James Sinkinson

Opinion: No Vote for Genocide Liars

By James Sinkinson Politicians who claim that Israel committed genocide in Gaza are lying to you. A review of genocide’s definition, plus hard evidence, disproves...
“David Playing the Harp for King Saul,” oil on panel painting by Erasmus Quellinus II, circa 1635.

Opinion: Why Democracies Keep Looking for Kings

By Efrat Last Every democracy eventually faces the same temptation: Problems that once appeared manageable become entrenched, public trust erodes, institutions lose credibility, and political...
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres congratulates Annalena Baerbock following her election as president of the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly on June 2, 2025.

Opinion: Don’t Answer the Antisemites; It’s a Political War

By Fiamma Nirenstein It is a mistake to respond to antisemitic accusations. Would responding have served any purpose at the time of the racial laws and...
Rabbi Michael Werbow

D’var Torah: The Covenant and the Choices We Make

By Rabbi Michael Werbow This week’s Torah portion Ki Tavo: Deuteronomy 26:1 — 29:8 We often see that for a single Hebrew word in the Torah...

Letters to the Editor: August 28

‘Too Jewish to Publish’ (Editorial, Aug. 21) In the current setting of virulent antisemitism and anti-Zionism, I am distressed but not surprised that publishers are...

Opinion: When Pain Is Not Persuasion

By Dr. Ivan Gulas Washington and Tehran are both at the table, and both are telling their people they hold the upper hand. Washington points...

Opinion: How Israel Will Bring the Oct. 7 Criminals to Justice

By Joel M. Margolis Israel is preparing a special military tribunal to prosecute an estimated 300 suspects captured during the Hamas-led invasion of Israel on...

Opinion: Kim Jong-un’s European Front

By Clifford D. May North Korea is learning modern warfare on Ukrainian ground—and Russia is paying the tuition. In 1240, Mongol warriors led by Genghis Khan’s...

Opinion: Access Is Not Influence

By David J. Butler New York’s Jewish leaders recently met with Mayor Zohran Mamdani again. They told him they are worried, that his words about...

Editorial: What the Numbers Don’t See

For decades, the federal government has required large employers to count their employees by race, ethnicity and sex and report the results to the...