What Did you Hear when Mike Pence Spoke to the Knesset?
That vast numbers of Americans are inspired by the Bible to support Jewish rights in their ancient homeland isn’t so much a function of the left-right conflict as it is an integral part of America’s political culture
‘Outside-in’ is ‘Inside out’
The notion that Arab states can be relied upon to safeguard Israel’s security in a theoretical peace deal is a a pipe dream. Far from the Arabs protecting Israel, the reality is that Israel protects them.
Let’s Talk Truthfully About the Issues behind Mass Shootings
When Lori Alhadeff screamed at a camera from CNN and demanded that President Trump, “Please do something, do something, action, we need it now,” Americans instinctively sympathized with the grieving parent.
Must Israel do America’s Dirty Work?
Netanyahu’s Munich speech in which he gives Iran a warning was denounced as a provocation. But the real alert is to a Trump administration still asleep at the wheel on Syria.
The Embassy WILL Move . . . and the World WON’T End
Instead of waiting, the U.S. embassy is moving to Jerusalem in May. This offers a crucial lesson about the Middle East that needs to be learned.
Why Left-Wing anti-Semitism Matters
The anti-Trump resistance is in bed with Jew-haters and anti-Zionists. Why liberals need to draw a line in the sand.
Has Trump Finally Figured it Out?
Choosing John Bolton as his national security advisor gives the president the foreign-policy team members he needs. But will he listen to them?
Gaza and the Worthlessness of International Opinion
Even though the Palestinian “March of Return” was far from peaceful, Israel’s critics still absolve Hamas.
70 Years of Miracles
The focus on Israel’s problems often obscures the astonishing nature of a historic turnabout for the Jewish people.
The Portman Factor
The actress’s snub isn’t a victory for BDS or the Israeli prime minister’s political foes, but it does show how Netanyahu’s image problem has undermined one of his strengths.
Wrong Man? Right Decision!
Pres. Donald Trump’s Iran-deal decision was a first, necessary step to reverse his predecessor’s dangerous appeasement policy that empowered a rogue nation.
Did Trump Endanger Israel?
Withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal raised tensions, but it’s Iran that’s more isolated and weaker now, not Israel.
The Dead-Baby Strategy
Exploiting the death of a Palestinian infant shows the depths to which anti-Israel propaganda has sunk and how effective such immoral arguments can be.in defending human rights.
One Jewish People; Two Dissonant Tribes
A new survey of Israeli Jews shows strong feelings of solidarity with the Diaspora, but little interest in listening to the views of American Jews. It should cause soul-searching in both communities.
Religious Freedom for Me, but not for Thee
Opposition from Jewish groups to a Supreme Court decision defending the rights of a believer is a discouraging retreat from principle.
Bernie’s Smear Directs Democrats Further From Israel
Presidential contender’s videos boost Hamas terror organization and the Palestinian “right of return.”
Swimming Against the Tide? The Battle for Camp Ramah
An anti-Zionist group’s effort to use Jewish camps to undermine support for Israel poses a difficult challenge for a key American Jewish institution.
Ending the UN’s Human-Rights Farce
Trump’s critics prefer to attack him, rather than acknowledge that he was right to withdraw from a Human Rights Council that engages in anti-Semitic bias against Israel.
Why we Needed Charles Krauthammer
The passing of an erudite commentator is particularly painful not just because of his brilliance, but because his rational approach to politics and thought has gone out of fashion.
What Do We Expect from a Jewish State?
Anger about the new nation-state law is misplaced. Concern over the rabbinate flexing its muscles and contempt for the Diaspora is not.
Gaza: A problem Without a Solution
If the Trump administration is waving the white flag on its hopes for a fix to Gaza and an Israel-Palestinian peace plan, it’s a sign of realism, not amateurism.
Gravity in Action: When a Rock Falls in a Plaza . . .
The Kotel rock was a case of a stone meeting gravity. But it was also used as an excuse for Jewish score-settling while allowing the Palestinians to explain again why peace is not in sight.
Myths and Facts about an ‘illiberal’ Israel
If support for the Jewish state is declining, it may have more to do with American Jews than the Israelis they claim to deplore.
A Belated Obituary for World’s Conscience
The late Kofi Annan was personally respected, but his failures as U.N. Secretary-General explain why the institution remains a sad farce.
Why we Still Need Heroes like John McCain
Even in this era of cynicism, honoring heroism and national service remains essential. Without it, the ideas that bolster America and Israel suffer.
Where Will America’s Rabbis Lead us this Year?
A trend towards High Holiday sermons about Trump or Netanyahu could set the tone for more political strife, even as a sense of Jewish peoplehood declines.
Nikki Haley: Proof that Americans can Succeed at the UN
The resignation of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley took the political world by surprise, but it’s likely that no one is more disappointed than supporters of Israel.
What a Political General Teaches us about the Israel-Diaspora Disconnect
American Jews don’t know much about Benny Gantz, but they should acknowledge the collapse of the Israeli left.
Looking for anti-Semitism in All the Wrong Places
Criticizing George Soros doesn’t necessarily make you a Jew-hater.
Futilely Searching for Meaning in anti-Semitic Crimes
Scholar Ruth Wisse wrote, that anti-Semitism is the most successful ideology of the 20th century—a virus that morphed from fascism to Nazism to communism and then Islamism. The continuation of this trend in the 21st century has nothing to do with Trump, and everything to do with the fact that Jews remain a convenient scapegoat for extremists of all political and religious stripes.
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