Here’s a Primer for Ilhan Omar on How Pro-Israel Groups Work
I’m a believer in Occam’s Razor, the scientific axiom that, in layman’s terms, posits that the simplest explanation is usually correct. So whenever people wonder…
Jonathan Greenberg
Reform Judaism can have Zionism or fringe leftism, not both
In a public Facebook post last week on her personal page, April Aviva Baskin, the vice president of Audacious Hospitality of the Union for Reform…
Pro-Israel organizations should finally seek payback against Iran deal Dems
In late summer, 2015, a number of red state Senate Democrats were in a position to help long-time friends and allies in the pro-Israel community…
Hillary Clinton Sees Republicans as a Threat and Islamists as a ‘Distraction’
In a 2015 speech on defeating the Islamic State, then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said, “The obsession in some quarters with a clash of civilization, or…
What pro-Israel Jews can learn from Jewish Voice for Peace
We need to fearlessly teach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We don’t really do it now because the politics of it have become toxic, the narratives entrenched…
Washington PLO envoy says J Street members are ‘Palestinian allies’
The words of Husam Zomlot were warmly received during a 34-minute speech that talked about “two democratic states” and “a meaningful peace process.” The head…
In Washington, J Street makes demands of Israel, ignoring Palestinian violence
Attendees at the organization’s 10th-anniversary conference were given a lobbying agenda that includes a laundry list of mandates aimed at the Jewish state—and none required…
What do we call Jews who work with Jew-haters?
A fringe element within the Jewish community uses language and imagery stolen from classical anti-Semitic tropes, sides publicly with declared enemies of the Jewish people,…