Edward Alexander
ARTICLES BY: Edward Alexander
John Kerry: A Cossack in a Sukkeh
John Kerry generally enters into diplomacy concerning Israel like a bull in a china shop; or, shall we say, like a Cossack in a sukkeh....
Paris, Argentina, Iran: An Opportunity for Obama?
"In the warmest of hearts there's a cold spot for the Jews." Irving Howe wrote these words to me in 1972 in a letter (actually,...
Body and Soul: The State of the Jewish Nation (REVIEW)
At the present historical juncture, when millions of Arabs and hundreds of millions of Muslims awaken each morning thinking of ways to destroy Israel and...
A Voice Still Heard: Selected Essays of Irving Howe (REVIEW)
A Voice Still Heard: Selected Essays of Irving Howe. Edited by Nina Howe, with a foreword by Morris Dickstein. (New Haven and London: Yale University...
Jewish Survivors and Their Progeny Against Israel
The Jewish enemies of Israel, if they are sufficiently profligate in the expenditure of claptrap, often come to the aid of her defenders. Early this...
Zionism 101: Far Better Than the Courses at Vassar or Stanford, and About $60,000 Cheaper
To those of us old enough to remember the first Israel Independence Day, in 1948, it stands as one of the few redeeming events in...
Jews Against Themselves: The BDS Movement and Modern Apostasy
"The spiritual father of the fanatical incitement against the Jews was Abner of Burgos, a Jewish kabbalist and scholar who converted to Christianity in about...
Barack Obama and Biblical Sacrifice
In synagogues all over the country, last Saturday's opening portion of Leviticus (usually called "Vayyikra") was read aloud. It deals at length with the laws...
Anti-Semitism is Rife Among America’s Far Left (REVIEW)
Antisemitism and the American Far Left, by Stephen H. Norwood (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013). If you've ever wondered why "do-gooder" is a pejorative label,...
No Joke: Making Jewish Humor by Ruth Wisse (REVIEW)
Count on Ruth Wisse, an interpreter of genius, a Daniel come to judgment, a moral voice such as the parsimonious invisible powers bestow on us...
A Clue to Obama’s Post-POTUS Career Move?
Two prominent articles in the Wall Street Journal of 20-21 July beg to be connected. One is Sohrab Ahmari's shrewd and unsettling interview with ex-senator Jon...
From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel, by Robert Wistrich (REVIEW)
"We Shall Build Ramallah in England's Green and Pleasant Land" From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel, by Robert Wistrich (Lincoln, Nebraska and...
Rabbi Akiva and the IRS
As the IRS scandal unfolds, it is worth recalling that , according to the medieval rabbis, the practice of reciting kaddish, the Jewish prayer...
Choosing Life in Israel, by P. David Hornik (REVIEW)
Choosing Life in Israel, by P. David Hornik (Ontario: Freedom Press, 2013). The first two words of the title Choosing Life in Israel, by P....
