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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.

View of the International Court of Justice courtroom during the court's ruling on May 24, 2024 that Israel must cease military operations in Rafah. Credit: Bastiaan Musscher/U.N. Photo/ICJ-CIJ.

The world’s big October 7 lies

The strategy of repeating a lie until people believe it has proven to be a bonanza for Hamas.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Dr. Deborah Soffen

July 17, 2024

Palestinian children learn ow to handle rifles at youth summer camps, where they direct violence at Israel, July 25-28, 2022. Source: Facebook.com/gheras.alqud via MEMRI.

Who will protect Palestinian children from Hamas?

The use of child soldiers and human shields is part of Hamas's plan.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Dr. Deborah Soffen

Feb. 4, 2024

Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England Justin Welby, center, visits the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem's Old City, on June 27, 2013. Photo by Sliman Khader / Flash90.

Archbishop of Canterbury, this is a battle of good vs. evil

You do not understand that “two wrongs don’t make a right” is not the moral principle upon which we must stand when faced with genocidal terror.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Nov. 16, 2023

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

Dec. 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

Oct. 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 Arizona. 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