When is the Suffering too Much?
At his 2017 Senate hearing to become a Supreme Court Justice, Neil Gorsuch was questioned by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) regarding physician assisted death (PAD). Feinstein and...
Category: Expert Analysis
November 24, 2020
Israel and the Diaspora must find their way back to one another
When we held our first event to recognize excellence in Diaspora reportage in the Israeli media 28 years ago, little could I have predicted that this program would become one of our showcase...
November 23, 2020
With A New Label, The Fight Against BDS Gains Speed
Last week’s decision by the U.S. State Department to formally designate the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement as anti-Semitic is a major shift in the fight against the...
November 10, 2020
A UNGA Like No Other
This year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate, like so many parts of life in 2020, was completely different this year. The General Debate, though it is dominated by long and...
November 2, 2020
Preparing for an Aging Prison Population
One of the pillars of B’nai B’rith International is our Center for Senior Services (CSS), which focuses on issues that impact older Americans. Throughout my time working at...
October 29, 2020
OAS GA: Present and Future Dangers
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS GA) has been postponed from June of this year to October 2022. B’nai...
October 28, 2020
Israel’s Growing Ties with Africa Dispel Myths, Brighten Future
The more scurrilous a lie, the more impervious it is to fact and reason. Such has been the history of the Israel/apartheid slander, which reached its apogee in 2017 with the release of a report...
October 13, 2020
Israel’s Piano Goddesses
“God of the Piano.” A lot goes on to keep the viewer spellbound in “God of the Piano,” an award-winning and much talked about Israeli film written and directed by Itay Tal...