What makes a nation strong?
Published in the June 13, 2022 issue of the Jerusalem Report. Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the Western Wall. Source: GoldPR As the Western world remains fixated for the…
The tension between
American and Israeli Jews
Photo: Judea and Ruth Pearl, the parents of slain WSJ journalist Daniel Pearl, light a Hanukkia at a Hanukkah reception at the White House in 2007. Ruth died on July…
Moment Magazine Symposium: What should the role of American Jews be with respect to Israel today
Photo: Peace rally at Detroit Central High School, 1948, Moment Magazine Dear MEPIN Readers, It was a privilege to be asked to write for a symposium sponsored by Moment Magazine…
MEPIN Weekend Note: Some thoughts on Bob Woodward’s latest book, Peril
I am finishing Bob Woodward’s new book, Peril. Like his previous books, it has been very insightful and provided details I was unaware of. However, it also reminded me there…
What do triggers, trauma and civil rights have in common?
Published in JNS. On the third anniversary of his mother’s death, a friend shared the story of her life during the Holocaust. He told us about how she escaped before…
The Taliban Takeover
Published in The Jerusalem Report on September 13, 2021. Score one for Sunni Jihadism. Twenty years after 9/11 and two years after America’s victory over ISIS, another Islamist caliphate has…
It’s the ‘hasbara,’ stupid: The new Israeli government must prioritize PR
Published in the August 19, 2021 issue of The Jerusalem Report. Israel has a national security blind spot. It is called effective public relations or, in Hebrew, hasbara. Israel does…
American and Israeli Democracy
American Jewish Diaspora
American Politics
Editorialized Journalism
Editorialized News Reporting
Israeli - Palestinian Conflict
How ‘constructive ambiguity’ has failed Israelis and Palestinians
Well-meaning American negotiators over the years have done a disservice to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. To try to bridge the perhaps insurmountable gulf between the warring parties, diplomats have employed…
America needs a stable Israeli government
An earthquake has hit the Israeli political scene. Its longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, now leads the opposition after 12 years. For an America that counts on a strong and…
American Politics
Editorialized Journalism
Editorialized News Reporting
Israeli - Palestinian Conflict
National Security
Palestine
Zionism
What CIA’s John Brennan teaches about mainstreaming anti-Semitism
by Dr. Eric R. Mandel and Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser Published by JNS. The Clinton White House public relations “war room” mantra was never to let any charge go…