Democrats Can’t Take Jewish Voters for Granted
For decades, the Democratic Party could count on the majority of Jewish Americans to back Democrats at the ballot box. As Orthodox Jews have shifted rightward in recent years,...
Op-eds
A Jew Draws Strength From Some Christians
By Nathan Diament Last Monday morning, I logged onto my various news feeds and saw photos of the latest antisemitic assault on American Jews. In the Jewish neighborhoods of...
This Jerusalem Day, choose history over propaganda
By Nathan Diament American college students should learn the truth about the Middle East, though that may take leaving the ivory tower and visiting Jerusalem There are many lessons...
The Senate Must Act to Combat the New Antisemitism – Yes, that includes anti-Zionism
By Nathan J. Diament Executive Director for Public Policy, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America An antisemitic virus is spreading across college campuses, but you can’t combat antisemitism,...
Hamas terrorism and US antisemitism cast shadow over Passover for American Jews
By Nathan J. Diament Jews will gather Monday for the Passover Seder as we have for centuries. Children are taught to ask four questions with the opening, “Why is this night different...
Political party does not trump parenting
By Nathan Diament During a time when our politics couldn’t be more divided, the topic of school choice offers a glimmer of hope. Last month, people from all walks of...
Days before Yom Kippur, Congress wants to scale back funding that keeps Jews safe
By Nathan Diament As American Jews fast and pray on Yom Kippur, politicians in Washington will debate scaling back one of the most essential government programs for protecting Jewish...
Remedial education for Harvard on antisemitism
It seems that Harvard University’s leaders require remedial education in responding to Jew-hatred. So, let’s begin. Last month, I sat in the hearing in which the president of Harvard,...
Congress must act to protect Jews amid a massive increase in antisemitic incidents
Recently, hundreds of radicalized high school students rampaged through Hillcrest Public School in Queens in reaction to revelations that a Jewish teacher’s had attended a pro-Israel rally last week. We were...
As published in the New York Times: The Campus Clash of Free Speech and Antisemitism
To the Editor: Re “Censorship Can’t Help University Presidents,” by David French (column, Dec. 11): Mr. French argues that what American campuses need is more viewpoint diversity and true...