Joel Swanson

What will a Biden administration’s approach to Israel be? What should it be? Columnists Ari Hoffman and Joel Swanson to debate the issue.

Joel SwansonNovember 6, 2020

There’s a number that sums up the yawning and growing gap dividing American and Israeli Jews right now. That number is 77.

Joel SwansonNovember 4, 2020

I woke up this morning feeling less safe in the supposed “Goldene Medina” than ever before. My partner and I have been talking about leaving.

Is President Trump good for the Jews? We asked two of our writers, Eli Steinberg and Joel Swanson, to debate the question that divided our community.

Joel SwansonOctober 20, 2020

You would think that Jewish people would not indulge in the Soros conspiracy theories — but you’d be wrong.

Joel SwansonOctober 15, 2020

The histories of our communities are linked and we should see the fight against the denial of the genocides of our peoples as interlinked, as well.

Joel SwansonOctober 7, 2020

For President Trump to try to cast himself as some champion of the Jews is absolutely ludicrous.

Ari Hoffman and Joel SwansonSeptember 30, 2020

Is it to compare the Proud Boys to Antifa? We asked our contributing columnists Ari Hoffman and Joel Swanson to debate the question.

Joel SwansonSeptember 22, 2020

When the president does not seem to think American Jews are fully American, maybe that’s when we need the legacy of Ginsburg more than ever.

Joel SwansonSeptember 14, 2020

Non-Orthodox millennial Jews hunger for connection to our community, our people, and our history.