The disintegration of American Jewry American Jewry, apart from the Orthodox and a minority of committed non-Orthodox, is demographically imploding. Paradoxically, this is taking place at a time when support for Israel among the American people is at an all-time high and traditional...
AIPAC leadership losing the plot The American Jewish leadership’s downward spiral has accelerated. This can be traced back to its cowardly silence when then-President Barack Obama began treating Israel as a rogue state and applied moral equivalence to Israelis defending...
Aliyah from Western countries The founders of modern Israel originated from contrasting ideological movements. Since their dispersion into exile, Jews who for centuries endured Christian and Muslim persecution, maintained spiritual (and in a few cases physical) links with their...
The predictable liberal response to Pence Listening to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s address to the Knesset was a euphoric experience. Pence is a devout evangelical Christian who regards America’s religious commitment as a crucial component of the administration’s policy. He...
American Jews: Look in the mirror There are some unpleasant facts and bitter truths about a large component of Diaspora Jews that are being swept under the carpet. The reality is that many of those who classify themselves as Jews live in an environment in which being Jewish has...
Facing a challenging new year We enter Rosh Hashanah 5778 with conflicting emotions. Israel has never been in a stronger position, globally and domestically, thriving in every respect—economically, politically and militarily. But we live in a world of chaos. North Korea...
Accelerating chaos within the American Jewish community The chaos enveloping American Jewry since the election of President Donald Trump—which many predicted would be merely a passing phenomenon—has in fact increased exponentially over the past few months. It is concurrent with the turmoil prevailing...
British Jews: A wake up call British Jews and many other British nationals were shocked and dismayed with the outcome of last week’s general elections in the U.K. Contrary to expectations, Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May emerged with a staggering defeat and Jeremy...
American liberal Jewish leaders fuel anti-Semitism We try to rationalize that the anti-Zionist behavior of individual Jews does not justify anti-Semitic bigotry. However, the crass political exploitation of their Jewish identity by American leaders of purportedly “nonpartisan” mainstream Jewish...
Are Trump and Israel on the same page? The first two weeks of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration have been the most active of any in recent memory. The unprecedented executive orders, not to mention the initial exchanges with other heads of state, have generated headlines...
