Robert Kraft and Myra Hiatt Kraft (1942–2011)
On Nov. 23, 2015, the New England Patriots observed a moment of silence before kicking off their game against the Buffalo Bills in memory of Ezra Schwartz, an American yeshivah student who was murdered in a...
The US, Russia, and Syria – What to Worry About Next
“Where there were great military actions, there lies whitening now the jawbone of an ass.” – Saint-John Perse (French poet, 1887-1975)
More than likely, the recent allied strikes against Syrian chemical weapons-related targets are not the end of...
70 years of miracles
Like some of the past celebrations of Israel’s Independence Day, the fuss being made about Israel’s 70th birthday this year hasn’t penetrated too far into the American Jewish consciousness. While those Jewish activists who...
Nathan (1848–1931) and Lina Straus (1849–1912)
Born to a Jewish family in Bavaria in 1848, Nathan Straus, along with his brother, Isidor, sold products to Macy’s department store, eventually becoming co-owners of the famed retail institution in Manhattan. Deeply committed...
Norman Podhoretz
Norman Podhoretz first traveled to Israel in 1950, when he was 20 years old. He visited a cousin who decided to pay tribute to his relative from America by saving up two eggs and...
Iran’s strategic decision: Responding to Israeli operations in Syria could lead to war
In light of Israel’s recent military operations against Iran’s military expansion in Syria, comprising strikes against strategic Iranian and Syrian targets such as Iran-controlled airfields, missile bases and drone bases, Iran now faces a...
Amid Independence Day celebrations, how Israel’s minorities view their status in the Jewish state
With Israel’s Independence Day, the battle of the narratives over Israel’s creation begins anew with mainstream Muslim Israeli Arabs remaining highly critical of the state, despite living standards that dwarf those in Arab states...
Crown Family
“Support Israel in every way you possibly can. Get people to understand Israel’s tremendous contributions to humanity,” said Lester Crown in a 2015 interview.
In outlining his devotion to Israel, Crown was not merely expressing...
Tom Lantos (1928 – 2008)
Tom Lantos’s mother was one of 440,000 Hungarian Jews killed by the Nazis. Lantos joined the anti-Nazi underground and survived. But when he learned of her death, he was not embittered. He remained positive...
Censoring Holocaust memory
LANSING, Michigan — Today, I come not just to mourn nor to scorn but rather to warn our world, that is, the world of today whose memories are still whistling and bristling with the...