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A Bahraini man chats with an Israeli at Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda outdoor market, October 2021. Photo by Josh Hasten.

The emergence of Arab Zionism?

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While Western liberals and the U.N. Human Rights Council double down in their determination to demonize, delegitimize and destroy Israel, support for that beleaguered country is coming from a surprising direction. In 2020, people were...
Sign at the building entrance to CAIR headquarters. Credit: DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock.

Islamist bigots are in no position to accuse Jews of backing hate

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In our increasingly woke world, the thing that mainstream institutions fear the most is to be labeled as insufficiently anti-racist. So when an organization that purports to be a civil-rights group issues a report...
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The reverend father of ‘Israeli apartheid’

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Back in 2003, I was a student at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School. I had married my classmate, Malkah, and we were both halfway through the last year of school. One day, we heard that...
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New York governor’s term limits plan is good for the Jews, too

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling for term limits for statewide elected officials, following in the footsteps of California and many other states that have already adopted such limits. The American Jewish community,...

Mansour Abbas is leading a sea change for Israel’s Arabs

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Just a few weeks ago, Knesset member Mansour Abbas—the head of Israel’s Ra’am Party—said it’s time for his countrymen to accept Israel’s Jewish identity. His remarks were met with outrage—both from Arabs inside Israel and...

When Habits Become Compulsions

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Habits are what give our lives structure.  They are patterns of behavior that are repeated over certain time intervals.  Some of them, like when men shave, occur usually once a day, unless a man...
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Politics and combating anti-Semitism don’t mix

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At a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise around the globe, the office of the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy for Combating and Monitoring Anti-Semitism ought to be filled. Indeed, the Biden administration...
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Iran’s ayatollahs threaten the US in Latin America

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Driven by a genuine desire to rid the Middle East and the globe of terrorism and war—and reflecting a long track record and ingrained worldview—Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan,...
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the building. Credit: Tyler Merbler via Wikimedia Commons.

Who’s helping to heal a divided nation? Not those who claim to speak for...

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A year ago, Americans were appalled by the sight of a violent mob storming Capitol Hill on the day that the Electoral College votes from the 2020 election were counted. The events of Jan....
Protesters attend a demonstration against vaccines in Belgium. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

Has the time come to bribe the unvaccinated?

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“How can we as a society stand by and watch people die when a simple shot could prevent a life-threatening illness?” That was the agonized question asked by a group of nine health-care providers...