Ira Stoll
ARTICLES BY: Ira Stoll
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...
New York Times Editors Falsely Blame Bret Stephens for ‘Mistake’ in Column on Jewish Genius
The New York Times has published an “Editors’ Note,” inaccurately accusing the newspaper’s own star columnist, Bret Stephens, of committing a “mistake” by “uncritically” citing...
Times Columnist Fantasizes Falsely About ‘Very Large Segment’ of Anti-Israel US Jews
It was easily missed amid the blizzard of New York Times coverage of President Trump’s executive order on antisemitism, but Max Fisher’s Interpreter column on...
New York Times Tilt on Trump Antisemitism Story Hints at Influence of ‘Repeated … Poor Judgment’ Editor
“Unease at Trump’s Order To Tackle Anti-Semitism” is the print headline over a New York Times news article focused on the American Jewish reaction to...
Rabbi Denounces Krugman New York Times Column as ‘Noxious,’ ‘Bigoted’
“Donald Trump is bad for the Jews,” a headline over an article by New York Times opinion columnist Paul Krugman declared recently. The column accused Trump of...
New York Times Faulted for ‘Irredeemable and Indefensible’ Coverage of British Chief Rabbi
The New York Times is drawing criticism for its handling of a warning by British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis about antisemitism in the British Labour...
New York Times Tries Explaining Away British Labour’s Antisemitism
A New York Times news article reports about how “Britain’s Jews Are Feeling Politically Homeless” amid the rise of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. The Times...
New York Times News Article on Israeli Settlements Falsely Describes US Policy
The front-page New York Times news article about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement about Israeli settlements includes a significant and so-far-uncorrected inaccuracy. The front-page Times...
Jerusalem Embassy Move, Exit From Iran Deal Fueled Defiance Within Trump Cabinet, Nikki Haley Writes
The Trump administration was internally divided over three key Israel-related policy decisions -- moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, leaving the Iran nuclear deal and...
New York Times Blames Trump for Democrats’ Threats to Israel Aid
Democrats are talking about threatening to cut aid to Israel, and the New York Times manages to find a way to blame not the Democrats,...
‘New Hope’ in Fight Against Tay-Sachs Disease
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School are touting a possible breakthrough in the fight against Tay-Sachs disease, a genetic disease that killed 50...
Amid Anti-Regime Protests, Iranians Repeatedly Refuse to Trample American, Israeli Flags
Gaza Balloon Laden With Explosives Detonates in Southern Israel
Antisemitism on the College Campus Is Evolving
New York City Police Release Video in Hunt for Subway Swastika Vandal
Delaware Republican Party Leader Fired for Blaming Jews for Trump’s Impeachment