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
Two separate events occurred in the state capitol last week that have combined to place considerable obstacles in the path of those who would kidnap an ethnic studies course to further antisemitic sentiment.
His enthusiasm for Israel has clearly diminished. The question now is what will bring it back.
Party loyalties apparently come first, even before the fight against prejudice, intolerance and hate.
For the first time ever, more Americans now hold a negative opinion of Israel than a positive one.
Going to war with the most elite colleges and universities in the country has given Trump the opportunity to turn the national political conversation away from the economic issues that have damaged the first months of his term.
Witkoff’s negotiation strategy is unintentionally providing Iran with breathing room of enormous value as the regime fights for its survival.
Two upcoming cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, dealing with religious liberty and the separation of church and state, could have a profound impact on the American Jewish community.
Underneath all the inexperience, incompetence and arrogance lies the true outrage. Vance articulated a philosophy that represents a growing danger for the U.S., for Israel and for our democratic allies throughout the world.
Donald Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. And he may have decided that Benjamin Netanyahu can make that happen for him.
Weeks after Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office, we are now receiving frequent and unsettling reminders that neither of our major political parties has a monopoly on anti-Zionism or antisemitism.