For decades, Jews lived under the thumb of Communist regimes in the Soviet Union and its subservient satellite states in Eastern Europe. They were not always treated equally, notwithstanding the communist dogma that every citizen enjoyed equal rights. Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, turned against Russian Jews in the late 1940s, marginalizing them and crushing […]
Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York was the first one in the club to fall in a primary election. Representative Cori Bush of Missouri followed him down the path to defeat. In relatively quick succession, two African American members of The Squad, an informal group of left-wing Democratic members of the House of Representatives who […]
At the end of it all, Josh Shapiro was unable overcome a distinct disadvantage in his bid to become Kamala Harris’ running mate in the forthcoming U.S. presidential election. Shapiro thereby fell short of becoming the second Jewish American to be selected for that job. In 2000, Vice President Al Gore chose Joseph Lieberman, a […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put it best. “Challenging days” lie ahead for Israel as it braces for an armed response from Iran and its regional proxies following its recent assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the chief political figure in Hamas, and Fuad Shukr, the highest-ranking military commander of Hezbollah. This is indeed is one of Israel’s […]
The Norwegian street artist Toddel has created a mural of Anne Frank in the southwestern city of Bergen that is nothing short of revolting. “Death of an Innocent,” as it is blandly called, provocatively portrays the late Dutch Jewish diarist clad in a Palestinian keffiyeh. Toddel has said that his mural is a critique of […]
Ayman Safadi, the foreign minister of Jordan, never fails to be hostile to Israel. Since the October 7 rampage by Hamas in southern Israel, he has lashed out at Israel repeatedly, falsely claiming that it has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip. Presumably, his opinion is shared by King Abdullah II, who has been cool […]
Several years after the release of Ben-Hur, William Wyler’s epic, I finally got to see it. I was not disappointed, being generally impressed by its grandeur and pageantry. In particular, I loved its signature chariot race pitting a Jewish prince against a Roman tribune, a scintillating scene now considered a classic in cinema. I watched […]
Israel has eliminated two of its most formidable enemies in virtually one fell swoop. On July 30, Israel announced that Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah’s most senior military commander, had been killed in Beirut in retaliation for a drone strike he ordered that caused the deaths of 12 Druse children and young adults in the Golan Heights […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a discredit to Turkey and a destabilizing force in the Middle East. Unable to restrain himself, he regularly descends into rants unworthy of his office. And being an Islamist and an ardent champion of the Palestinian cause, he reserves his most outrageous vitriol for his nemesis, Israel. Erdogan has been […]
It looks like Benjamin Netanyahu has repaired his frayed relationship with Donald Trump. Trump, the former U.S. president and now the Republican Party candidate in the forthcoming presidential election, warmly welcomed Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, to his palatial Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on July 26. They arrived in Florida at the end of […]