The Obama administration, Durban and America’s Jews A feeling of disquiet and angst prevails among American Jews. Many share a gnawing concern that ambiguous signals from the Obama administration herald an erosion of the US-Israeli partnership. The withdrawal of Charles Freeman as candidate for the...
The debate over ‘Durban II’ and the AJC David Harris is an exemplary Jewish professional who is largely responsible for the American Jewish Committee becoming a major creative force throughout the global Jewish arena. I am therefore saddened by his vitriolic public attack on Anne...
End the cant and hypocrisy Anyone seeking a case study of the forces of good facing evil incarnate would not find a better template than our current confrontation with Hamas. And yet, having for years endured bias and the application of double standards from the amoral...
Jewish Doves urge Obama to pressure Israel "Dovish" American Jewish groups are frenziedly urging the incoming Obama Administration to prioritize pressuring Israel to make further unilateral concessions. Although it is idle speculation to try to predict the policy that President-elect...
Islamophobia Without detracting from the obligation to combat hatred against Moslems and all minorities, the reality is that despite protestations to the contrary from liberals, Moslems residing in Europe face far less institutionalized discrimination than what...
Rethinking prosecution of Holocaust denial Today in democratic countries we face infinitely greater threats than from those promoting the insane proposition that the Holocaust was a fantasy. Prosecuting the deniers in court transforms them into victims and diverts us from confronting...
Why is the West funding Abbas’ hate TV? For too long the West has turned a blind eye towards incitement against Israel featured on the Palestinian Authority’s TV station. Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, describes in the Jerusalem Post how Norway, other European...
A vehicle promoting evil Five years ago, I wrote that the civilized world would benefit from the dissolution of the United Nations, already then a dysfunctional assembly of nations dominated by tyrannies and dictatorships. Since then, despite the welcome replacement of...
Georgia is not our war whereas Israel is only a minor player in this confrontation, it would be totally against our interests to take sides. In fact, to the extent that we have any say at all, our diplomacy should do all it can to avoid a revival of the Cold War.
The Barack Obama Enigma and the Jews I remain fairly optimistic that irrespective of who the American people elect as their next president, the friendship with Israel will remain intact.
