Category Archives: American Jews

Can liberal US Jews be more patronizing?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Last week I wrote a message for American Jews on the occasion of Yom Hashoah. Now I have another one. It’s this: Can your leaders get any more patronizing? Here’s the latest from Rabbi Eric Yoffie, former President of the … Continue reading →

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A message to American Jews on Yom Hashoah

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Today is Yom Hashoah, Holocaust remembrance day. It’s a day to honor the Jews who fought their murderers and those who were unable to, and to note the dishonor of those who, while in no danger themselves, failed to act … Continue reading →

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Obama’s ‘random’ animus

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

We know that President Obama doesn’t often just say what pops into his head. His public speeches are carefully crafted to send the messages that he and his advisers want to send. So when he says, It is entirely legitimate … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Yoffie loses it

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Yesterday I wrote a post arguing that the EU’s problem with Israel is fundamentally insoluble. I am beginning to think that we are going to have an equally difficult time with liberal American Jews. Rabbi Eric Yoffie is the former … Continue reading →

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Would Beinart have supported the Klan in 1964?

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

It’s hard to find words to describe Peter Beinart. I’d write that I wonder how he sleeps at night, if it weren’t for the fact that his egotism and self-satisfaction come through so clearly in his writing that I would … Continue reading →

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URJ officials: ask your cabdriver for the facts

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

When the Oslo accords were signed in 1993, many Israelis and American Jews alike believed that the end of the Israeli-Arab conflict was in sight. Now, after the Second Intifada, the Second Lebanon War and multiple wars in Gaza, very … Continue reading →

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US Jewish establishment clings to dogmas of the past

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

It is immensely frustrating to watch the liberal Jewish establishment in the US cling to the leftist dogmas of the 1980s and 1990s, while a tsunami of change in the Middle East makes these ideas obsolete. For example, the former … Continue reading →

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Just shut it down

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Many of the challenges facing the Jewish people in today’s world don’t have simple solutions. Should Israel insist on realizing its full rights under international law to all the land of Israel, or should it sacrifice part of its historic … Continue reading →

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