Tag: Politics
When journalists become cheerleaders, it usually ends badly
According to The Times of Israel, I misrepresented Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s feelings about Israel. In a piece written by Simona Weinglas, the TOI claims that I was wrong to write that the New York congresswoman and media darling, who is best...
Ban Holocaust denial? Yes. Political censorship? No.
The applause was nearly universal. After a determined campaign on the part of the Anti-Defamation League and a broad coalition of Jewish groups and other organizations, Facebook has agreed to ban posts that contain Holocaust denial...
October 1st. 2008: Boris Yefimov (Fridlyand), the chief illustrator of Izvestia and a political...
Boris Yefimov (Fridlyand), the chief illustrator of Izvestia and a political cartoonist for more than ninety years, died at 109 (variously reported as 107 and 108) on this date in 2008. Yefimov published his first book...
Israeli minister outlines plan to foster stronger unity among Diaspora Jewry
Following the adoption of the Israeli government’s plan earlier this summer to help ensure unity of the global Jewish community, JNS took some time to talk with Minister of Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevitch about the strategic...
RBG: An American Jewish justice warrior
The obituary in Britain’s Guardian newspaper of the iconic liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last weekend, provoked outrage among a number of Jews.
In the piece, Godfrey Hodgson wrote: “Ruth...
The perils of COVID incumbency create a summer of woe
Only a few months ago, the coronavirus pandemic seemed to illustrate the vast differences in management skills between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The former was slow to react to the...
June 4, 1936: Leon Blum becomes the first Jew to be elected as Prime...
On June 4, 1936, Leon Blum, a socialist, became the first Jew to be elected Prime Minister of France. His government introduced major reforms, such as instituting a 40-hour work week, collective bargaining for...
High Court delays decision on Netanyahu’s legal right to form a new government
Following a preliminary hearing on Tuesday by Israel’s High Court of Justice on the question of whether an indicted lawmaker can be tasked with forming a government, a three-judge panel ruled that a decision...
Supreme Court to hear petition on Netanyahu’s legal right to form a new government
A three-judge panel of Israel’s Supreme Court is set to hear a petition on Tuesday calling to invalidate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a coalition following upcoming March elections due to three...
Tenuous political havens for Jewish community
Boris Johnson performed a momentous service for Britain’s 300,000 Jews: He smashed a burgeoning anti-Semitic movement.
Of course, English Jews helped Johnson lead Conservatives and Brexit advocates to an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections just...