Posts Tagged: Jonathan S. Tobin
Academic Freedom Isn’t an Excuse for Antisemitism
JNS.org - We’re living in a time when American academic institutions claim to be dedicated to eradicating prejudice. That’s supposedly the point of the pledges...
A ‘Resistance’ Coup Just Defeated Israeli Democracy
JNS.org - After months of increasingly strident mass protests against his government’s plans to reform Israel’s out-of-control and highly partisan judicial system, Prime Minister Benjamin...
Iraq Anniversary Reminds Us That Avoiding War Isn’t Always Wrong
JNS.org - As a general rule of thumb, it’s always best to avoid analogies to Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain. The trio of...
What’s Worse: Threats by Smotrich or Amnesty International?
JNS.org - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich does not appear to be ready for prime time. Last week, he “clarified” public remarks saying that the...
Should American Jews Intervene to Stop Netanyahu?
JNS.org - Rabbi Rick Jacobs had a point when he was asked recently to defend his efforts to intervene in Israel’s debate about judicial reform....
How Americans Can Save Israeli Democracy
JNS.org - President Joe Biden isn’t the first American president to intervene in Israeli politics. US administrations have been doing so for decades with generally...
Ilhan Omar Is the Democrats’ Problem, Not Kevin McCarthy’s
JNS.org - After all the deals he made to get the votes of recalcitrant conservative Republicans, new Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy...
Where’s the Outrage Over Biden Comparing Illegal Immigrants to Holocaust Victims?
JNS.org - After two years of pointedly ignoring a problem largely of his own making, President Joe Biden finally made a brief visit to the...
Bibi’s Book Reminds Us Why He’s Still in the Fight
JNS.org - After his four decades as a public figure, and a soon-to-be-extended record run as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, is there anything we don’t...
Enough Hypocrisy on Antisemitism
JNS.org - As he has done with just about every other issue, former President Donald Trump is sucking the oxygen out of any discussion on...
Ukraine Backs Antisemitism at the UN While Pressuring Israel for Arms
JNS.org - It was just another day at the United Nations. But, instead of its usual business being simply more evidence of the way the...
Dave Chappelle and Normalizing Black Antisemitism
JNS.org - You have to live in a bubble of New York Times readers and NPR listeners to think that what happens on “Saturday Night...
Biden Shouldn’t Try to ‘Save’ Israeli Democracy From Election Victors
JNS.org - The votes in Israel’s latest Knesset election are still being counted, but the exit polls confirmed the worst fears of the Biden administration....
Israel Should Stay Out of the War in Ukraine
JNS.org - Eight months into Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, two things are clear about the conflict. One is that Russian President Vladimir...
