October 10, 2022 14:41

Ye gods! Give Kanye West a break

The road to rehabilitation is long, and if anyone can, Kanye can

October 06, 2022 14:59

Barbra Streisand issues her edict on antisemitism

Funny Girl star settles the age-old debate debate over when anti-Zionism is the polite face of good old-fashioned Jew-hate

September 29, 2022 12:23

Lapid came to America — and nobody noticed

An Israeli PM visiting is usually big news but Lapid slipped in and out of New York barely noticed by most in the US

September 22, 2022 11:30

Beware the third Palestinian frittata: When American politicians misspeak

Given Dr Jill Biden's record of ethnicity gaffes, stand by for more howlers at the White House's Rosh Hashanah reception

September 14, 2022 17:07

Brooklyn's Chasidic schools fail the NY Times test

When Jews break the law so blatantly, it reflects badly on all of us

September 13, 2022 10:29

It's bad news for the Jews as rival parties hurl the f-word

The recent citing of Nazi parallels by the likes of Joe Biden is proof that large numbers of Americans have lost touch with reality

September 01, 2022 14:27

Why Oregon is stumbling over Swastika Mountain

The northwestern state has a dilemma renaming a peak named long before the symbol gained its dark notoriety

August 26, 2022 15:00

The first attack on Biden’s Iran deal will come from the US Congress

There are midterm elections in November and the Republicans look set to win in a landslide - an Iran deal would be another albatross around the Democrats’ necks

August 19, 2022 11:59

Being Jewish in the Deep South means 'polite unpleasantness'

Jews were an important part of the South's history

August 11, 2022 16:30

If AIPAC is really trying to buy the Democrat Primaries, it should ask for a refund

Last week’s polls in three districts of Michigan were real democracy as currently practised in America: mudslinging, accusations of 'dark money' interference and even insinuations about the Jews buying elections

August 04, 2022 11:25

The gloriously rude Lou Reed keeps sounding better with age

Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars can be seen at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at the Lincoln Center until next March

July 28, 2022 15:18

Americans have utterly ruined the bagel

Up in Montreal the Jews have stayed faithful to the old ways; bagels there are boiled before they're baked

July 21, 2022 13:08

Joe Biden’s gaffes on his Middle East tour are a symbol of modern America

The US President managed to offend both Jews and Arabs on his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia

July 14, 2022 11:53

Never mind The Godfather: these are the James Caan classics you need to watch

The son of refugees from Nazi Germany, he played up his bruising apprenticeship in the pool halls and played down his career as a college football player and acting student

July 07, 2022 14:52

Are Jews white? Inside US census wars

US officials are planning to add a new race to the census

June 30, 2022 12:00

Abortion ruling lays bare a fault line in the community

Two of the three dissenters in the Supreme Court of the United States’ 6-3 ruling are Jewish liberals