Ira Stoll
ARTICLES BY: Ira Stoll
Former Obama Speechwriter Offers Answers to ‘Why Be Jewish?’ Question in New Book
Why be Jewish? Nowadays, embracing Jewish identity and practice is optional, even for those who were born into it. Sarah Hurwitz’s own story is an example....
New York Times Issues a Bizarre BDS-Related Correction
The New York Times has issued a bizarre correction to an article about the movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel. The correction, published on Aug....
Ex-ADL Chief Defends Bret Stephens in Bedbug Brouhaha
A veteran arbiter of antisemitism says New York Times columnist Bret Stephens was not overreacting when he objected to being likened to a “bedbug” by...
Longtime American Jewish Leader, Lawyer Kenneth Bialkin, Is Mourned
When I was working with a few partners and potential investors nearly 20 years ago on a plan for what became The New York Sun,...
Why Is New York Times Still Surprised When AIPAC Breaks With Netanyahu?
How many times does the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) need to break publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before The New York...
Paul Krugman Jew-Shames Stephen Ross
A Paul Krugman column in The New York Times makes an issue of the Jewish background of Stephen Ross, the real-estate executive and fitness-business investor...
New York Times Faults One of Its Own Editors for Repeated ‘Poor Judgment’
A New York Times editor is in trouble for what the Times calls repeated poor judgment on social media. The editor, Jonathan Weisman, works in the...
David Brooks Seizes on Mass Shootings to Disparage Jewish Particularism
Under the headline “The Ideology of Hate and How to Fight It,” New York Times columnist David Brooks blames the recent mass shootings on what...
New York Times Tries to Tie Lox to Cancer, But Readers Resist
Just before Hannukah, the New York Times published an article warning of the health risks of eating fried potatoes. In May, the same newspaper prompted...
‘Is BDS Anti-Semitic?’ The New York Times Inquires
The New York Times devotes a full page in its Sunday newspaper to a deeply flawed look at the movement to boycott, divest, and sanction...
New York Times Stealth-Edits Morgenthau Obituary to Add Jewish Angle
The New York Times has “stealth edited” its obituary of longtime district attorney of New York County Robert Morgenthau after The Algemeiner pointed out the...
New York Times Morgenthau Obituary Oddly Omits His Jewish Identity
The very long New York Times obituary of Robert Morgenthau, the longtime Manhattan District attorney, manages to omit entirely Morgenthau’s Jewish identity, which was strong. Morgenthau...
The New York Times Improves Its Iran Coverage — Up To a Point
Sometimes The New York Times responds to criticism with improvement. So it is — up to a point — with the newspaper’s Iran coverage. Last month, I...
New York Times Touts ‘Gay and Once Divorced’ Rabbi
The New York Times, having recently devoted its “Saturday profile” slot to an admiring profile of a Palestinian diplomat that pushed an Israel-apartheid theme, went...
Trump Floats Possible Defense Treaty Days Ahead of Israeli Elections
‘King Bibi’ Fights for His Political Life in Israeli Election
Houthi Drones Hit Saudi Oil Heartland, Sources Say Crude Flows Disrupted
Osama bin Laden’s Son Hamza Killed in US Raid, Trump Says
Critics Deny Jerusalem’s Past and Its Future