American Historian, Zionist Thinker
American Historian, Zionist Thinker
96 Trump, Capitol riot show dangers of violating invisible values – opinion View this email in your browser The Jerusalem Post 13/01/2021 Trump, Capitol riot show dangers of violating invisible values – opinion Three hundred American historians and constitutional scholars just signed a …
With Coronavirus vaccines on our minds and in more and more Israeli bodies, we return to a perennial mystery that thrills Jew-haters but unnerves many American Jews – although it should thrill American Jews and unnerve Jew-haters. With articles noting that Pfizer’s head scientist Mikael …
Question: How do you know it’s election time in Israel? Answer: When you stop thinking about politics and spend your time obsessively doing basic arithmetic in your head. You pass your makolet – your corner store. You spy a Ma’ariv headline predicting 26 votes for …
As Joe is Biden his time before Inauguration Day, Zionists should wonder, “how can the next administration” – dare I say it – “trump this one’s Middle Eastern accomplishments?” Clearly, the pro-Israel community should thank President Donald Trump and his foreign policy team for three …
For those of us born free, we mouth the words “Hanukkah’s-the-holiday-of-freedom” but don’t really know what it means. The only time I tasted what it was like to be free was after three weeks of unfreedom visiting Refuseniks in the former Soviet Union for Pesach. …
I was reading Barack Obama’s memoir, A Promised Land , as the Politically Correct response to the assassination of Iran’s leading nuclear scientist congealed. “IRANIAN SCIENTIST’S KILLING,” PBS’s graphic proclaimed. The New York Times tweeted that “Iranian officials… have always maintained that their nuclear ambitions are for …
Jonathan Pollard may soon move to Israel. For decades, I endorsed the release of this clearly-guilty yet abusively-punished spy whose sustained imprisonment I called “the worst act of official American anti-Semitism in our lifetimes.” Still, I hope Israelis and the government control themselves. Don’t give …
As Joe Biden launches his transition and the Republicans telling Donald Trump he lost show off their regrown tongues, spines, and souls, the Jewish community remains polarized. As a first step to rebuilding a healthy dialogue, can we agree on certain facts? By identifying enough …
As an historian, I never predict elections – predicting the past is hard enough. Usually, when asked, I “predict one winner…. the American people.” Not this year. Or I say, “I predict that Election Day will be peaceful and orderly.” Not this year. Let’s be …
In these hyper-partisan times, many Israelis and Americans scoff at those of us who demand moral leadership – and consistency – from political leaders. Supporters of Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu justify their respective hero’s divisive demagoguery, “because he gets the job done.” Meanwhile, partisans …