American Historian, Zionist Thinker
American Historian, Zionist Thinker
96 To our Arab-Israeli siblings: Thank you – opinion View this email in your browser The Jerusalem Post 15/09/2021 To our Arab-Israeli siblings: Thank you – opinion First, apologies for the sweeping headline. I don’t want to treat all Israeli-Arabs as one – …
Last Friday night, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett offered a short “Dvar Torah” teaching to launch the impromptu Washington DC Shabbat with stranded aides and reporters, caused when President Joe Biden postponed their summit. The Jerusalem Post’s Lahav Harkov reported that Bennett concluded, with ten minutes …
On September 22, the United Nations will waste a day celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration, adopted at the UN’s 2001 World Conference against Racism, held in Durban, South Africa. In a just world, the UN would mourn this debacle, for reducing an …
It’s August. As many Jewish college students finalize course schedules, naïve parents or grandparents might advise: “Why don’t you take one of those nice Jewish Studies courses?” Beware what you wish for. Many Jewish Studies professors have gone “Woke” – while some have gone mad …
In 1901, Theodor Herzl described the “Jewish proletariat” as “the poorest and unhappiest” in Europe and “also the most restless and disquieting.” Herzl saw one solution to this Jewish problem – come home! In returning to Palestine, the Jewish homeland, these “settlers” would become “permanent dwellers …
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid stumbled badly last week – he attacked Jew-hatred subtly, thoughtfully. Weaving the particular with the universal, the world’s unique obsession against Jews with humans’ tendency to hate others, Lapid first described how the Nazis menaced his father as a 13-year-old Jew. Lapid …
For years, when meeting Zionist activists on campus, I’ve heard their tales of woe. It often feels like Zionists Anonymous – or group therapy. One student describes being bullied or cancelled for being pro-Israel. Suddenly, the dam breaks. Others share their stories – then others. …
It’s easy to mock the Israeli President’s to do list: kiss babies – check; issue holiday greetings — check; host another reception for another ambassador – check. But in a young democracy with a volatile political system, the President’s to do list is more challenging. …
When Jew-hatred peaks, Jews traditionally mobilize – and unify. Yet today’s spike in antisemitism is sowing confusion. Too many American Jews refuse to recognize the Jew-haters within their own partisan camps. As a result, too many liberals blame Donald Trump for this latest Jew-bullying-binge. Even …
96 The Bennett family’s grace trumps its rivals’ gracelessness View this email in your browser The Jerusalem Post 16/06/2021 The Bennett family’s grace trumps its rivals’ gracelessness When Naftali Bennett requested “support for the Unity Government … to restore stability and functionality to the …