Author Archive
Daniella J. Greenbaum
The Voting Rights Act’s Injustices
Discerning observers can reasonably conclude that nuance is an elusive, if not impossible, feature in American political life. The disintegration of our discourse has made...
New York’s Teachers No Longer Have to Be Literate
The New York State Board of Regents, which supervises public education, has decided it will no longer be necessary for would-be teachers to pass an Academic Literacy Skills Test....
Zionism is Not Racism
As part of their annual “Israel Apartheid Week,” the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, in conjunction with Columbia/Barnard Jewish Voice for Peace, are hosting...
A Shameful Shout-Down at Columbia
On Monday night at Columbia University, protestors shouted down Danny Danon, Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. I’m sure that both the hosts of...
The ‘Termite’ Infamy and the Jews
On Monday, the Washington Free Beacon reported that Hank Johnson—a sitting U.S. Congressman—compared Israeli settlers to “termites.” Despite the fact that this terminology evokes some of...
Romantic Delusions of the Clintons
Terrible and terrific journalism have something in common: they inspire thought and provoke a reaction. Given all that Donald Trump has said and done, it’s extremely difficult...
God Save the King—and the GOP
On Monday, Representative Steve King made headlines of the worst kind when, responding to the idea that the Republican Party is a monolithic entity, he...
Dunham’s Food for Thoughtlessness
People of sound mind do not rush to rehash folly. And if they do, it’s to condemn, not condone it. Lena Dunham is Not That...
Bibi’s Outreach—and Ours
Benjamin Netanyahu’s current diplomatic mission to Africa demonstrates Israel’s determination to renew ties with some of its most natural allies. It was in Africa that...
A Tunnel Unearthed, A Story Found
A team of archaeologists announced this week that they had found an escape tunnel dug by Jews at Ponar, a site of mass murder in...
How to Think About the Past
In the latest iteration of the left’s ostensible conquest of the moral high ground, consider the average liberal arts college student. These days the most...
Speaking Truth to Power
Earlier this month, the German parliament voted to declare the Ottoman Empire’s 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide. Far from being an empty gesture of...