The remarkable evolution of Bassam Eid, beginning with his discovery that Jews aren’t cannibals, was the topic of my Ami column last week. It can be read here.
Category Archives: News
The Death of the Brain Should not Decide the Fate of the Body
A piece I wrote for Religion News Service about “brain death” can be read here.
Reactive Devaluation
Black and white is for cookies. Thinking people judge ideas and people by actually evaluating them, not by making thoughtless generalizations.
To read more of what I mean, please click here.
Yes, Biden and Trump Are Old…
An essay I wrote about the issue of age in the presidential contest was recently published at Religion News Service and can be read here.
Know Them By Their Mannequins
What do an established clothing store in Gaza and a new shawarma eatery in Jordan have in common?
Don’t think too hard. Just click here for the answer, provided in my Ami column last week.
The New Third Reich
Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson believes that capitulating to a group whose motto is ““Death to the US, death to Israel, curse the Jews, and victory for Islam” is the way to go.
To read about his idea, and my thoughts about it, please click here.
An Ugly Law of Human Nature
Long ago, I wrote an essay “The Beauty of Anti-Semitism.”
If you’re intrigued by what I meant by that provocative phrase (and it’s something most timely today), please click here.
Letter to the editor, appeared in print on 1/13/24
To the Editor:
Re “For Gaza’s Babies, War’s Effects Will Never End,” by Alice Rothchild (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 11):
The effect of the Israel-Hamas conflict on expectant mothers and on babies is horrific, as is all the death and destruction in Gaza today.
It must end immediately.
Hamas must do what Germany and Japan did in 1945: surrender — and, here, release the kidnapped Israelis it hasn’t yet murdered.
(Rabbi) Avi Shafran
New York
The writer is the director of public affairs at Agudath Israel of America.
Taking Turtle Island Twits to Task
If you live in the continental United States, you are standing on Turtle Island. And you are an occupier.
Thus Spake Students for Justice in Palestine. To read about the group and some responsible colleges’ treatment of it, click here.
Presenting… The Rubas!
Have you heard of the Ruba Award? Probably not. It’s a recent prize that I recently announced, and it’s available only to a (blessedly) small subset of humanity.
But you can read about it here.