AIPAC at the Pinnacle of Success The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a uniquely American organization supported by the majority of American Jews, is the most important global Jewish association engaged in Israel advocacy. Jews on the far left, like those...
Anglo Jewish Leaders and “trembling Israelites” The simmering tensions associated with the “restrained” Anglo Jewish leadership approach to Israel advocacy, exploded at the last plenum meeting of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Senior vice-president Jonathan Arkush launched a bitter...
Beinart’s False Image of Zionism and American Jewry In June 2011, Peter Beinart a former editor of the staunchly pro-Israel New Republic, published a controversial essay in the left wing New York Review of Books, headlined “The failure of the American Jewish Establishment”. The article was a...
When Ronald Lauder calls on Mahmoud Abbas During a recent visit to London, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder accompanied by the President of his Latin American region, Jack Terpins, called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Saeb Erekat who were also in...
Kudos to ADL’s Foxman for speaking up For some months I have been highly critical of the failure of the American Jewish establishment leadership to speak out against repeated hostile policies and statements emanating from various branches of the Obama administration. I also expressed...
Interview with Shalom TV in New York I attach, for those interested, the link to an interview with Mark Golub of Shalom TV which was conducted during my recent trip to New York and which is being televised this week. Mark Golub is an extraordinarily talented and highly...
New Israel Fund sparks furor Down Under In June 2010, amidst considerable controversy, an Australian branch of the New Israel Fund (NIF) was launched by its president, former MK Naomi Chazan, who a few months earlier had been disinvited from an Australian Zionist speaking engagement...
The resurgence of the Zionist Organization of America I recently had the fascinating experience of attending the 114th national anniversary dinner of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) in New York. Close to 800 participants (including 100 student activists) from throughout the US gathered in New...
American Jewish leaders at a crossroads On the surface, it would seem that two of American Jewry’s most highly regarded Jewish leaders, both deeply committed and devoted to Israel, have lost – at least temporarily – their political bearings. In a recent column titled...
The silence of American Jewish leaders Traditionally, Diaspora Jewish leaders speak up on behalf of Israel, frequently even taking the lead on issues in which geopolitical considerations made it problematic for the Jewish state to be engaged. Examples abound: the plight of Soviet Jewry,...
