Jesus’ Language More Complicated Than Experts Claim
“So Israel’s Prime Minister was arguing with the Pope over what language Jesus spoke” sounds…
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Bibi’s Bad History
In his UN speech on Iran, Israel’s PM attempted to force a zero-sum game of destroying the opposition by force.
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How the Messianic Jews Story is Playing in Israel
Is there even awareness?
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Don’t Call it a Turkish Spring
Much of the coverage of Turkey can be politely described as ‘trampoline journalism’—bounce into Taksim and bounce out. What I saw in Istanbul didn’t match the feverish descriptions that made it even onto the BBC or that clogged up my Twitter feed. More relevant to me, almost no one was interested in hearing from religious Turks. So I went ahead and talked to them.
Read MoreJerusalem Honors Right-Wing Mogul Sheldon Adelson
Why was Israeli media so soft-focus in its coverage of the event?
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Which Islamists?: Religion and the Syrian Civil War
A scholar returning from a visit with Syrian opposition figures discusses the role of religion in the Syrian civil war, including whether it’s a sectarian war, what Americans need to know, and whether a post-war Syria will be an Islamic state.
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From Confusion to Kardashian: Misreading the Middle East
What happens in the Middle East isn’t always about us.
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Reading Beinart and Lerner as Gaza Burns
I know it sounds strange but it’s a great time to be an Jewish American activist working for Middle East peace. After all these years in the closet there’s hope that the Beinartians and the Lernerites have begun a critical dialogue for Jewish Americans.
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American Jewish Leaders Get Gaza Wrong
Operation Pillar of Cloud.
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Electionpocalypse, Part II: The Mythical Jewish Vote
There is no “Jewish vote.” Jews vote. A small number of them vote for Republicans. Most of them vote for Democrats. Every cycle the Republicans try to improve on their last performance, but Jews are overwhelmingly liberal. So Republicans try to draw them in by talking about Israel, an issue very few of them vote on, but an issue that has the added benefit of helping Republicans shore up their evangelical base.
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