There is a golden opportunity to expose the intellectual bankruptcy of antisemitism based on current identity politics discourse, and to credibly argue that the current struggle is a global confrontation between the forces of terror and oppression and the Free World.
On a recent Shabbat, Sinai celebrated the Ladino tradition and invited me to tell my story.
Public gestures matter. When someone in a position of influence treats atrocity as liberation, the signal travels far beyond a social media post.
At 73, I know I am on a slippery slope that’s getting slipperier.
Newsom’s machinations are a warning that the current difficulties for American politicians facing rising voter unhappiness with Israel will only become harder.
Oh, how I have waited for this day.
American Jews have always understood a key lesson of life: even if your victimhood is justified, if you wear it it will kill you.
A Ghetto Under Siege: From Oppression to Resistance
The shift in Newsom’s rhetoric tells us far more about the political winds swirling inside the Democratic Party than it does about Israel.
