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The Most Important Jewish Election Nobody's Heard Of
By Nathan Guttman 13:50 20 January in Jewish World, Latest, Politics
This historic body, founded by Theodor Herzl in 1897, is the oldest representative Jewish institution and the only one in which all Jewish diaspora is represented and democratically elected. The elections will go on for almost two months, and in October 2020, the new Congress...
What Should the Anti-Semitism Czar Do?
For two years, America did not have a point person dealing with global anti-Semitism, and much has changed in that time: In Eastern Europe, attempts to blur historical facts regarding the Holocaust have increased, especially in Poland, while Hungary experienced a government-backed anti-Semitic smear campaign...
Debate | Should Jews Support Leaders Who Lie? | No
By Madeleine Kunin 13:10 13 January in Politics, Winter Issue 2020
The simple answer would be no. It depends partly on how you define lies....
Debate | Should Jews Support Leaders Who Lie? | Yes
By Danny Ayalon 12:17 13 January in Politics, Winter Issue 2020
Yitzhak Shamir once said that for the safety and security of the State of Israel, one can lie....
Qassem Soleimani and the 2020 Elections
An attack that lasted less than a minute on Thursday night marked a new phase in America's standing in the Middle East. What was until that moment a tense standoff between the Trump administration and the Ayatollahs in Tehran turned into a rapidly escalating conflict,...
Opinion | When Political Enemies Become Satan
By Konstanty Gebert 15:50 30 December in Politics, Winter Issue 2020, World
Countries with proportional election systems usually resist political paralysis. When multiple parties can form coalitions, the theory goes, polarization won't happen as readily....
Blurry Lines Between Church and State: Federal Funding in Jewish Institutions
By Nathan Guttman 16:07 23 December in Jewish World, Latest, Politics
Last week, only days after the deadly attack at a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, Congress approved a massive increase to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which will reach $90 million in 2020, compared to the $60 million allocated in 2019....
Donald Trump: Causing a Frenzy and Making Friends in the Jewish World
With a single stroke of his presidential sharpie, Donald Trump sent the entire Jewish world into a frenzy, debating whether America's 45th president had just changed the definition of Judaism in America from a religion to a nationality or race. He did not. The executive...
What Can Trump Gain From Israeli-American Voters?
By Nathan Guttman 12:39 09 December in Israel, Latest, Politics
The Israeli ex-pat community makes up anywhere from 300,000 to 800,000 members. Most are concentrated in New York and Los Angeles, rendering them useless in terms of electoral strategy. So why bother with this tiny sliver of a constituency?...
How the Harvard Professor with Great Hair Blew Up Twitter
By Lilly Gelman 13:18 06 December in Latest, Politics
Whether these other conversations, about his celebrity look-a-like and Jewish roots, eclipsed the impeachment conversation probably depends on which Twitter world one inhabits—the one that shows up for the news or the one that shows up solely for the memes....