Ruthie Blum
ARTICLES BY: Ruthie Blum
Rubio’s Proud Restating of the Obvious
On Thursday, two days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's landslide re-election, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) delivered a 15-minute tribute to the Jewish state and...
Ballot Shock and Awe
Nearly a week after election day in Israel, the country is still reeling from the results. In a rare case of uniformity, the political echelon,...
Why Our Votes Matter
Though Israeli voter turnout is among the highest in the Western world -- trailing behind only those countries in which voting is compulsory --...
A Warning and a Nod
On Monday, a group of 47 Republican senators released an "Open Letter to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The letter, initiated by...
The Grandeur of Western Illusions
This week, a photo of a dress went viral on the Internet, with people from all corners of the globe expressing an opinion about...
Beware of Saudi Bedfellows
It sounds silly to say this about a regime that engages in egregious human-rights abuses as a matter of course (i.e. treating women as chattel,...
Why I’m Voting Likud
In three weeks, on March 17, Israelis will go to the polls to elect the next Knesset. As has been the case since the 1980s,...
Can Jews Just Pick Up and Move?
Last Saturday, Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein opened fire during an event on "Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression" at a cultural center in Copenhagen, killing...
Antisemitism Denial and Smug Jews
During the 51st Munich Security Conference last weekend, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was busy conducting one-on-one "hallway diplomacy" with a number of his...
The Rockets’ Red Glare
While the brouhaha in the United States and Israel over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled address before Congress on March 3 continues to...
Obama’s Hollow Words Aren’t Enough to Stop ISIS
When the video of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive in a cage appeared on the Internet on Tuesday, Jordanian King Abdullah II...
Holocaust and Hezbollah Reminders
On Tuesday, the world commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which coincided this year with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps....
Iran and the State of Obama-Land
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama painted a "Žrosy picture of America's condition at home and abroad, presenting...
Terrorism and Tiaras
Two weeks into the 2006 Second War in Lebanon, as Israel tried to put a stop to Hezbollah rockets that were pummeling huge swaths...
