Articles from Rob Eshman

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on Jan. 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/Israel Government Press Office)

‘He should go and stay’: As Netanyahu visits Congress, Israelis at home are tired of the act

by Rob Eshman July 24, 2024July 24, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1994. (Saar Yaacov/Israel Government Press Office)

Trump and Rabin: Two assassination attempts with very different outcomes

by Rob Eshman July 14, 2024July 15, 2024

Steve Bannon speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Gage Skidmore via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)

Steve Bannon wants Jews to ‘hard weld’ to Christian nationalists. Not so fast

by Rob Eshman July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaking in 2019. (Flickr-New America CC BY 2.0)

Wikipedia called the ADL ‘unreliable.’ It’s a wake-up call the civil rights organization badly needs

by Rob Eshman June 20, 2024June 20, 2024

Noa Argamani embraces her father

The hostage rescue is a joyous distraction. A deal is still key.

by Rob Eshman June 9, 2024

protesters walk down a street holding a large banner that reads "ceasefire now!" many are carrying palestinian flags.

Protesters want a ceasefire. Why won’t they speak out in support of Biden’s plan for one?

by Rob Eshman June 4, 2024June 4, 2024

Protesters listen to speakers during a demonstration against the war in Gaza at San Francisco State University, April 29, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Which elite university figured out how to handle anti-Israel protests? Hint: It’s in Israel

by Rob Eshman April 30, 2024May 1, 2024

A view of the University of Southern California campus (Photo/Dhrupad Bezboruah via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0)

USC: Don’t blame Jews for canceling your valedictorian

by Rob Eshman April 19, 2024April 19, 2024

Elena Colomba draws a Star of David at a Thousand Oaks street corner where a Jewish pro-Israel protester, Paul Kessler, was killed during an altercation, Nov. 7, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jacob Gurvis)

A 69-year-old Jew died after a confrontation at a protest. His death offers important warnings

by Rob Eshman November 10, 2023November 12, 2023

Lizi Rosenfeld sits on a bench in Austria in 1938. The sign says, ”Only for Aryans.“ (Photo/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Leo Spitzer)

Books

New book challenges narrative that Jews were passive victims of Nazis

by Rob Eshman October 12, 2023May 2, 2024