Recent Analysis
Getting Real About Jew Hatred
(Washington Jewish Week) – Spontaneous memorials, like the dozens of glowing yahrzeit candles on the sidewalk near the White House on May 22, and empathetic statements after the murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim like the one by Mayor…
Pope Francis’ Unholy Alliances
(New English Review) – “The not-so-quiet talk on the next pope; Candidates are emerging even as Francis recovers from health crises,” the March 15 Washington Post advised readers. “Vatican officials warn that it’s disrespectful to discuss the conclave that will elect Francis’s successor…
Imagine a Looming Saudi-U.S. ‘Two-State’ Trap
(The Times of Israel) – Imagine for a moment that you are the prime minister of Israel. Imagine also it is still February 28. You just have watched U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance boot Ukrainian leader…
Jimmy Carter—Sanctimonious, not Saintly
(New English Review) – The eulogies offered at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral earlier this month suffered from significant errors of omission. Prominent among them were those regarding his Arab-Israeli peace-making and relations with Jews and their state. Speakers highlighted…
Students for Justice in Palestine Flunks Out
(Washington Jewish Week – Eric Rozenman and Julie Strauss Levin) – This past Oct. 7, George Mason University’s Hillel and Chabad student organizations held a commemoration for the victims of Hamas’ rampage of rape, mutilation, kidnapping, immolation, and murder in…
World War IV at the Door
(Townhall.com) – Recent references to a potential World War III abound. They include those from a George F. Will Washington Post column headlined “Averting World War III starts with stopping Putin”. There was also Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.’s Wall Street Journal commentary implying the…
Missing in Action—The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
(New English Review) – Jew-hatred had been re-emerging in the West since at least al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001 murder of nearly 3,000 people in the United States. A recurrent, if at times tacit, answer to the question, “Why do they hate…
Trump Too Must Pass the Torch
When you lose Taylor Swift, you have not necessarily lost the presidential election. But when you and your vice-presidential pick descend to a public spat with the internationally adored billionaire songstress, you’ve probably lost suburban women and other purported swing…