Anshel Pfeffer
By Anshel Pfeffer
-
ANALYSIS Liz Truss could be the most pro-Israel British prime minister ever
Boris Johnson’s successor has said she would consider recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the British embassy there, but Truss probably won’t have much time for Israel in the near future.
-
Opinion How American Jews Enable Bibi’s Never-Ending Cycle Of Abuse
There once was a feeling among American Jews that Benjamin Netanyahu was one of theirs. For decades, Israel had been represented on the international stage by a parade of grey, rumpled bureaucrats, brash generals and uncouth political hacks. When Bibi arrived on the scene, immaculately dressed and without a trace of accent, it was as…
-
Opinion How Britain’s Left-Wing Party Convinces Itself It’s Not Anti-Semitic
(Haaretz) — A year ago, at the height of the general election in the United Kingdom, there was much focus on racism in British politics. The discussions concentrated almost exclusively on the anti-immigration United Kingdom Independence Party, whose leaders were accused of incitement against immigrants; some of its members, including party candidates, were found to…
-
Opinion Why Brussels Attack Looks Like ‘Toulouse’ Terror
(Haaretz) — It is too early to jump to conclusions over the identity of the shooter in Satruday’s terror attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. And still, it’s hard to avoid the initial impression that the pattern fits other anti-Jewish attacks, locally organized and without the backing of a terror group. Most likely carried…
-
News How Israel’s Dusty Zionist Bureaucracy Survives
(Haaretz) — The Knesset is full of young politicians, a generation unacquainted with the national Zionist institutions, which thinks they’re dusty and irrelevant old relics. Only the experienced operators — headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman — are aware of the treasure that lies in them: unsupervised budgets, jobs for cronies…
-
The Schmooze Reality Show Seeks U.K.’s ‘Best Jewish Mum’
Crossposted from Haaretz Dozens of Jewish mothers around Britain have been followed in recent weeks by television cameras tracking their daily lives. Their cake-making, homemaking and matchmaking skills will be under scrutiny by a team of experts and when the four-part series is screened on Channel Four at the end of the summer, the Best…
-
Fast Forward String of Terror Attacks in Southern Israel Kills Eight
Eight Israelis were killed and 30 more wounded during a well-planned terror attack along the Israeli-Egyptian border Thursday. The attack was planned in the Gaza Strip by the Popular Resistance Committees and perpetrated by terrorists who crossed from Gaza into Sinai via smuggling tunnels. They then traveled some 200 kilometers to reach an area of…
-
Fast Forward Gaza-Bound Flotilla Slated To Set Sail Tuesday
Israel will not allow any ships to breach its blockade of the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his inner cabinet yesterday, during a discussion of the Gaza-bound flotilla expected to set sail Tuesday. Security officials and Foreign Ministry representatives informed the cabinet that Israel has no information indicating that terrorists or anyone affiliated…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News An Israeli restaurant chain said it closed due to boycotts. Protesters are celebrating.
- 2
Opinion Jews are worried about Zohran Mamdani. Here’s why they shouldn’t be
- 3
Film & TV What the new season of ‘Nobody Wants This’ gets right — and very wrong — about Judaism
- 4
Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
In Case You Missed It
-
Yiddish אַ מוצאי־שבת אין פּאָרטלאַנד, אַ קאַצנשפּרונג פֿונעם „אײַס“־בניןA Saturday night in Portland, very close to the ICE building
שלום בערגער האָט גערעדט סײַ מיט די דעמאָנסטראַנטן קעגן „אײַס“ סײַ מיט די „טראָמפּיסטן“
-
Fast Forward Cuomo dominates Jewish vote in final Quinnipiac poll before election
-
Fast Forward ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks
-
Yiddish צי זאָל איך ווערן אַ ראַבינער?So should I become a rabbi?
אַן אַקאַדעמיקער באַשרײַבט זײַן איבערלעבונג אויף אַ רעטריט פֿאָקוסירט אויפֿן אינספּירירן ייִדן צו ווערן גײַסטיקע פֿירער.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
