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Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Rabbi Abraham Cooper is the associate dean and director of the Global Social Action Agenda of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Israeli and Japanese flags. Photo by Aritra Deb/Shutterstock.

Japan-Israel ties at 70: obstacles and opportunities

With shared democratic values and tech-driven economies, there’s much to be gained by forming a strong alliance between Japan and Israel. However, if Japan sincerely wants to form such an alliance, its government must show that it shares the same values as Israel and the U.S.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Kinue Tokudome

December 27, 2021

‘The Boston Globe’ can’t forgive Israel for not carpet-bombing Gaza

An artistically talented armchair anti-Semite and the elites who run the paper defend an incendiary cartoon that shows an Israeli tank crushing Palestinian resistance, putting all blame for suffering in the Gaza Strip on the Jewish state.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

June 3, 2021

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Japan and Israel in the post-Abe era: Opportunities and pitfalls

New premier Yoshihide Suga has an opportunity to build on Shinzo Abe’s legacy, as well as make a few needed changes to the Asian nation’s Middle East policy.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Kinue Tokudome and Ted Gover

October 7, 2020

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar attends the Yahoo News/ABCNews Pre-White House Correspondents' dinner reception pre-party at Washington Hilton on May 3, 2014 in Washington, DC. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s slam dunk against anti-Semitism

Against this backdrop of apologies—real, faux and muted—the basketball star’s op-ed, “Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood?” ignited suppressed discussions that have largely gone unchallenged.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman

July 24, 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizizona Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr.

Skin color is neither a prerequisite nor disqualifier in the quest for justice

We cannot but wonder whether Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders knows that the Prophet Amos enjoined everyone, including “white Jewish men,” to “hate evil and love good and establish justice at the gate.”

Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman

March 11, 2020

Hundreds of people, Jews and non-Jews alike, gathered in Gothenburg, Sweden, just days after a local synagogue was firebombed to light the menorah on Dec. 12, 2017, the first night of the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

Sweden must confront modern-day anti-Semitism

A museum on anti-Semitism cannot ignore the fact that many experts consider its third-largest city, Malmö, to be the anti-Semitism capital of Europe, though it’s is not the only Swedish city with such a problem.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Manfred Gerstenfeld

March 29, 2019

Students with UC Berkeley’s “Bears for Israel” hold a counter-demonstration at a Students for Justice in Palestine rally in the fall of 2018. Source: “Bears for Israel” via Facebook.

Which way hate in America, 2019?

The battle for the hearts and minds of the critically important millennial generation is well under way.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman

December 31, 2018

Pope Francis touches the Israeli security barrier on his way to lead a mass in Bethlehem, on May 25, 2014. Credit: Nour Shamaly/POOL/Flash90.

Peace in the Mideast cannot be built with platitudes

When religious leaders—in this case, the pope himself—offer nothing but bromides instead of practical ideas that can work, many of the faithful tune out or just check out altogether.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein

July 13, 2018