American Jewry at a Crossroads: Confronting or Acquiescing to the Anti-Israel Left
People fill out ballots as a poll worker makes a phone call on Election Day for the midterm primary on June 9, 2026 at Dreher High School in Columbia, South…
‘Anti-Palestinian Racism’: It’s the next tool of anti-Zionists
A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest encampment is set up at the University of California, Berkeley last year. At Stanford and Berkeley, faculty resolutions and student events have labeled opposition to Hamas as…
‘Zionism is racism’ is thriving
Anti-Israel demonstrators protest at a “Get Out The Vote” rally the weekend before the Democratic Party primary in New York, June 22, 2024. Credit: Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images. Just…
A diplomat’s view of Israel
An effective strategic plan combines military strength, political leadership, and diplomacy. Having written much about Israel’s security, intelligence, and defensive challenges, I wanted to highlight the diplomatic perspective concerning the…
Antisemitism on US campuses
Columbia University student Jessie Brenner speaks at a press conference calling for the university’s administration to support students facing antisemitism, in New York on October 30. I began covering the…
American vs. Israeli patriotism
Published on June 25, 2023 by JNS. This June, I was privileged to hear an American lieutenant-general studying at the Israel Defense College speak about American patriotism and the lack…
Israel turns 75 – What comes next?
Photo: A topsy-turvy Knesset seen through a crystal ball. Source: Marc Israel Sellem. Photo and caption from The Jerusalem Report. Published in the May 8, 2023 issue of The Jerusalem…
Zoom talk on BDS, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, International Law, and Apartheid
The following video covers Dr. Mandel’s online lecture on BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions), Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, International Law, and Apartheid. In this video, you will learn: What is BDS? What…
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…
American and Israeli Democracy
Anti-Semitism
Palestine
Two-State Solution
U.S. - Israel Relationship
Zionism
The return of ‘Zionism is Racism’
Published in The Jerusalem Report on July 12, 2021. In 1975, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, which “determine that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.”…