Ira Stoll
ARTICLES BY: Ira Stoll
New York Times Blames Hasidim, Purim for Coronavirus Outbreak
Did the Hasidic Jewish community in New York bring coronavirus upon itself by refusing to cancel in-person Purim megillah readings? That’s the narrative being pushed by...
New York Times World War II-Era Diary Project Gets History Wrong
The New York Times devoted the front of a recent Sunday arts section and four full broadsheet pages inside to World War-II-era Dutch diaries. The Times...
New York Times Seder-Shames Ivanka Trump
The New York Times wants everyone to know that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner had a Passover seder in New Jersey, not Washington, DC —...
‘Truly Ugly,’ ‘Blood Libel’: Outrage Mounts at Media Blaming Religious Jews, Rabbis for Covid-19
Concern is rising in the Jewish community that The New York Times is falsely blaming religious Jews for the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Times...
Remembering a Member of ‘Jewish Royalty’
In need of a break from the grim coronavirus news? Here’s what I did, and I recommend it: Get a copy of, and read, Touched...
Coronavirus, Blacks, and Black-Hats — a Classic New York Times Double Standard
Let’s take a look at a side-by-side comparison of two New York Times news articles about communities hard-hit by the novel coronavirus. The first example blames...
New York Times Backs Cellphones to Fight Virus Everywhere Except Israel
A New York Times news article from Israel is faulting Prime Minister Netanyahu for combating the coronavirus with measures similar to those the Times itself,...
Past Pandemics Spurred Violent Antisemitism. Prepare for More
Recent days have seen an outbreak of antisemitism related to the coronavirus and Covid-19. The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish organization that fights bigotry, reports, “Extremists hope...
New York Times News Article Awards West Bank Land to Palestinians
A New York Times news article by Patrick Kingsley reports on the results of Israel’s elections. It says in part, “Mr. Netanyahu has shored up his...
Anti-Circumcision Activists Flood New York Times Comments Section
Anti-circumcision activists have pounced on a New York Times feature article about female mohels, flocking to the comments section to describe Jewish ritual circumcision as...
New York Times Bares Bias in Attack on Jerusalem Housing Plan
The New York Times has abandoned even the pretense of evenhandedness when it comes to its news coverage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A Times news...
New York Times Focuses on ‘Gentrification’ as Cause of Antisemitic Attacks
The New York Times has a news article reporting on antisemitic violent attacks against Orthodox Jews in New York. The Times article offers one explanation for...
New York Times Falsely Claims West Bank Settlements ‘Alienated Much of the World’
A New York Times report from the United Nations inaccurately claims that Israeli settlements in the West Bank have “alienated much of the world.” The Times...
Ruth Wisse’s Jewish Power Is on Display in New Edition of Her Groundbreaking Book
“Is this the prophet Ruth Wisse?” I ask over the phone to the professor emerita of Yiddish literature at Harvard. I mean it, only half-joking, in...
