21
Sep
The Not-So Lost Cause of Moses Ezekiel
The Jewish Sculptor’s Confederate Statues Have Become a Beacon for White Supremacists.
17
Sep
Author Interview | Alfred Moses
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By
Ellen Wexler
When Alfred Moses, an attorney and prominent national Jewish leader, traveled behind the Iron Curtain to Romania in 1976, the impoverished country was under the thumb of the ruthless and corrupt dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The trip changed Moses’s life, inspiring him to fight for the freedom of Romania’s Jews.
06
Sep
Opinion | Israel’s Nation-State Law Is Not Just Bark
photo: Dafna Talmon
After the passage of Israel’s nation-state law, which anchors the Jewishness of the state in Israel’s “basic law” or constitution, the Israeli right...
06
Sep
Opinion | Israel’s Vote Goes to the GOP
The Israel picture, while barely a trifle to most Americans, is almost everything to us. We consider only one question: Will the next Congress be supportive of Israel, and of President Donald Trump’s support for Israel?
09
Jul
Opinion | We Must Confront the Orbáns of the World
Jews must take the lead in standing up to the Hungarian leader’s anti-Semitism.
09
Jul
Opinion | Inside the Republican Jewish Coalition
The 2018 midterm elections will test a still-fragile accord with Trump.
09
Jul
Opinion | American Jews Just Don’t Get It
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By
Naomi Ragen
Reactions to the embassy move to Jerusalem show how little they understand Israelis.
22
May
The Equality Myth
The story of Israel’s founding usually goes something like this: Sun-kissed male and female pioneers plowed the fields by day, danced the hora by night,...
10
May
Jeremy Corbyn and the Jewdas Seder
The Labor Party leader continues to disappoint and alienate British Jews.
10
May
The Danger of Polarizing Anti-Semitism
Don’t let this old-new prejudice become a weapon in partisan politics.
12
Mar
Opinion | Should Israel Deport African Asylum Seekers? | Yes, It Should
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By
We need to bear witness to the Talmudic dictum, “The poor people living in your own city come first.”
19
Jan
The Lioness Roars Again: Golda Meir at 120
Although she was a trailblazer, second-wave feminists in the 1960s disliked her, and she returned their ire, describing them as “crazy women who burn their bras and…hate men.” Meir resented attempts to turn her into a feminist icon.