Gil Troy Archives

Gil Troy

Professor Gil Troy is an American presidential historian and, most recently, the editor of the three-volume set, Theodor Herzl: Zionist Writings, the inaugural publication of The Library of the Jewish People.

Israeli soldiers remove the corpses of civilians in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Gaza border, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

The nine Big Lies against Israel and what they really mean

The Palestinians and their propagandists have developed a whole lexicon that distorts words, negates history and obscures Palestinian intentions. Israel went along with these lies for too long.

Gil Troy

November 12, 2023

Harvard must fight educational malpractice, not just antisemitism

If Harvard’s motto is to remain “veritas,” then it must purge the illiberal, totalitarian poison in its midst.

Gil Troy

November 5, 2023

An IDF artillery unit fires into the Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2023. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.

Civilization is not a suicide pact

When faced with a supremely evil foe, the most “just” thing you can do is win.

Gil Troy

October 24, 2023

Silence of the tenured lambs

Decadence met the devil, and Hamas won.

Gil Troy

October 16, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the demonstration against the vaccine passport introduced in Italy to combat the Covid 19 pandemic on Nov. 13, 2021 at Arco della Pace in Milan. Photo by Renato Murolo 68/Shutterstock.

RFK Jr. and the unintentional bigotry of sloppy thinkers

Is Kennedy the latest exemplar of this bizarre, new, phenomenon: the pro-Israel anti-Semite?

Gil Troy

July 19, 2023

Sahar Amsalem and his son Shimon perform search for remains of leaven after cleaning their home, in Tzfat on the night before Passover, on April 4, 2023. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Telling our story this Passover and beyond

We Jews, and particularly American Jews, have a great story. Why not tell it again and again?

Gil Troy

April 5, 2023

Theodor Herzl, 1897. Credit: Public Domain Photo.

Theodor Herzl was gone, but his message survived

The founding father of Zionism taught his people “the darkness must retreat.”

Gil Troy

November 17, 2022

The campus of Penn State University in State College, Pa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The new Jew hatred

America’s small Jewish community endures nearly two-thirds of all anti-religious hate crimes annually.

Gil Troy

November 13, 2022

Austro-Hungarian journalist and founder of modern-day Zionism Theodor Herzl. Source: YouTube.

The real Herzl: Haunted by Jew-hatred, like most European Jews

Early on, when he was still trying to fit in, there were clear signs that the Theodor Herzl that always was—was the Theodor Herzl he eventually became.

Gil Troy

September 4, 2022

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