With less than a year to go until the U.S. presidential election and the Middle East deep in crisis, the Biden administration has, almost coincidentally, decided to come up with a Middle East policy. JAY MENS FEB 29, 2024 36…
This article originally appeared in Jewish Journal. (Abid Katib/Getty Images) Israelis may have been shocked by the recent IDF military intelligence report that Hamas will survive the war in Gaza. Leaked to the press in an apparent attempt to shame Prime…
This article originally appeared in The Times of Israel. Every civilian death is a tragedy. Another country, struck by the type and immensity of the atrocities committed against Israel, would likely have responded with vastly greater force and inflicted far greater…
The Core Conflict and the Jews Linkage—the belief that the Israeli-Palestine conflict is the root of all Middle East instability—is not only factually wrong and deleterious to peace, it is fundamentally antisemitic. Shortly after entering office, in 2009, President Barack…
“I have only one passion, that of light, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and which has the right to happiness.” So concluded J’Accuse, Emile Zola’s 1898 attack on the French judicial, military, and political establishment. His…
“When will you ever learn?” asked the refrain in Pete Seeger’s classic anti-war song, Where Have All the Flowers Gone. “When will you ever learn?” Still taken from CBS News Subscribed The question is especially pressing today as the White House decides…
In light of the outrageous ICJ ruling on genocide, here is an article I recently published on Horizon Weekly about a real genocide. The phone call from a representative of a mainstream and generally non-political American Jewish organization was sure to be…
This post contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence The group Bring Them Home Now held a protest at the offices of the United Nations Women to observe International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to bring attention to…
Last Friday night–Kabbalat Shabbat–at Jaffa’s Zichron Baruch synagogue was much like any other. Standing at the pulpit, dressed in white, was the internationally renowned singer Akiva Turgeman. Popularly known only by his first name, Akiva has conquered millions of young hearts both…
The Calling of Cincinnatus from the Plow by Brumidi in U.S. Capitol Room H-144 (Architect of the Capitol) Subscribed Last Friday night–Kabbalat Shabbat–at Jaffa’s Zichron Baruch synagogue was much like any other. Standing at the pulpit, dressed in white, was the internationally…
