Dan Schnur is the U.S. Politics Editor for the Jewish Journal. He teaches courses in politics, communications, and leadership at UC Berkeley, USC and Pepperdine. He hosts the monthly webinar “The Dan Schnur Political Report" for the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall. Follow Dan's work at www.danschnurpolitics.com
Throughout our history, the Jewish people have been much more committed “bonders,” often as a result of necessity and survival. But there are times when we would benefit from being “bridgers” as well.
The lesson of the Maccabees is not about resigning ourselves to our fate and hoping that God will protect us. It is about remaining stalwart no matter the challenges we confront.
Rahm Emanuel is one of four Jewish political leaders seriously considering a run for the Democratic presidential nomination, at a time when antizionism is growing and antisemitism is coagulating.
The movie that forced me to think more deeply about the lessons of Hitler’s Germany was a fantasy musical about witches, wizards and talking animals.
An early review suggests that Trump’s deal with MSB could potentially threaten Israel’s safety on multiple fronts.
As much as I wish the fighting between Israel and Hamas were over, the sad fact is that it is not.
As long as either the Republicans or Democrats are willing to harbor the haters, they should no longer be rewarded with knee-jerk loyalty from our community.
Just as anti-Zionism from the left too often oozes into overt antisemitism, the equally extreme nationalism from ultra-conservatives on the far right frequently manifests itself as equally noxious bigotry against the Jewish people.
Mamdani propelled himself into front-runner status by effectively contrasting himself against two longtime politicians who seemed to embody what so many New Yorkers and Americans have come to dislike about their politics.
While Trump deserves immense credit for the release of the surviving hostages, there’s little question that he and most observers dramatically overestimated how much progress had been made to a broader peace.