Excerpt from ‘The October 7 War: Israel’s Battle for Security in Gaza’
This book was written to give the reader an account from the ground, weaving my own experiences with soldiers and Israeli civilians into the story.
Torah
An open call to murder Jews in a Belgian magazine
The pain caused by contemporary antisemitism is partly rooted in the fact that we can’t ignore it.
Op-eds
Iraq Attacks Israel; What Should Happen Next?
On May 26, Iraq approved a poorly thought out authoritarian law; its implications will hurt Iraqis in the diaspora, Iraqis in Iraq, and the Iraqi economy. The law criminalizes non-existent ties with Israel,...
Op-eds
The Old and New Persian Empires
Iraq is invaded and its despot is deposed. Iran encroaches, amassing territory covering Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel. The year is 539 BCE, though it eerily echoes events following the fall of Saddam...
Op-eds
German Jews Cut Ties With Local Turkish Group Due to Antisemitism
The Jewish community in the city of Mannheim broke off talks and exchanges with the Turkish Ditib religious association because its headquarters in Ankara spreads antisemitism, the Mannheimer Mor...
Op-eds
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Saudi Arabia Still Hostile To Israel
Before visiting Jerusalem in several days, President Trump will stop in Saudi Arabia for meetings with Islamic leaders to discuss joint efforts against extremism. He may wish to start with Saudi...
Op-eds
Obama’s in Bed With the Pope, Tony Blair, Ruth Benedict, the UN and Most Universities
There was nothing particularly new about President Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast the other day, and most of the opinion makers and shapers who feigned outrage are late to...
Op-eds
BOOK REVIEW: Un problema reale, un libro debole
Non è cosa da poco accusare degli ebrei d’esser complici degli antisemiti, ancorché con prove alla mano. Se Giulio Meotti in “Ebrei contro Israele” avesse rafforza...
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Germany’s Circumcision Debate: A Personal Reflection
I never imagined that my existence as a Jew in Germany would be challenged by an advertisement in the Berlin U-Bahn. But there it was, staring at me on the U2 line on my way home one afternoon, a...
Op-eds
3,000 Years of Mass Murder: Jerusalem’s Bloody History, and How It Shaped Us All
Seen by tourists, Jerusalem is a city of wonders. Seen by historians, it is a city of agonies. Reading through the 3,000-year chronology presented in Simon Sebag Montefiore’s newly...
Op-eds
A Diary for the Future
Writer Johannes Gross neatly captured Germany’s relationship to its Nazi history when he wrote, “The resistance to Hitler and his kind is getting stronger the more the Third Reich rec...