Authors Bring Holocaust Story to Young Readers
Publishers Weekly ran a feature I wrote on a groundbreaking children’s book by Michigan author
Jewish News & Commentary
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Palestinian Activist Huwaida Arraf Wants Seat in Congress
Her past statements about Israel has alarmed Jewish groups in the Detroit area. She insists that she stands against antisemitism.
Ben-Dror Yemini On How To Fight Media Bias
Israeli journalist says the problem isn’t only the lies, but the willingness of American Jews to believe them.
Author Brings Executed Iranian Jewish Leader to Life
Shahrzad Elghanayan was only seven when her grandfather was murdered in the 1979 Iranian revolution. She remembers him in a biography.
Natan Sharansky Knows What ‘Anti-Zionism’ Really Means
Listen to my interview with the former Soviet refusenik on how to spot antisemitism. Also, fixing the fraught relationship between Israel and the Diaspora.
College Antisemitism: My Personal Story
This story is one of a few that really molded me into the kind of journalist, and Jew, I am today.
Author Illustrates Fluidity of Racial, Religious Identity
Laura Arnold Leibman Discovers Multiracial Jewish Family That Can Trace Roots to Two Enslaved People in Barbados
Abraham Accords Could Meet Same Fate as Oslo
I don’t want to fall into a familiar trap of unwarranted optimism, then sudden dejection,
‘Armies of Enablers’ Were Complicit In Crimes
Author of Books on the Holocaust and sexual assault breaks down the failure of bystanders and institutional enablers
Push Back Against the Proud Boys in Michigan
The Jewish community must stand against hate.