Tag: United States
Rolling Back Iranian Expansionism Means Contending With A Rising Russia
NSA McMaster is turning towards rolling back Iranian expansionism, now that ISIS appears to be nearly finished. What exactly the strategy will entail is not yet clear, but at the very least it should...
Atlanta Emerges as the Jewish-Foodie Capital of the South
When Liz Mennen, a Manhattan transplant, arrived in Atlanta at age 22, she searched everywhere for a staple of her youth: the knish. But the dough-encrusted, potato-filled Jewish pastry was nowhere to be found,...
Sacrificing my childhood
Every Rosh Hashanah when I was a child, my friend’s father would ask us a question at the meal following davening: What kind of Jewish God asks a man to sacrifice his son?
He was...
American Jews should care about and support the independence of Kurdistan
Why should American Jews care about and support the independence of Kurdistan?
Because Iraqi Kurdistan is one of the very rare areas of the Middle East where Jews and Judaism are viewed positively.
Because on the...
Kim Jong Un: ‘Deranged’ Trump will ‘pay dearly’ for threat
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in an extraordinary and direct rebuke, called President Donald Trump “deranged” and said he will “pay dearly” for his threats, a possible indication of more powerful weapons tests on...
John Kerry was right about terrorism in 2004, and Donald Trump and his Generals...
Last week I explained how the foreign-policy establishment, both Democratic and Republican, has used Donald Trump to whitewash a bipartisan catalog of catastrophic failures abroad dating back to Sept. 11, 2001. Whichever party’s recent-vintage foreign policy...
US remains concerned over freeze of Kotel egalitarian area plan
The United States remains concerned by an Israeli government decision to freeze a plan to build an egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall, as is evident in the International Religious Freedom Report for...
JAY-Z hits back at claims he penned anti-semitic lyrics
JAY-Z has responded to claims that he penned anti-semitic lyrics for track The Story of O.J., admitting it's hard for him to take the criticism seriously.
The 47-year-old rapper caused controversy with the tune on...
Anti-Semitic and racist flyers posted in Asbury Park
Racist and anti-Semitic flyers posted in the city over the past weekend have caused a stir on social media, prompting a police department investigation.
One of the flyers is headlined "Hate Facts with Hitler, Brought to...
Meet Erin Davis, Fairy Godmother of The New York City Jewish Singles Scene
Erin Davis’s grandparents grew up in the same Polish village, were herded into the same ghetto, fell in love in hiding, and escaped together to a displaced person’s camp.
Erin Davis’s parents fell in love...