Posts Tagged: American Jews
Students for Justice in Palestine Spreads Anti-Israel Blood Libel
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Delaware recently hosted a Zoom event titled “The Deadly Exchange,” highlighting “the militarization of police...
Fighting Public School Teachers Who Attack Jews and Israel
In our topsy-turvy world, teachers are now bullying students — if they're Jewish or like Israel. The Seattle Education Association (SEA) recently passed a resolution endorsing...
American Jews Need Wait No Longer, the Barbarians Have Arrived
“It is night, and the barbarians have not arrived,” the great modern Greek poet C. F. Cavafy’s “Waiting for the Barbarians” concludes. “And some people...
Hate Signaling: How the Media Spreads Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
I have a love-hate relationship with the New York Review of Books. I love the range of articles and reviews on literature and culture. But...
The Story of America’s Non-Jewish, First ‘Jewish Novelist’
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but today’s unforgiving ideologies define it as a form of appropriation or theft -- especially if it...
Has Ben Rhodes Made the Descent Into Antisemitism?
Ben Rhodes, the former national security aide to President Obama -- who once boasted that he used non-governmental groups and the media to create an...
Superman Was There When Jews Needed Him Most
In the Spring of 1938, Cleveland was abuzz with talk of “The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.” He was never apprehended, although Cleveland’s Public Safety...
Why George Washington Is a Hero to the Jews
My grandfather relished in telling of his immigration to America. Previously Jorge, he decided to be called by the English variant "George" when, together with...
Why I’m a Zionist
JNS.org - There are negative reasons to be a Zionist, and there are affirmative reasons. The negative ones, which relate to historical anti-Jewish hatred and abuse, make...
Ben Franklin’s Virtues and Jewish Practice
When Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) composed his autobiography, he included the description of a self-improvement method he had devised in his younger years and an honest...
Again Today, American Jews Face ‘Times That Try Our Souls’
I was taught in graduate school that the US was “the exceptional nation” by virtue of a stable, democratic political system, a dynamic economy offering...
400 Years of American and Israeli/Jewish Kinship
Four hundred years ago, in November 1620, the pilgrims of the "Mayflower" landed on Plymouth Rock, which they considered the modern day Promised Land. They...
‘Flowers for Shabbat’: Healing Our Divisions
JNS.org - The world is more divided than it has been at any time in recent history. Across the globe, deep social fissures have been...
Is There a Way Back From a Broken Political Culture?
JNS.org - Many Americans are anticipating a return to normalcy once the votes have been counted and the presidential election determined. For some, that just...
