Church of Scotland Insults Jews With Denial of Claim to Israel

On the Church of Scotland’s new document, “The inheritance of Abraham”, which wilfully mischaracterises and dismisses Jewish claims to the land of Israel, for The Forward (May 10, 2013)

Posted 1 week ago

Hungary, Where Europe's Ugly Faultlines Meet

On how anti-Semitism in Hungary is bound up with a larger and more troubling shift towards authoritarianism and nationalism, for The Forward (May 2, 2013)

Posted 2 weeks ago

Gideon Levy, single-minded

On Gideon Levy’s call for a one-state solution and the flaws in his argument, for The Times of Israel (April 30, 2013)

Posted 2 weeks ago

I am a British, Liberal Zionist. Deal with It.

On how my liberalism, secularism, and absence of Judaism influence my Zionism, for The Tower (April 22, 2013)

Posted 3 weeks ago

Israel, ad 120

On Yom Ha’atzmaut and my hopes and wishes for Israel by the time it turns 120, for The Times of Israel (April 15, 2013)

Posted 1 month ago

Europe's Foundation of Ashes and Dust

On Yom HaShoah and Europe’s obligations to the Jewish people in the aftermath of the Holocaust, for The Forward (April 8, 2013)

Posted 1 month ago

English Soccer, an Italian Fascist and the Jews

On Paolo Di Canio’s appointment as Sunderland AFC’s new manager and what it says about intolerance in English football, for The Forward (April 2, 2013)

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Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim!

On Stephen Sondheim’s birthday and three of his musicals, CompanyMerrily We Roll Along, and Sunday in the Park with George, for The Forward (March 22, 2013)

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Spanish Charity: A. B. Yehoshua’s "The Retrospective"

On A. B. Yehoshua’s novel, The Retrospective, for The Los Angeles Review of Books (March 22, 2013)

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A year after the Toulouse school slaughter, the hatred that drove it still thrives

On the Jewish community of Toulouse and the problem on anti-Semitism one year after the attack on the Ohr Torah school, for The Jewish Chronicle (March 14, 2013)

Posted 2 months ago

The Scandal in Scandinavia

On the problem and nature of anti-Semitism in Scandinavia, for The Tower (April 2013)

Posted 2 months ago

Why Barack Obama Must Go to Rabin Square

On why Barack Obama, on his state visit to Israel, should go to and make a speech at Rabin Square, for The Forward (March 7, 2013)

Posted 2 months ago