Upon its conclusion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly lauded the Israel Defense Forces for its brilliant work during “Operation Shield and Arrow.”
The five-day …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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5/18/23
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The most important facts about the latest violence in the Middle East were the ones that were left out of the New York Times’ sidebar explainer published in the wake of a series …
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By Jonathan Tobin
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5/10/23
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THERE is something about the story of the eight Jews who spent more than two years hiding in the secret annex at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam that is irresistible to readers, as well as audiences …
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By Jonathan Tobin
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5/3/23
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In the 1980s, as the generation of Holocaust survivors began to age, the Jewish world found itself pondering some relevant questions: What would happen after the last of the survivors were gone? Who …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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4/19/23
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For more than 20 years, the Anti-Defamation League has touted its “No Place for Hate” education as a model for how school districts can address intolerance. The program has been adopted …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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4/3/23
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The stock of historical figures rises and falls with the changing times that follow them. That is especially true for presidents. Examples of these top leaders whose reputations have risen and fallen …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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3/29/23
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Seen only in the context of the struggle between America’s two major political parties, the House of Representatives’ vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Relations …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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2/8/23
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For the last 11 months, Israel has sought to signal its opposition to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine while avoiding being dragged into a war that compromises its own security and …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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2/1/23
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Cancel culture in academia is a serious problem. There is no sector of American society in which dissent is so routinely crushed, or where free speech is most endangered, as the country’s …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/18/23
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In his initial phone conversation with new Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed two contradictory messages.
As his boss, President Joe Biden, has …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/11/23
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