Tag: American Jewry
Many American Jews want a close US-Israel alliance. The Iran war shows how it...
As a high schooler in San Francisco decades ago, Aaron Keyak went downtown one day to check out a protest against the Iraq War.
The slogans criticizing the war, and US President George W. Bush,...
The Islamist capture of New York
The victory of New York state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election was long heralded by the opinion polls. Yet its effect upon America threatens to be nothing less than...
Israeli satirical show skewers Mamdani
“Eretz Nehederet” (“A Wonderful Country”), Israel’s most popular satire show, broadcast an English-language skit on Wednesday about New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.
The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday accused New...
Four ways to combat antisemitism in the post-Oct. 7 world
Two years after the monstrous Hamas-led pogrom in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, we are faced with opportunity and anxiety in equal measure.
The opportunity lies in the Middle East, Israel’s own region. On...
‘Five-alarm fire’: Study suggests rising hatred leads Jews to increase personal safety
Almost half of American Jews have taken actions in the last year to increase their personal security and safety, a step that the head of the Anti-Defamation League called a “five-alarm fire for our...
‘Five-alarm fire’: Study suggests rising hatred leads Jews to increase personal safety
Almost half of American Jews have taken actions in the last year to increase their personal security and safety, a step that the head of the Anti-Defamation League called a “five-alarm fire for our...
On Yom Kippur, our legacy organizations should repent. Don’t hold your breath
Yom Kippur is a time to reflect on our behavior and repent for our sins. The Jewish establishment really ought to do teshuvah, but it will not.
The legacy organizations whose duty is to represent, defend and...
The generational price of the false Gaza ‘genocide’ narrative
Israel’s enemies and those mainstreaming antisemitism have good reason to celebrate. It’s been only 22 months since the horrific Hamas-led Palestinian-Arab terror attacks on Israel that took place on Oct. 7, 2023.
But, as far...
Tisha B’Av 5785: Still, we rise
We fast. We mourn. We chant Eicha, the book of Lamentations.
We sit low to the ground and dwell in the dust of our people’s tragedies, reciting the litany of loss that has shaped the Jewish...