The 2004 novel “The Plot against America,” written by Philip Roth, presents an alternative fictional history of political events in the U.S. during World War II. In the novel, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is defeated in the 1940 presidential election by Charles Lindbergh, the first pilot in history to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic […]

Though they’re rivals on the campaign trail, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are teaming up for a joint attack on President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. The Texas GOP senator’s campaign announced Thursday that he’s invited Trump to join a rally planned at the Capitol soon to pressure lawmakers on opposing the nuclear agreement. […]

Perhaps we should thank Spain’s Rotodom Sunsplash reggae festival organizers. They just provided us with a textbook case both of the nature of today’s anti-Semitism and of how to defeat it.   Last weekend, the festival organizers canceled their invitation to Matisyahu, the American-Jewish reggae artist, because he refused to bow to the organizers’ demand […]

The American rabbis who sent a letter to Congressmen urging that they support the Iranian nuclear deal include a large number who are affiliated with left-wing organizations that often act against the Israeli consensus, a study by the right-wing Zionist Organization of America found Wednesday. The letter was signed by 340 rabbis from all streams […]

Bradley Harris (Letters, 8/6) follows up his op-ed in favor of the Iran deal by claiming in response to one of his critics that no deal would be much worse. This is untrue. The alternative to a bad deal was not war — although that is more likely, now that Israel might have no other […]

Critics repeatedly claim that the reason President Barack Obama agreed to a catastrophic nuclear deal with Iran is his naiveté, his ineptness, and his being out negotiated. Does Obama’s record validate that thesis? Or is there evidence that President Obama’s feelings toward Islam may require a different conclusion. President Obama attended Pastor Jeremiah Wright’s anti-America, […]

Text reads as follows: Charles Schumer sparked a firestorm. Adding his name to a growing list of Congressional Democrats, including Representatives Steve Israel, Nita Lowey, Ted Deutch, Alcee Hastings, Grace Meng, Kathleen Rice, David Scott, Albio Sires, Juan Vargas, Eliot Engel and Brad Sherman, he became the highest ranking Democrat in the Senate to announce […]

Michael Sand (Kvetch ‘n Kvell, July 17) attacks only me and ignores our arguments and the fact that two knowledgeable attorneys co-authored our op-ed explaining there is no legal merit to ADL’s claim that anti-boycott, divestment and sanctions legislation is illegal. Remember, U.S. laws against the Arab League boycott of Israel were legal. Boycotts are […]

In response to “10 comments on Mike Huckabee and the purveyors of Jewish hate-porn,” July 28. Chemi Shalev contends that the Zionist Organization of America “should consider changing its name to the Anti-Zionist Organization of America” because we support former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s stating that the Iran nuclear deal could lead to the massacre […]

While much of the discussion concerning illegal versus legal immigration centers on the action on our southern border, the immigration statistics and patterns of another group will also have a large impact on the future of America. According to U.S. Census Data, the United States admits approximately 100,000 Muslim immigrants legally each year, representing the […]