Analysis
Analysis
Let the Right Have the Conference of Presidents
Liberal groups have an opportunity to reassess their membership in a body designed to rubber-stamp right-wing policy.
Noah Kulwin April 29, 2020
Analysis
Orbán’s Illiberalism Tests the EU
After a dramatic power grab by the Hungarian prime minister, will the European Union finally stand up against the nation’s slide into autocracy?
Joshua Leifer April 16, 2020
Analysis
“The Beginning of Breakdown”
Benny Gantz’s capitulation to Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition has left Israel’s constitutional order more vulnerable to right-wing efforts to undermine it.
Joshua Leifer March 31, 2020
Analysis
“The Only Left That Is Left”
After its gains in the latest elections, the Joint List has a chance to become Israel’s true opposition: one rooted in Arab–Jewish partnership.
Joshua Leifer March 5, 2020
Analysis
No Time to Waste
The annexation of the West Bank appears imminent. Is the American Jewish peace camp ready to respond?
Mairav Zonszein February 27, 2020
Analysis
The Scarlet B
Bernie Sanders’s use of the word “bigotry” to describe AIPAC is a gamechanger.
Peter Beinart February 26, 2020
Analysis
States Are Moving to Class Criticism of Israel as Antisemitism
Bills making their way through the Arizona and Iowa legislatures would codify the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism into hate crime and civil rights law.
Lara Friedman February 20, 2020
Analysis
Civic Religion and the Secular Jew
The discourse around Bernie Sanders’s faith highlights the inadequacy of conventional frameworks for understanding American Jewish life.
Joshua Leifer February 14, 2020
Analysis
“The One Issue That Matters”
Time and again, Michael Bloomberg’s unquestioning devotion to Israel has led him to defend immoral and disastrous policies.
Peter Beinart February 13, 2020
Analysis
What’s In It For Trump
The president’s new Mideast “peace plan” is designed to satisfy his narrow personal interests.
Peter Beinart January 29, 2020
Analysis
A Threat, Not an Offer
Trump and Netanyahu’s so-called peace plan is designed to be unacceptable to Palestinians, to justify the repression that will follow.
Joshua Leifer January 29, 2020
Analysis
The Iran Deal’s Opponents Helped Get Us Here
After the Soleimani strike, Jews must hold our institutions accountable for their role in undermining diplomatic solutions.
David Klion January 14, 2020
Analysis
Black Antisemitism Is Not Inherently “Left-Wing”
Blaming tragedies like the Jersey City shooting on the left is reductive and dangerous.
Rebecca Pierce December 20, 2019
Analysis
Contextualizing the Jersey City Shooting
Despite their antisemitic beliefs, the killers may have more in common with typical mass shooters than with white nationalists.
Alex Yablon December 13, 2019
Analysis
The Real Target of Trump’s Executive Order
Jews are understandably anxious, but the main threat is toward pro-Palestine activists.
Joshua Leifer December 12, 2019
Analysis
Brexit Is Bad for the Jews
A Labour win is Britain’s best chance of staying in the European Union—a guard against far-right nationalism.
Raphael Magarik December 4, 2019
Analysis
Netanyahu’s Last Stand
The embattled prime minister hopes a strike on Gaza will help him form a unity government.
Edo Konrad November 13, 2019
Analysis
Bibiism After Bibi
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister may be out, but his legacy will outlast him.
Etan Nechin September 20, 2019
Analysis
Trump’s “Disloyalty” Comments Are What the Jewish Right Believes
The idea that Jews must be loyal to Israel doesn’t originate with the president.
David Klion August 22, 2019
Analysis
This Is the Important Part
Leveraging US military aid to Israel is the only serious path to peace.
Noah Kulwin August 15, 2019
Analysis
Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again
Trump’s racist attacks on Ilhan Omar have been enabled by her own party.
Noah Kulwin July 19, 2019
Analysis
Whose Concentration Camps?
AOC is drawing the correct lessons from Holocaust history, unlike mainstream Jewish institutions.
Noah Kulwin June 19, 2019
Analysis
The Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus Is a Sham
Linking arms with allies of white supremacists to fight white supremacy won’t work.
Noah Kulwin June 6, 2019
Analysis
Doomed to Repeat It
The case against Iran in 2019 looks a lot like the case against Iraq in 2002.
Noah Kulwin May 16, 2019
