Rafael Medoff / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Rafael Medoff / JNS.org
Is Israel’s Response ‘Disproportionate’? A History Lesson
The fact that the casualty toll from the first days of the Gaza fighting was three Israelis and 30 Arabs "underscores what critics of Israeli...
Former VP Henry Wallace, Forgotten Zionist, Stars in Oliver Stone’s New TV Series
Oliver Stone's controversial new television series on Showtime, which debuted Nov. 12, argues that Henry Wallace, the leftwing former vice president, could have established peace with...
10 Years on, Victim of Arab Terror Coulter Remembered Through NY Street
The average pedestrian standing at the corner of Madison Avenue and 69th Street in New York City may not appreciate the significance of the signpost...
The Hurricane They Almost Named ‘Israel’
While Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on East Coast Jewish communities, another storm 11 years ago made serious political waves in the Jewish world. It's not unusual...
A World Series Warning – About Hitler
The 1941 World Series is widely remembered as the first "Subway Series," when two New York City teams vied for baseball's championship. It was also...
Document Sheds New Light on Jewish Vote in 1944 Race
The conventional assumption about the 1944 presidential election is that since American Jewry was firmly in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's pocket, the Jewish vote was...
Tongue Tied on Terrorism—Again
The controversy over how to define the attack on the American consulate in Libya is not the first time the U.S. government has raised eyebrows...
A Moscow Simchat Torah Heard ‘Round the World
Much of the struggle for Soviet Jewry was waged by picketers, marchers, and lobbyists in the United States. But a lesser-known part of...
Tarzan and the Holocaust
Like American boys and girls, youngsters growing up in British Mandatory Palestine or the new state of Israel experienced thrills through the adventures of Tarzan, the...
Recalling Truman’s Push Against IDF Volunteers Amid Record Aliyah
When a record 127 North American Jewish volunteer soldiers for the Israel Defense Forces arrived in Tel Aviv on an aliyah flight last week, Prime...
Jewish Gold Medalist Raisman is an Athlete With a Conscience
She may be only 18, but gold medalist Aly Raisman could teach a thing or two to her Olympic elders. The gutsy Massachusetts teen followed ...
“The First X-Men” Takes Aim at Nazi War Criminals
From the demented geneticist known as Mr. Sinister to the evil giant Juggernaut, the X-Men have battled some pretty wild foes over the years....
Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Anti-Racist Legacy
The popular image of the Jews who took part in battles for black civil rights is of liberal activists and idealistic college students. Yet several...
Dr. Seuss and the Holocaust in France
Seventy years ago this week, 15-year-old Annie Kriegel was sitting in her Paris high school classroom, taking an exam, when her mother suddenly burst...
