Opinion // Challenging History’s Taboos
The Holocaust (Shoah) and the Nakba (al-Karitha) share three characteristics. First, both terms mean catastrophe, disaster or calamity.
Opinion // Declaring the Rights of Migrants
Refugees are flocking to the European continent in ever-growing numbers, and Europeans show increasing resistance to accepting them.
Opinion // Let Foreign Policy Guide Your Vote
An experienced negotiator (not Trump) is the key to good relations with Israel.
Opinion // Don’t Despair: Israel’s Not a Failure
American Jews shouldn’t be disappointed that Israel’s not a liberal wonderland.
Opinion // The Shot Heard Round the World
The Israeli soldier who “neutralized” a terrorist is not the true villain.
Opinion // The Cold, Hard Realist’s Case for Israel
The United States doesn’t need to get into a discussion of “shared values.”
Opinion // It’s Not Just That Hillary Is a Woman
And it’s not enough that Bernie is Jewish.
by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
People keep asking Jewish feminists like me which would excite us more, the first woman...
Opinion // Who Will Be Israel’s Champion?
It’s never been easy for the Israeli establishment to foresee how a newly elected American administration is going to behave. Israel did not know in advance that Lyndon Johnson was going to be Israel’s best American friend, possibly ever.
Opinion // The Victimhood Olympics
On a recent visit to America,I found myself one Shabbat morning in a large suburban shul. During the Torah service, after one of the aliyot, the rabbi gave a brief talk. He started by noting that it was the anniversary of Kristallnacht and ended by stressing the importance of the Holocaust to “our identity.”
Opinion // An Israeli in Paris
“So, you’re probably not coming…” my daughter said with a mixture of fear and resignation…
Opinion // Jews, Guns & Evangelicals
Evangelical Christians who don’t support guns deserve and need our support.
From the Editor // November/December 2015
During the Rwanda genocide, I thought about taking in a Tutsi family or adopting an orphan. But I had a baby and a job, I...