As international opinion sours on Israel, Kenya and Nigeria emerge as rare bastions of pro-Zionist support. A recently-published Pew Research Center polling paints a stark picture of negative global sentiment toward Israel in response to its military campaign in Gaza. In a survey of 24 countries conducted from January to April 2025, most respondents—spanning North […]
In America’s NGO space, some topics are so taboo that even renowned public intellectuals aren’t safe when they dare criticize sacred cows such as the state of Israel. Just ask Black economist Glenn Loury. A former Reagan-era conservative, Loury has held a distinguished career in the field of economics. After earning his doctorate at the […]
David Horowitz’s death on April 29, 2025 closes the chapter on a figure who embodied the neoconservative phenomenon: a Jewish intellectual who, like many of his generation, abandoned the Left when he perceived its ideals as incompatible with Jewish interests and American security. Horowitz was born on January 10, 1939, in Forest Hills, Queens, New […]
The present populist era is rife with all manner of odd realignments. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt recently faced sharp criticism from its ex-director Abraham Foxman over his initial plan to speak at the Israeli Diaspora Ministry’s International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem. For Foxman, the current ADL chief’s decision to share the stage […]
In the last century, the alliance between Black and Jewish communities in the United States represents one of the most consequential cross-racial partnerships in modern American history. Initially rooted in both groups’ subaltern status, the forging of this coalition brought about landmark Civil Rights victories that paved the way for the undermining of the United […]
Strange things are happening in Guatemala. In February 2025, Guatemalan authorities arrested Yoel Alter, a senior leader of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult Lev Tahor, outside a government childcare facility in Guatemala City. Alter is wanted in Guatemala and Mexico in connection to human trafficking allegations. He had recently been organizing protests as a direct response […]
