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Dan Schnur

Dan Schnur

Dan Schnur is a professor at the University of California-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Public Policy and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications.

The great majority of Democrats in Congress are reliably pro-Israel. But the numbers of those who vote against the interests of the Jewish state are growing.
For the first time since he regained the Prime Minister’s Office several months ago, it appears that Benjamin Netanyahu has a plan.
Affirmative action is dead, but the debate over alternatives to replace it is far from over. Let’s see how the Jewish community responds when the impact hits closer to home.
Josh Shapiro, the newly elected Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, could break the glass ceiling.
The question is whether it is better to ally with both Saudi Arabias or neither.
Haley has the skills and possibly the support base to mount a credible and perhaps competitive underdog campaign.
The second gentleman’s admirable example in tackling antisemitism represents an important step towards defeating this menace and its sponsors.
Now that Netanyahu has claimed a decisive victory, speculation turns to what type of government he will form.
In a week during which Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas once again attempted to minimize the horrors of the Holocaust, we were reminded that even the so-called “moderates” in the Palestinian leadership are not that moderate.
Too many American Jews continue to wallow in the type of selective outrage that only allows us to see those repulsive sentiments when they come from the other side of the aisle.
Because the hostilities lasted such a short time, and the number of casualties was relatively low, the conflict received a fairly small amount of media attention outside of the region.
It’s time to stop avoiding uncomfortable debates and prepare our young people for future challenges.