Ira Stoll
ARTICLES BY: Ira Stoll
New York Times Backs Cellphones to Fight Virus Everywhere Except Israel
A New York Times news article from Israel is faulting Prime Minister Netanyahu for combating the coronavirus with measures similar to those the Times itself,...
Past Pandemics Spurred Violent Antisemitism. Prepare for More
Recent days have seen an outbreak of antisemitism related to the coronavirus and Covid-19. The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish organization that fights bigotry, reports, “Extremists hope...
New York Times News Article Awards West Bank Land to Palestinians
A New York Times news article by Patrick Kingsley reports on the results of Israel’s elections. It says in part, “Mr. Netanyahu has shored up his...
Anti-Circumcision Activists Flood New York Times Comments Section
Anti-circumcision activists have pounced on a New York Times feature article about female mohels, flocking to the comments section to describe Jewish ritual circumcision as...
New York Times Bares Bias in Attack on Jerusalem Housing Plan
The New York Times has abandoned even the pretense of evenhandedness when it comes to its news coverage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A Times news...
New York Times Focuses on ‘Gentrification’ as Cause of Antisemitic Attacks
The New York Times has a news article reporting on antisemitic violent attacks against Orthodox Jews in New York. The Times article offers one explanation for...
New York Times Falsely Claims West Bank Settlements ‘Alienated Much of the World’
A New York Times report from the United Nations inaccurately claims that Israeli settlements in the West Bank have “alienated much of the world.” The Times...
Ruth Wisse’s Jewish Power Is on Display in New Edition of Her Groundbreaking Book
“Is this the prophet Ruth Wisse?” I ask over the phone to the professor emerita of Yiddish literature at Harvard. I mean it, only half-joking, in...
New York Times Bares Its Bias in Peace Plan Coverage
President Trump’s new peace plan and meetings this week with Israeli politicians are turning into a fresh opportunity for The New York Times to display...
New York Times Editors Press Democratic Presidential Candidates on Shutting Jerusalem Embassy
Democratic presidential candidates hoping to win the endorsement of The New York Times are being interrogated by Times editors about whether they’ll commit to shutting...
Aharon Appelfeld’s ‘To The Edge of Sorrow’ Asks the Right Questions
The Israeli novelist Aharon Appelfeld died in 2018. His novel To the Edge of Sorrow, published in Israel in 2012, is out this week in...
View From New York Antisemitism Rally: ‘No Fear’ Theme Resonates, From Soviet Era To US Today
Journalists usually report on marches and rallies rather than participate in them. I made a rare exception to that rule for last Sunday’s “No Hate,...
New York Times Iran Coverage: ‘Mind-Boggling,’ ‘Impossible To Parody’
President Trump’s decision to kill Qassem Soleimani is offering The New York Times an opportunity to put all its worst habits on display — and the...
Will American Jews Flee to Israel?
JERUSALEM — The blood was barely dry from the attack by a machete-wielding assailant who wounded five Jews at a Monsey, New York Hanukkah party...
Pakistani Court’s Decision to Release Convicted Murderer of Daniel Pearl Meets With Fury Around World
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Defiant Iranian Academics Tell Ayatollah Khamenei ‘You’re No. 1 Culprit’ in Coronavirus Disaster
Coronavirus Temporarily Slows Campus BDS Efforts