Oligarchs and Bedfellows
March 14, 2022
Forty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, Putin decided it was time to, once again, install some drapes.
Thane Rosenbaum
Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor and Distinguished University Professor at Touro University, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society. He has written numerous works of fiction and nonfiction and hundreds of essays in major national and global publications. He is the legal analyst for CBS News Radio and appears on cable TV news programs. His most recent book is entitled “Saving Free Speech . . . from Itself.”
Ukraine’s Jewish Problem
February 28, 2022
However this conflict may end, the dark side of Ukraine’s antisemitic history should not be overlooked.
Jewish Westerns and Peddler Power
February 14, 2022
The typecasting of Jews on the frontier puts the lie to the cushy, exploitative lives of privileged Jewish-Americans.
Ho-Hum Holocaust Day
January 30, 2022
With each passing year, there are fewer surviving witnesses. And Holocaust memory—whether in diminished Yom HaShoah commemorations or the transgressive ways it has been trivialized or transformed into kitsch—has lost the solemnity it once had.
Crime and its Non-Punishments
January 17, 2022
Criminal laws are written by legislatures. District attorneys are charged with enforcing them. They are required to uphold the rule of law, and not serve as the enablers of lawlessness.
Coughing and Limping Into 2022
January 3, 2022
COVID-19’s viral load has already spread into 2022 and brought with it another wave of grim tidings.
Is it Time to Cancel Trump?
December 20, 2021
While speaking with an Israeli journalist from Axios, Trump trafficked in antisemitic tropes and reinforced pernicious stereotypes. Had he directed his remarks at people of color instead of Jews, it would have been a much bigger story.
The Dangerous Banality of Outrage
December 7, 2021
Blurting out the first thought that comes to mind is now a global habit, one without borders, filters or, apparently, any hesitation. Mouths just erupt with slanders and stereotypes.
Kyle Rittenhouse and the Ticking Racial Clock
November 22, 2021
Without the rioting, Rittenhouse would have remained anonymous. Instead, he became a symbol of vigilante justice.
It’s Time for Jewish Democrats to Ditch the Hard Left
November 8, 2021
Obsequious groveling to please progressives comes with a huge cost. Continue to empower them, let them set your agenda and fashion your policies, and you will lose more elections.
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