In December, 1901, as delegates to the Fifth Zionist Congress, dillydallying over technical issues, considered once again pushing off a critical decision, Theodor Herzl himself intervened. Recognizing that only by launching what became Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), could the Jewish people start redeeming …
Taking a Jewish Approach to U.S. History
Taking a Jewish Approach to U.S. History By Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy As the United States endures this historic racial, health and economic mega-crisis, it’s also experiencing a crisis about its history. Americans often have viewed yesteryear far too uncritically; today, many view it far …
Marcel Adams: A hundred years of loving Israel and life
Ten years ago, when my father-in-law, Marcel Adams, turned 90, my wife, Linda, and I decided to film this amazing storyteller in action. As so often happened in the life of this dynamo who turns 100 August 2, he charmed our film crew – Guy …
Pay it forward, even without the NIS 750 subsidy
On Friday, the tabloid Yediot Achranot ran one of the most beautiful items I ever read in a newspaper. Page one mocked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to give Israeli adults 750 shekels or more to stimulate the economy. “Three Million Will Get a Subsidy …
Lies my anti-annexationists allies told me
There’s a reasonable case against annexation: Netanyahu’s too distracted; Jordan’s too weak; the Gulf States are too opposed; Palestinian rights are too important; and the status quo is too advantageous to risk. But I keep reading more infuriating, delegitimizing, statements from supposed allies — anti-Annexationists …
Center field: Why I remain an American patriot
96 Center field: Why I remain an American patriot View this email in your browser The Jerusalem Post 07/07/2020 Center field: Why I remain an American patriot America’s traumatized. We’ve got riots on the streets and Corona-victims filling the hospitals. Statues of presidents …
If you cancel Israel, you hurt yourself, not Israel
Last week, a student warned in the Forward : “Israel will lose my entire generation if it goes ahead with annexation.” Normally, I’d scoff. I’m an optimist. I’ve seen the thrill in the most alienated of Jews’ eyes when they land at Ben-Gurion airport with their …
In Israel, US, beware unpatriotic nationalists, nihilistic universalists
Good leadership is like oxygen – you just take it for granted; bad leadership is like pollution – you keep choking on it, as the poison accumulates. In Israel, the poisonous prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu flails about, bashing the courts, rousing thugs who threaten judges. …
How today’s black and white issue became a Jewish issue, too
Anguished articles about African-American antisemitism and Jewish oversensitivity keep detailing most Jews’ support for the Black Lives Matter moment despite the #BlackLivesMatter movement’s harsh anti-Zionism. This triggers other articles wondering why even this issue became a Jewish issue. Don’t blame us – entirely. Blame the …
The Fight for True Justice Requires Truth and Complexity
We all know that partisans place truisms ahead of the truth – although we only recognize such fanaticism in our rivals. Especially as anger mounts – and the stakes get higher – it becomes ever harder to see the convenient lies and half-truths we sell …