Jerold S. Auerbach Archives

Jerold S. Auerbach

Jerold S. Auerbach is the author of 12 books, including Print to Fit: The New York Times, Zionism and Israel (1896-2016).

“The New York Times” building in Midtown Manhattan. Credit: Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons.

Occupation or liberation?

The New York Times appears ignorant of Jewish history in Judea and Samaria.

Jerold S. Auerbach

May 23, 2023

Machpelah, Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hebron. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Hebron and Jerusalem

Discovering my submerged Jewish self.

Jerold S. Auerbach

April 19, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Thomas Friedman’s fury

The columnist seems unaware of the fact that Israel’s prime ministers are under no obligation to take his advice.

Jerold S. Auerbach

March 17, 2023

Israeli paratroopers stand in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem after gaining back Jerusalem as part of the Six-Day War, June 7, 1967. Credit: National Photo Collection of Israel, Goverment Press Office.

A tragic Israeli surrender

Moshe Dayan’s decision to prohibit Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, writes Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik, “was a terrible mistake, the worst in Israel’s history.”

Jerold S. Auerbach

February 23, 2023

Becoming a Jew

My encounters in the Holy Land turned me away from assimilation.

Jerold S. Auerbach

February 15, 2023

The Irgun ship “Altalena” burning off the Tel Aviv beach after being shelled by the Haganah on June 22, 1948. Photo: Hans Pinn/Wikimedia.

Brothers at war, again?

Can the Israeli left reject David Ben-Gurion’s appalling resort to violence against Jews and accept the result of a democratic election?

Jerold S. Auerbach

February 5, 2023

The New York Times’ ‘occupation’ obsession

There is no more appropriate place for Jews to live than in their ancient homeland.

Jerold S. Auerbach

February 1, 2023

“New York Times” columnist Thomas L. Friedman discusses “The Divide Between Order and Disorder,” Sept. 16, 2014. Credit: Chatham House Photo via Flickr/Wikimedia Commons.

Thomas Friedman’s fury

The Times columnist’s laceration of the Jewish state has a long history.

Jerold S. Auerbach

January 21, 2023

A yizkor candle. Photo: Valley2city/Wikimedia

Remembering Jacob

A visit from my grandfather came 17 years after his death.

Jerold S. Auerbach

January 17, 2023

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