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Andy Blumenthal

Jul 25, 2018, 3:44 PM

This is a fix for the editorial headline

This is a fix for the editorial underline

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 7, 2018, 10:43 AM

Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”

Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a "Former Israel Supporter." Him: "I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need -...

Jul 5, 2018, 9:03 PM

A Muslim in Jewish Street: A Holy Encounter

It was a humid Friday afternoon as I was strolling down the Jew Street in Mattancherry, a popular locality in Western Cochin. The streets were quaint and intriguing. The Star of David, swastika signs and hoardings titled Shalom (Hebrew...

Jul 3, 2018, 7:46 PM

A Teaching Moment for Israel Activists

A teaching moment can be painful and embarrassing, and it was for a handful of pro-Israel activists. Over the past few months, a wide swath of the Jewish media has cast an unflattering light on a handful of American pro-Israel...

Daniel Bucksbaum

Jul 3, 2018, 8:07 AM

Refugees and Security: Israel’s Dilemma in Southwest Syria

Israel is bracing for any scenario in the areas just east and southeast of the Golan Heights, as it expects heavy fighting between the Assad regime and rebels in the Dara’a province to continue. Syrian and Russian efforts to...

Jun 30, 2018, 2:33 PM

An Open Letter to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Dear Ms. Ocasio-Cortez: Congratulations on your primary win. As a New Yorker (resident of Astoria, just outside your district) and a progressive, I’m inspired by your victory. As a Jew, I’m terrified, for what your recent comments about Israel portend for...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 29, 2018, 5:54 PM

A warning to wicked leaders: G-d always wins

The Torah Portion of this week is named after a wicked person, Balak, while we normally see such naming as a homage. How can this be? "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name...

Irina Tsukerman

Jun 29, 2018, 6:34 AM

How Mainstream Jewish Organizations Whitewash Islamists

The Middle East Forum's recent report detailing the Islamic Relief's domestic and international ties to various Muslim Brotherhood shill organizations, Hamas-linked charities, and even the Muslim Brotherhood itself generated little buzz in the Jewish world. After a slew of investigations...

Jun 29, 2018, 6:33 AM

Roseanne Barr taught me to love all people

Actress/executive producer Roseanne Barr attends The Roseanne Series Premiere at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, March 23, 2018 . (AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACON)

The actress is a moral giant of human rights who's being thrown under the bus; I, for one, stand by her

Dana Janine Diamond

Jun 28, 2018, 4:03 PM

America’s Farewell to Judeo

I conducted research on this since the election. A lot of people voted for Trump because they wanted Gorsuch, because their Christian religion values embryos equally or even over actual human life. This is not true in the Jewish...

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