Politics | American Politics

Where Jews fit in America’s realigned parties

Most Jews will vote for the party that represents the credentialed elites. That they do so while claiming to support social justice doesn’t make sense.

Politics | American Politics

Trump’s rhetoric vs. Harris’s policies

While the former is doubtless hard for liberal Jews to absorb, with regard to Israel and the Jews, the latter are much worse.

Politics | The Left

American Jews must see that the Democratic Party is swiftly becoming institutionally antisemitic

The Democratic Party is swiftly becoming institutionally antisemitic.

This isn’t a case of “swiftly becoming” - it has been true for at least a decade and a half. The Obama era ushered in acceptance of antisemtism in the Democratic Party, even though it had existed under the radar in the party for decades before.

Politics | Trump Administration/Congress

The Seeds of Biden’s Betrayal of Israel Were Planted A Long Time Ago

 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Israel on Thursday against cutting off Palestinian banks and spoke about the need to increase aid to Gaza, that is, Hamas, even further.

Politics | Opinion

Jonathan Glazer, Liberal Jewish Prophet

Oscar acceptance speeches are to culture what tax audits are to a small business: nasty, brutish, and somehow never short enough. And yet, when Jonathan Glazer took the stage at

This is an excellent articles I wish I’d written it.

Politics | Trump Administration/Congress

Are the American Hostages American Enough for Biden?

Joe Biden knows something about accusations of dual loyalty. In 2016, then-Vice President Biden delivered a speech at Dublin Castle heralding the “progress” Catholic Americans have made since John F. Kennedy

The comments from Tlaib and Omar are especially appalling.

News | News

Former US Senator Joe Lieberman, First Jew on Major Party Presidential Ticket, Dies at 82

Former US Senator and Democratic Party vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman died on Wednesday at age 82 in New York City after suffering complications from a fall, his family said. "His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him wh

This is very sad news. He was an old style democrat - and a man of great integrity. I always really respected him. BDE

Politics | Opinion

Biden is risking the Jewish vote

Presidents who turn on Israel have always ended up in failure and defeat.

And nobody hopes more than I do that everyone wakes up and stops voting for this man, and this party that clearly hate us, and worse, continually advocate policies which put Jewish lives in danger (G-d forbid).

Politics | Opinion

More Than 30 Americans Died on October 7 — Where Is the Outrage?

Antisemitism is so ingrained in our society that Americans with dual Israeli citizenship are treated with disdain

News | Antisemitism Watch

Rashida Tlaib Asks Supporters To 'Chip In' So She Can Host More Anti-Semitic Events

Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) is fundraising off the anti-Semitic event she hosted last week, telling supporters she needs the money to battle "Israel's apartheid regime."

From "The Beacon":

"Rep. Rashida Tlaib is fundraising off an anti-Semitic event she hosted last week, which mourned Israel's creation as a "catastrophe."

Tlaib is telling supporters she needs the money to battle "'Israel's apartheid regime.."

Politics | Opinion

Ousting Ilhan Omar cause for reflection, not celebration

Reluctance to favor expelling Ilhan Omar highlights the challenges associated with celebrating the political rise of American Jewry.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Rise in antisemitism dispels the myth of American Jewish exceptionalism

What has transpired so many times throughout history – pogroms and officially condoned attacks on Jews – never came about overnight.

The author wasn’t the least surprised person in the world that the recent spat of antisemitism happened in America: I was. I’ve been warning about this for decades. Even more interesting was the, literally, total lack of response to the letter her friend sent to fake Jewish “leaders.” I have had that EXACT experience time and time again. The American Jewish community needs new, effective, brave, leadership. We DO NOT need, at all, more “statements,” “condemnations,” and “dialogues.” Most tellingly is that so many Americans stood silently as their fellow Americans were being attacked. This too I’ve experienced first hand.

News | News

US citizens born in Jerusalem may have ‘Israel’ on their passports - The Jerusalem Post

The move could be announced by the State Department as soon as Thursday.

Miscellaneous | Diaspora

Legendary Jewish actor and Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas dead at 103 | The Times of Israel

Son Michael Douglas hails 'a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years'; star of more than 80 films and major Hollywood philanthropist

He was a great actor who lived Israel and came closer to his Judaism later in life.

“Israel mourns the loss of Kirk Douglas, a legendary actor, a proud Jew and a great friend of the Jewish state,” said a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

David French on Antisemitism: ‘And No One Will Make Them Afraid'

When Jews are under violent attack for building a home in this land, it repudiates the American promise.

Insightful piece by David French on the insidious nature of rising antisemitism and the promise of America. Please share it.

"I never thought I’d see the day when dear friends plotted ways to be less “visibly Jewish” before walking onto a subway car, going to the grocery store, or just playing in the park. I never thought I’d see the day when random street attacks on Jews were so common that activists and journalists could create security camera compilations of Jews being beaten in the streets. This is a grave breach of the American promise. It’s a grave assault on America’s most fundamental values. "

News | NEWS

40th Anniversary: Jews and Washington, DC’s African Art Museum | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner

Washington DC’s African Art Museum. Photo: Wiki Commons. This summer is the 40th anniversary of an important but overlooked Jewish-American …

News | Israel/Jewish Community

It's time for a 'Congressional Jewish Caucus'

Politicians in both parties now traffic in dangerous anti-Semitic tropes with relative impunity.

Is prefer that there were no specific casucyses based on our differences. But, if they are going to exist, and obviously they do, we need a Congressional caucus as well.