Pini Dunner
ARTICLES BY: Pini Dunner
Jeremy Corbyn’s Antisemitism Isn’t Even the Worst of It
The last time that I wrote about Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK’s Labour Party, was over two years ago. At the time Corbyn...
Do We Have Free Will? And Does It Matter?
One of the major topics tackled by Greek philosophy is the existence of free will. Are human beings capable of making choices, or are their choices determined by...
Abraham Lincoln’s Secret Weapon
Earlier this week, at a raucous rally in Florida, President Trump cited a poll that he claimed showed him to be the most popular Republican...
For the Love of God, Don’t Arrest Your Opponents
Last Thursday, Israeli police detained Dov Haiyun, rabbi of the Conservative Moriah Congregation in Haifa, after a complaint was filed at the Haifa Rabbinical Court...
The Jewish State Must Remain Jewish
A wide range of international voices reacted with outrage to the legislation passed this week in Israel that defines the country as the nation-state of...
Why We Must Commemorate and Honor the Past
Earlier this week, a large group attended the final lecture in my spring/summer Jewish history series, to hear about “The Wild Wild West: Orthodox Jewish...
The Secret of the Teachers Who Inspire Us
Most of us have heard the quote from writer William Arthur Ward: “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great...
Isaac Herzog Is a Great Choice to Lead the Jewish Agency
Last Thursday, the leader of Israel’s Knesset opposition, Isaac Herzog, was appointed the new chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel -- the largest Jewish non-profit...
The Torah — and Trump’s Embrace of a Dictator
This week we witnessed momentous and unprecedented scenes in Singapore -- as the president of the United States sat down with the leader of North...
Beware of God-Believing Heresy
Earlier this week, thousands of Satmar Hasidim gathered at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island for an event led by the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum. The...
The Narrow-Minded View of History
Afua Hirsch is a British lawyer and journalist -- born to a Jewish father whose family escaped Nazi Berlin in 1938, and an Ashanti Ghanaian...
Despite Our Differences, We Are All the Same
From time to time, producers in Hollywood opt for movies that depict the closed world of ultra-Orthodox Jews. Some of these films have become icons...
The Triumphant Message of Naomi in The Book of Ruth
For many Holocaust survivors, Shavuot was their first festival after liberation from concentration camps. One of the first people to encounter the emaciated survivors was...
Moving the Embassy Was Predicted 2,500 Years Ago
In March 2016, I was at AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., when the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, vowed to “move the American...
