true...
FAKE NEWS “PLO announces it will no longer recognize the State of Israel”: They...
“PLO announces that it will no longer recognize the State of Israel” now runs as a headline around the world.
This is fake news at its best.
The PLO never recognized the State of Israel in...
Special Editorial: #WeAreAllJews
Earlier this year, our colleagues at the three leading Jewish newspapers in the United Kingdom published the same front-page headline and joint editorial voicing concern over rising anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labor party.
Today we have...
When Realism is Unrealistic: Trump’s Foreign Policy as Impediment to US and Allied Security
"You, created only a little lower than
The angels, have crouched too long in
The bruising darkness
Have lain too long
Face down in ignorance.
Your mouths spilling words
Armed for slaughter."
Maya Angelou, recited at US President Bill Clinton's inauguration,...