Opinion | A Dangerous Precedent
Since the destruction of the Temple, the synagogue has been the fulcrum for organized Jewish life.
04
Jan
16
Sep
Opinion | Is Free Speech on the Wane?
The past few years have suggested that the free speech values enshrined in the First Amendment are running out of steam.
25
Feb
Opinion | A New Age of Moderate Islam
Let us start with the difficult truths. To many Americans and many Jews, Islam by its very nature demands violence against infidels.
28
Oct
Opinion | The Elephant in the Impeachment Inquiry
With Syria in turmoil, the Kurds in flight and its own government in prolonged limbo, the last thing Israel probably wants to worry about right now is an American impeachment process.
23
May
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.
10
Jan
Opinion | Americans Want an Immigration Fix
No one doubts that Donald Trump’s approach to immigration is two parts bombast, two parts cruelty and two parts fear. Other than a general antagonism to immigration, illegal or legal, from non-Nordic countries, he offers no serious or comprehensive plan to solve the real and continuing problems at our borders. Unfortunately, many Democrats have largely given up on any effort to do so either.
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” ...
10
May
Jeremy Corbyn and the Jewdas Seder
The Labor Party leader continues to disappoint and alienate British Jews.
04
Jan
Opinion | Symbolic, But Destructive
President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and direct the State Department to begin moving the U.S. embassy there has given rise to a slew of commentary.
07
Sep
Opinion | Can Jared Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
However confused the signals emanating from the Trump administration’s policy on Israel, there are still only three basic approaches to making Middle East peace.