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...
Allied Strikes in Syria, Russia, and International Law
Nullum crimen sine poena, "No crime without a punishment."
(Ancient principle of law reaffirmed at the Nuremberg Trials)
For the most part, a military response to the recent Syrian chemical attacks at Douma was obligatory under...
Elie Wiesel (1928 – 2016)
Elie Wiesel was great not because of his prodigious talents as a writer or his profound wisdom as a thinker. He was great not because of his sublime character, which combined the dignity of...
Ben Hecht (1894–1964)
Ben Hecht was a prolific journalist, novelist and playwright. He was one of Hollywood’s most sought-out and successful screenwriters, with many of his creations now considered classics.
Hecht’s life took a sharp turn in 1941...
The Warsaw Ghetto: The epitome of rightful resistance
It’s hard to say for sure whether the following fable was really told in the Warsaw Ghetto, but it’s grimly funny enough to warrant repeating.
The story goes that at the height of World War...
Watch: Bolton and Pompeo: The dream team for Israel-US interests
Ambassador Danny Ayalon, Founder of The Truth About Israel, was interviewed at the ATP news: "Bolton and Pompeo: The dream team for Israel-US interests".
Please watch and share Ambassador Danny Ayalon's interview on ATP news...
Eugene V. Rostow (1913–2002)
A great legal mind can be used in many ways. Eugene Rostow used his to aid the cause of American democracy—and Israel.
Born into an immigrant family in Brooklyn, N.Y., Rostow soon revealed himself to...
NYC Mayors: Fiorella LaGuardia (1882–1947), Ed Koch (1924–2013) and Rudy Giuliani
The Jewish people had no better friend than Mayor of New York Fiorella LaGuardia. The “little flower,” as LaGuardia was called, spoke Yiddish and was a progressive champion of the rights of Jews, particularly...