Published in Modern Age They represent a growing force in the conservative intellectual movement. You could even say they constitute a new literary genre. A slew of books have recently been published by Christians concerned about the future of their religious communities in America, a country increasingly hostile to all people of faith. (How hostile? See, for…
Category: Religion
Put the Holy Back in “Holiday” [CITY JOURNAL] Dear Rabbis: Skip the politics these High Holy Days.
Published on City Journal “High Holidays” refers to the ten-day period of repentance spanning the Jewish New Year and the Day of Atonement, when—according to the Torah—the names of the righteous are inscribed in the Book of Life, and the names of the wicked are inscribed in the Book of Death. Not so long ago, the…
The Vanity of Bernard-Henri Lévy [NATIONAL INTEREST] BHL's latest tract, "The Genius of Judaism," is a polemic masquerading as intellectual history.
Published in The National Interest Bernard-Henri Lévy has been the recipient of vast quantities of acclaim, a copious dose of scorn and even a handful of projectile pies. This likely would have been the destiny of any semiprominent ex-Marxist French intellectual who openly (and practically unilaterally) turned against the European Left, calling it out for its…
The Left’s Anti-Semitism is More Widespread than the Alt-Right’s [FEDERALIST] According to the numbers, the average Jewish-American millennial will first encounter sustained and systemic anti-Semitism at college.
Published on The Federalist Although the fight against anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry must be nonpartisan, my attempt to draw attention to left-wing anti-Semitism triggered a depressingly partisan response. I was labeled a “liberal” by self-avowed anti-Semites and an “anti-Semite,” among other hateful terms, by self-avowed liberals. Clearly, many readers weren’t willing to seriously grapple…
The Alt-Right Distracts Many Jews From a Left-Wing Threat [FEDERALIST] There's a dangerous adversary on campus driven by anti-Zionism and intersectionality.
Published on The Federalist Much of the Jewish-American community is fixated on the “alt-right.” Over the past year, countless op-eds have been penned and declarations made comparing the United States to the Weimar Republic and intimating, à la Philip Roth’s 2004 novel, Plot Against America, that concentration camps are just around the corner—from Main Street. (A search…
Do Jews Defend Their Values by Helping Anti-Semites Immigrate to America? [TABLET] The ADL says most people in the Middle East harbor anti-Semitic views. But American Jews are largely in favor of offering safe haven to them.
Published on Tablet Where does American Jewry stand on the Obama administration’s admittance of 10,801 Syrian refugees to the United States in fiscal year 2016? A poll hasn’t been conducted, ostensibly because the mere conception of one would convey an improper presumption that Jews, by virtue of being Jews, should feel differently than other Americans about…
Activists Go Head-to-Head at George Mason University [TABLET] Pro-Israel organizations have the grit to fight back.
Published on Tablet Over the weekend, National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), which coordinates more than 160 chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), held its sixth annual conference just outside the nation’s capital at George Mason University (GMU), Virginia’s largest public research university. The conference was hosted by George Mason University Students Against…
The Problem with the “Jewish Vote” [LA TIMES] Jewish Americans don't vote with Israel in mind, they vote as liberals.
Published in The Los Angeles Times Although Jewish Americans represent just 2% of the population, politicians — and would-be politicians — have long considered the “Jewish vote” a prize worth pursuing. That’s actually not irrational. Jews contribute a disproportionate amount of money to political candidates and causes; many Jews live in the swing states of Florida…
Review: “Trouble in the Tribe,” by Dov Waxman [NATIONAL INTEREST] The price of assimilation has been Jewish identity.
Published in The National Interest On April 19, three days before this year’s start of Passover, the Jewish holiday celebrating the Israelites’ exodus from bondage in ancient Egypt, six protestors were arrested at the Boston office of AIPAC, “America’s pro-Israel lobby.” They had chained themselves to a mock Seder table. Their group, IfNotNow, claims to “seek…
The Left’s PC Hypocrisy on Islam [NATIONAL INTEREST] Muslims can speak for themselves.
Published on The National Interest Partisans of the Left compulsively claim President George W. Bush was an imbecile who couldn’t be trusted on anything. If they’re right, all of us must reflexively and wholly refute every statement he ever made. It would seem very reasonable, then, to first dispense with a sweeping pronouncement on one of…