Oct 17, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Jewish Experiences, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) The suicide of a Colorado teenager has been linked to a Nazi-themed Facebook group that the young man apparently led. The teenager apparently believed that killing himself would “show his allegiance to the Nazi Party and the...
Sep 14, 2016 | Jewish Experiences, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: Salon (September 14, 2016) When news first broke earlier this week that a mosque in Orlando had been set on fire, presumably because it had been attended by Omar Mateen, the man who in June shot 49 people to death at the nightclub Pulse, I immediately...
Jul 9, 2016 | Civil Liberties, Class Issues, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences
Published: Quartz (July 9, 2016) Donald Trump’s anti-Semitic tweet—I’m sorry, his allegedly anti-Semitic tweet—is still in the news in the US, and with good reason. The presumptive Republican nominee has repeatedly refused to apologize for linking Hillary Clinton,...
May 19, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Immigration, Jewish Experiences, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (May 18, 2016) It’s hardly surprising, that Breitbart recently referred to William Kristol as a “renegade Jew” in one of its headlines. The conservative website has been shilling pretty hard for Donald Trump over the past year, so it makes sense that...
Apr 21, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences
Published: Quartz (April 20, 2016) Senator Bernie Sanders is the most successful Jewish presidential candidate to date. But he did not prevail in the Apr. 19 Democratic primary in New York–despite the state’s massive Jewish community and his personal ties to...
Mar 11, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Jewish Experiences, Other Media, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Interview with Kris Welch. Want to hear what I had to say (cue it up to around the 23:30 mark for my section)? Radio Interview
Mar 10, 2016 | Autobiographical, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Quartz (March 10, 2016) With 458 delegates under his belt so far (and counting), Donald Trump is now more than one-third of the way toward receiving the Republican presidential nomination. Although millions of Americans both inside and out of the Grand Old...
Feb 11, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: Salon (February 11, 2016) With his New Hampshire primary victory now in the books, Bernie Sanders has done more than simply guarantee that Hillary Clinton won’t have a free ride to the Democratic nomination. Indeed, even if Clinton ultimately bests Sanders...
Dec 24, 2015 | Holiday Season, Jewish Experiences, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues, Satirical Essays
Published: The Good Men Project (December 24, 2015) Much to my horror, I discovered earlier today that my favorite local Chinese restaurant isn't open on Christmas Eve. This may not seem like a big deal - heck, you could even say that I'm a bit of a scrooge for...
Dec 3, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Salon (December 5, 2015), The Good Men Project (December 3, 2015) If you are a Jew, you should be very afraid of Donald Trump. For a while I explained this sentiment thusly: Trump may not be personally anti-Semitic, but anti-Semites sure seem to love Trump....