Karen Lehrman Bloch
ARTICLES BY: Karen Lehrman Bloch
Why Bravery Is Required to Fight for Israel — and It Comes From the Soul
We are living in a time that calls for an almost existential bravery. Lies need to be corrected; real history needs to be taught; our...
Bomb Threats in the Naked City
JNS.org - It’s the email no parent wants to receive: “Emergency Building Evacuations” read the subject line. “This morning, we were made aware of a...
Art, Protests, and Being Proud to Be Jewish
On Oct. 8, Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky, not knowing what was coming next in the Jewish State, took her 8-year-old daughter and fled to Berlin....
A Letter to Candace Owens on Israel and Jews
Dear Candace, The last time we chatted (OK, I wrote to you), you were defending Kanye West for his antisemitic tirades. It was unclear whether you...
The Other White Supremacists
JNS.org - On Jan. 25, Temple Emanu-El in New York City held a memorial service for Henry Kissinger. This was unacceptable to leftist millennials. Hundreds...
The Leftist White Supremacists
On Jan. 25, Temple Emanu-El in New York City held a memorial service for Henry Kissinger. This was unacceptable to leftist millennials. Hundreds gathered across...
Opening of New Israeli Art Gallery Provides Hope in a Troubled Time
On the last night of Hanukkah, in a world that responded to a 21st century pogrom by toppling menorahs and stabbing Jews, a new candle...
Hamas Leaders Make Billions While Killing Israelis and Impoverishing Palestinians
The ironies of “social justice” leftists supporting Hamas -- a group of self-proclaimed genocidal jihadists -- are indeed endless. “Colonizer!” is one of the leftists’ favorite...
The Rise of the Neo-Alt-Right
For the past few months, a line from Matisyahu’s song “One Day” -- “don’t wanna fight no more” -- has been running through my head....
A Campaign Against Jew Haters That Actually Worked
Since I started writing about antisemitism about a decade ago, I’ve had trouble answering one question: Why are Jews, who excel in fields from literature...
Wellesley College Becomes a Beacon of Shame
What surreal antisemitic act recently occurred on a college campus? It’s hard to keep up. In the brouhaha over Berkeley’s attempt at judenfrei speakers; a...
‘Palestinianism’ Leads to Violence and Conspiracies Against Jews
Last year, there were nearly 3,000 reported antisemitic attacks in the US, an increase of 34 percent over 2020. In New York City, attacks increased...
The Need for Classic Liberal Values
In 1942, a group of students at the University of Munich formed an intellectual resistance group called the WeiBe Rose -- White Rose. The group’s...
How a Week of Gun Violence Could Bring Us Together
“He who saves even one life, it’s as if he’s saved the entire world.” So says the Talmud. In the wake of a weekend of massive...
