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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.

A federal court has rightly ruled that campus protesters’ persecution of Jewish students is antisemitism pure and simple.
In the wake of the normalization agreements between Israel and four Arab states, it is becoming easier to see a path forward to a better future for Israel and throughout the Middle East.
The greatest threat to the Jewish community is neither Iran nor intermarriage, but rather our increasing political and cultural isolation.
While Harris has faced deservedly sharp criticism over her remarks at George Mason University, it’s worth remembering that she has been on the other end of such attacks.
It is increasingly clear that our community is perpetually playing defense. Perhaps American Jews should renew our commitment to building alliances.
It is apparent that even when Biden faces deserved criticism, his allies are quick to dismiss it as predictable attacks from the most fanatical of Trump acolytes.
History is merciless, and can wipe away even the strongest and most important memories if we don’t fight to keep them with us.
If BDS-ers set aside their single-minded focus on Israel for just a short period to spotlight instead the Taliban’s daily outrages, it could help pressure the U.N. Human Rights Council to make the same adjustment.
Every time the Iranian government engages in belligerent activity without being held accountable, they are further emboldened.