Blogs
Using the Language of War Makes Battling BDS Clearer
Complex and contradictory language surrounds our conversations regarding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and how to stop it. “Delegitimization,” “antisemitism,” “hypocrisy” and...
In the US as in Israel, Voting Should ‘Trump’ Slim Electoral Pickings
In January 2013, three weeks before the Knesset elections in Israel, I wrote a column explaining why voting is imperative, even when the political pickings are slim. I was talking about the Jewish state, where...
Golda Meir Was a Bigger Trailblazer Than Hillary Clinton
Queens have existed throughout history. They are women who rule because they are married to or descended from other rulers. If Hillary Clinton is elected president of the United States, she will be the first woman...
A Palestinian Refugee — From Hamastan
From Al Arabiya: Mounis Hammouda and Hisham Shaban were stranded in Honduras, penniless after being ripped off by a smuggler who was supposed to get them to Mexico so that they could arrive at their final destination,...
Former Al Qaeda Fighter Sought Asylum in Norway as a ‘Refugee’
Norwegian police arrested a former Syrian Al Qaeda fighter who sought asylum in Norway, the UK's Daily...
Standing Up for Israel on Social Media
Too often when Israel is featured in the news, it is for something negative. Yet,...
Hamas Exploits Easing of Gaza Blockade to Smuggle More Weapons
Palestinian terrorist groups continue to exploit Israel's relaxation of the Gaza naval blockade to smuggle...
Jasbir Puar Is An Israel-Hating Academic Fraud
There have been some articles lately about charges of antisemitism against Rutgers University professor Jasbir...
Anti-Israel Week Overshadows Holocaust Remembrance Day at UC-Irvine
University of California-Irvine (UCI) student Kevin Brum is not Jewish. But that didn’t matter to...
Using the Language of War Makes Battling BDS Clearer
Complex and contradictory language surrounds our conversations regarding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and how to stop it. “Delegitimization,” “antisemitism,” “hypocrisy” and “misguided”...
In the US as in Israel, Voting Should ‘Trump’ Slim Electoral Pickings
In January 2013, three weeks before the Knesset elections in Israel, I wrote a column explaining why voting is imperative, even when the political pickings...
Golda Meir Was a Bigger Trailblazer Than Hillary Clinton
Queens have existed throughout history. They are women who rule because they are married to or descended from other rulers. If Hillary Clinton is elected president...
A Palestinian Refugee — From Hamastan
From Al Arabiya: Mounis Hammouda and Hisham Shaban were stranded in Honduras, penniless after being ripped off by a smuggler who was supposed to get them to...
Former Al Qaeda Fighter Sought Asylum in Norway as a ‘Refugee’
Norwegian police arrested a former Syrian Al Qaeda fighter who sought asylum in Norway, the UK's Daily Express reports. Police arrested the 26-year-old man Friday at an asylum center after officers...
Standing Up for Israel on Social Media
Too often when Israel is featured in the news, it is for something negative. Yet, the reality is that there are so many great stories...
Hamas Exploits Easing of Gaza Blockade to Smuggle More Weapons
Palestinian terrorist groups continue to exploit Israel's relaxation of the Gaza naval blockade to smuggle weapons meant to strike the Jewish state, Israel's domestic intelligence...
Jasbir Puar Is An Israel-Hating Academic Fraud
There have been some articles lately about charges of antisemitism against Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar. I don't like to toss around phrases like that...
Anti-Israel Week Overshadows Holocaust Remembrance Day at UC-Irvine
University of California-Irvine (UCI) student Kevin Brum is not Jewish. But that didn’t matter to the northern California native after he saw the film “Schindler’s...
Standing United With Israel at 68 — Flaws and All
JNS.org - Israel’s Yom Ha’atzmaut — Independence Day — is particularly meaningful to my family. My uncle brought his family to the country from Poland in...
An Open Letter to Ayelet Waldman, Dave Eggers, Michael Chabon & Geraldine Brooks About the Palestinians
Your recent and much-publicized participation in Breaking the Silence’s tour of the Palestinian West Bank, as part of your project to publish essays by well-known...
US Islamist Group Condemns Killing of Murderer, Is Silent on Death of Journalists and Minorities
Bangladesh has been wracked by a series of brutal attacks against secular writers and religious minorities. But only the death of a prominent Bangladeshi Islamist prompted...
Michigan Public Radio Station Bars Donor’s Israel Birthday Message
The University of Michigan's public radio group -- Michigan Radio -- denied one of its donors the opportunity to wish Israel a "Happy 68th Birthday" to mark the country's...
Was Brown U’s Hillel Attempting to Cover Up a ‘Nakba Day’ Event?
My article that appeared yesterday at the pro-Israel blog Israellycool reported that Brown University’s Hillel was hosting a commemorative "Nakba" event. The term “Nakba” -- Arabic for “catastrophe” -- refers to the...
