Netanyahu and Trump’s Striking Similarities
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump are using similar tactics to attack the media and question the democratic process.
Five Things to Know This Week: As Bahrain workshop launches, expectations couldn’t be lower
Early criticism of the Bahrain Economic workshop, preview of the upcoming democratic debates and AOC’s border camps comments
Five Things to Know This Week: Friedman Hints at West Bank Annexation
Nathan Guttman writes about U.S. Ambassador David Friedman’s comments on Israeli annexation of Palestinian West Bank
Jewish Word | Is Everyone a White Supremacist?
The term, historically used to describe an adherent to the ideology of white supremacy, is now thrown around so often that it no longer is always clear what it means. That’s a dangerous trend.
Book Review | Before Heschel Became Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel once towered as America’s foremost Jewish public intellectual. In this hour, he might well be the thinker of the hour.
Five Things to Know This Week: Most Jews Dislike Him, Yet Trump Carries On
1. American Jews still dislike Trump
A May 22 survey of Jewish voters conducted by the Jewish Electorate Institute tells us something everyone already knows: Jewish voters...
Opinion | Will 2020 Be the Year of ‘Jexodus’?
The party of Trump is a far cry from the party of Reagan. The concern of the Trump base with immigration, like the language of “America First” or the use of tropes favored by white nationalists are not issues that attract American Jews. It is early days, but I suspect the GOP’s hopes will be dashed once again.
Opinion | Britain’s Anti-Semitism Problem
The United States is not the UK, and the Democratic Party is certainly not the British Labour party. But the echoes of British, left-wing anti-Semitism and a two-camp worldview can be heard on many American college campuses, within extreme-left political groups and even among some American progressives. It reminds us that anti-Semitism in America is not simply the property of the American right.
Opinion | Who Is a Reform Jew?
How many Reform Jews live in Israel?
The proper answer to this question ought to be: Who cares? And yet some people do care, me...
Opinion | The Bibi Generation
It wasn’t really a surprise when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud won April’s election in Israel, his fifth election victory. The Netanyahu-led right has a solid majority in Israel, and the ideological left has been relegated to the back benches of the Knesset. Life in Israel is good, and young Israelis in “the Bibi generation” appreciate it.
Opinion | Nobody’s Talking About Peace
In Israel, the left still exists in the minority despite right wing rule.
Debate | What Do We Need More Of—Nationalism or Globalism?
Yoram Hazony argues that Nationalism is better for the world than Globalism.