Opinion // Don’t Despair: Israel’s Not a Failure
American Jews shouldn’t be disappointed that Israel’s not a liberal wonderland.
American Jews shouldn’t be disappointed that Israel’s not a liberal wonderland.
The Israeli soldier who “neutralized” a terrorist is not the true villain.
The United States doesn’t need to get into a discussion of “shared values.”
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.
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.”
“So, you’re probably not coming…” my daughter said with a mixture of fear and resignation…
Evangelical Christians who don’t support guns deserve and need our support.
There is no reason for the Jewish community to be monolithic in our opinions.
Blaming the Jews, Again: European intellectuals have come up with a nasty new twist to anti-Semitism.
Islamophobia, The Flip Side of Anti-Semitism: We Jews need to be careful about diminishing and defaming Muslims.