Back in the day when world events still had the capacity to shock, Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) -- its 80th anniversary commemorated Friday and Saturday -- was a clear foreshadowing of events that led...
Why Gaza is no Selma
Despite a culture of innovation that has mastered high-tech and even produced a Wonder Woman, Israel is not often the envy of other nations. It is a perpetual target — especially when it comes to...
Once Again With Poland: Whose Holocaust Is This?
A true paradox of this age of 24-hour news cycles and big data, where everything is verifiable and every moment is captured on smart phones, is that news itself is being called “fake,” with facts...
Obama sided with the forces of darkness
Brack Obama hosted Hanukkah parties at the White House throughout his presidency, but he waited until shortly after his final one, the day right before Hanukkah, to deliver his parting shot to the Jewish people....
Ivory Tower Agita: On Israel and the Past, The Left Loses Its Way
Never before have liberals and progressives had so little in common; indeed, the words themselves are beginning to mean very different things. The Democratic Party is suffering through a summer identity crisis, courtesy of Bernie...
Just how deep is the divide over Israel among American Jews?
Thane Rosenbaum, a novelist, essayist and Distinguished Fellow at NYU School of Law, is the director of the Forum on Law, Culture & Society, and the author of “How Sweet It Is!,” due out in...
