The Struggle to Advocate for Palestinians Has Never Been Easy

by James J. Zogby It has never been easy for Arab Americans to advocate for Palestinian rights, and although we’ve made real progress, the challenges continue to grow. I learned early on that this wasn’t ever going to be a… Continue Reading

Words Matter, Mr. President

by Amb. Dennis Jett Eleven people died on Saturday. And while the President of the United States and his supporters will vehemently deny it, he is partially to blame. The eleven were riddled with bullets while I was sitting at… Continue Reading

Anne Frank Center Calls For Resignation of Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka

by Eli Clifton and Jim Lobe The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect blasted President Donald Trump’s counter-terrorism adviser and former Breitbart national security editor, Sebastian Gorka, in a statement released today. The Center called for Gorka to resign, following… Continue Reading

Welcome to the Jewish American Dissonance

by Edo Konrad In early December, just a month after the election of Donald Trump, American alt-right leader Richard Spencer sat down for an interview with Al Jazeera. Speaking to Kristen Saloomey, Spencer, who brought his white supremacist views along… Continue Reading

ADL’s Armenian Genocide Recognition Sends Powerful Statement…to Israel

by Dahlia Scheindlin  The Anti-Defamation League, American Jewry’s foremost civil rights organization, has made a powerful statement recognizing the Armenian genocide by the crumbling Ottoman regime in the early 20th century. Last Friday, CEO Jonathan Greenblatt posted a blog on the organization’s… Continue Reading