Posts Tagged: Jews America
A Year Since October 7: The Erasure of Zionist Jews in the Public Square
The world has become a more dangerous place since October 7. In July, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in an airstrike in Tehran, shortly after...
US Jews Shouldn’t Give Up on America
In recent weeks, a growing chorus of prominent pro-Israel advocates have been urging Jewish Americans to leave the US and immigrate to Israel. Since the October 7 massacre,...
As Certain as Death and Taxes: The Unyielding Persistence of Antisemitism
In November 1789, as he neared the end of his life, Benjamin Franklin penned a letter to the French scientist Jean-Baptiste Le Roy; Franklin was...
Can We Trust Data Results on Jewish Discrimination? Not Always.
Creating accurate data driven survey results may sound easy. Just ask some questions and get some answers. However, there are many things that can go...
The 1868 Presidential Election and the Jews
Today, over two-thirds of Jewish voters are Democrats who favor Joe Biden. But there is a split between Jewish Republicans who are “Forever Trumpers” --...
America’s Founding Fathers and the Jews
Around Presidents’ Day every year, there are well-meaning declarations that America’s founding fathers were friendly to Jews and Zionism. Friendly quotations are easy to find, but...
America’s Crisis of Religion
In the past, the religiosity of the American people always remained striking. But no longer. According to a new Gallup poll, the percentage of Americans...
After Antisemitic Attacks, Are Jews Safer in the East Than the West?
JNS.org - The October attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh put a renewed spotlight on antisemitism in the United States, which has...
Does the Future of Judaism Lie in Israel?
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi of Great Britain, is correct in pointing out that never before in Jewish history has there been a thriving...
What’s Past Is Prologue: A Jewish Reflection on Charlottesville
JNS.org - When Jews confront the present and prepare for the future, we are always mindful of the past. When torch-bearing neo-Nazi white supremacists chant, “Jews will not...
Dead Jews Matter, But So Do the Living
Last week, more than 150 headstones were vandalized at the Chesed Shel Emeth Jewish Cemetery in University City, Missouri. Similar acts have been taking place all across...
Confronting Antisemitism in America
No one is born hating other people. Yet, tragically, some are taught to hate -- whether in the name of racial purity, religious doctrine, political dogma, ethnic...
Praying for Our Country
It is amusing and disturbing to see the demonstrations against an elected president, not so much for what he has done, but for who he...
What is the Meaning of America? Ask My Family
To truly understand the meaning of America, ask someone who wasn’t born here. In my case, that’s easy. My mother was born in the Soviet Union...
