Alan Weintraub

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Nov 5, 2024, 12:32 AM

What We Can Learn From John Fetterman

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In April of 2022, while running for the US Senate, John Fetterman made it very clear to Jewish Insider that “whenever I’m in a situation to be called on to take up the cause of strengthening and enhancing the...

Oct 23, 2024, 3:25 AM

Worried About History Repeating Itself? We Have an Advantage.

In 1935, Herbert Lehman, then the Governor of New York, issued Rosh Hashanah greetings in The Jewish Advocate, extending to American Jews a “cordial and heartfelt good wishes for a happy and contented New Year.” But Lehman — himself Jewish...

Aug 23, 2024, 7:10 AM

How Can We Reconcile With Chance?

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It is unbelievable that an assassination attempt against Donald Trump would not be the biggest headline of the last few weeks. Yet here we are, and remarkably this makes sense with all that has happened in the United States...

Jul 19, 2024, 8:46 AM

The Historian Held Hostage in Gaza

Alex Dancyg was last heard from early on October 7, after warning his family about the Hamas terrorists attacking kibbutz Nir Oz, where he lived. His family was lucky to survive the massacre. Yet Dancyg was among the hundreds...

Jun 18, 2024, 10:21 PM

Binary Thinking and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

While attending my college-wide graduation commencement ceremony, someone leaped up from just a few rows behind me and shouted at the president of the college, who just started speaking, accusing him of “supporting genocide.” I then turned around to...

May 30, 2024, 11:57 PM

An Extreme Case Study in Jewish Infighting

A Jewish man is stranded on an island for many years. The rescue team finally arrives, and they admire how he survived on his own for so long. They notice three makeshift buildings. “The first one,” the man explains,...

May 9, 2024, 10:12 AM

Is Columbia the New Charlottesville?

Last year I visited Charlottesville, Virginia, and walked along the campus of the University of Virginia. It is a beautiful campus, designed by Thomas Jefferson himself, who founded the university. Many of us remember that in 2017, white supremacists...

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Alan E. Weintraub holds a master’s degree in History, an Advanced Certificate in Public History, and writes about Jewish history and political and philosophical thought. He is also a genealogy researcher and advanced chess player.

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