Posts Tagged: Gil Troy
Natan Sharansky: Dialogue Between Jews and Israelis Is Needed Right Now
"Never Alone: Prison, Politics and My People," by Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy, featuring a special foreword by the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog (Hachette,...
Harvard Deserves Kenneth Roth — the Master of Human Wrongs
The recent Harvard brouhaha over Kenneth Roth’s human rights fellowship at the Kennedy School, has the anti-Israel crowd falsely proclaiming a victory for academic freedom....
CAIR’s Antisemitism Ignored or Embraced by Elected Officials
This is Part 2 of a two-part series excerpted from a book being published next year on CAIR’s long antisemitic track record by the Investigative...
CAIR’s Antisemitism Fails to Draw Media Scrutiny
This is Part 1 of a two-part series excerpted from an Investigative Project on Terrorism book being published early next year on CAIR’s long antisemitic...
Major US Islamic Leader Considers Tel Aviv ‘Occupied,’ Prays for Its Liberation
Nihad Awad normally presents himself as mild-mannered and measured. That demeanor has helped the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) co-founder and executive director appear on...
Fighting Public School Teachers Who Attack Jews and Israel
In our topsy-turvy world, teachers are now bullying students — if they're Jewish or like Israel. The Seattle Education Association (SEA) recently passed a resolution endorsing...
‘All the News That’s Fit to Print in Gaza’
A former Israeli ambassador to the United States is faulting the New York Times for its coverage of the recent Arab assault on Israeli civilians. “For...
Just Decades After the Holocaust, the Woke Mob Targets Jews and America
Commemorating Yom HaShoah -- Holocaust Remembrance Day -- in New York always felt vaguely foreign, even un-American, to me. Heavily-accented, emotionally-scarred Europeans would describe the...
How Chess Helped Natan Sharansky Outlast the Soviet Union and Foster Jewish Unity
Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People by Gil Troy and Natan Sharansky (Hachette, 2020). In 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident...
How You Can Help Israel Fight the Rockets
I’m tired of making the same arguments. I’m tired of asking what country would endure 160 rockets in one day, let alone hundreds in a...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Refuses to Apologize for Comparing US Border Detention Facilities to Nazi Concentration Camps
Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) pointedly refused to apologize or express regret for her comparison of US border detention facilities to the Nazi concentration camps. Rep....
Why Anti-Zionism Is More Lethal Than Antisemitism
JNS.org - I always get suspicious when I hear someone flaunt their pro-Israel credentials by saying, “I firmly believe in Israel’s right to exist.” Gee,...
What’s Not at Stake in Israel’s Election: Democracy
JNS.org - When Israelis vote on April 9, a lot will be riding on the outcome. But there is one thing that will not be...
McGill U Professor Calls Student Judicial Ban on BDS ‘Huge;’ Says It Recognizes ‘Jewish Concerns Deserve Respect Like All Others’
A history professor and anti-BDS warrior at McGill University in Canada responded enthusiastically to a landmark decision taken on Wednesday by the legal arm of the...