Learning from Obama’s gay marriage wobble

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 5-15-12 President Barack Obama’s historic embrace of gay marriage last week saddened me. President Barack Obama’s historic embrace of gay marriage last week saddened me. For a president of the United States to back into such a monumental announcement reflected weakness, not strength, diminishing the man, the [...]

Gil Troy: Struggling With Jewish Power

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Shalom Hartman Institute, 4-25-12 Gil Troy, a Fellow of the Engaging Israel Project at Shalom Hartman Institute, talks about how, in the context of the current US presidential election, Jews in the US and in Israel must come to grips with power.

Jews in the Bosom of Father Abraham — and America

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 4-16-12 Imagine, if you can, an American Jewish nightmare. What would American Jewish voters do if a presidential candidate they considered good for the country was bad for the Jews – or Israel? Would they vote as “good Americans,” judging governing philosophy, domestic policy preferences, and personal [...]

Obama Neither anti-Israel nor the most pro-Israel President, ever, really, really…

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 3-13-12 Although we need calm, smart, nuanced, conversation about Israel and its challenges, an epidemic of stupid has broken out on the subject. On the right, many refuse to admit that President Barack Obama can believe in Israel’s right to exist even if he dislikes some Israeli [...]

Abbas the Masquerading Moderate Caricatures a Hellish Jerusalem

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 2-28-12 Reading the news, you would think that Mahmoud Abbas’s real first name is “The Moderate” and Benjamin Netanyahu’s real last name is “the Extremist.”  Googling the words “Abbas” and “Moderate” yields 4.47 million hits, while “Netanyahu” and “Moderate” get 2.53 million hits. “Abbas” and “Extremism” yield [...]

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