Daniel Brooks, at The Blogs

Apply for a Blog

Sep 27, 2024, 3:16 AM

Anti-Zionism is Clearly Antisemitism: Jewish Youth Experience It for Themselves

The Forward's editorial line has been that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism. This flawed take is disturbingly apparent in Rabbi Jay Michaelson’s “American Jews’ traumatized responses to antisemitism and anti-Zionism are hurting our children.” Throughout, Michaelson reminds readers that his...

Jan 26, 2021, 9:07 PM

NYT to Jews on Campus: Stop Whining, You Deserve the Hate

Covering the campus wars over Israel, the “paper of record” once again misses the point. In a New York Times piece devoted to how pro and anti-Israel activism affects campus free speech and students’ lives, writer John Leland avoids...

Sep 30, 2020, 10:49 PM

Misdiagnosing Jew Hate on TikTok

Antisemitism is proliferating through social media, and Jewish teens are facing the brunt of the assault. Because the public needs to better understand this growing phenomenon, it was with relief that I noticed a recent article titled "Jewish teens...

Jun 18, 2019, 11:42 PM

Palestinian “Non-Violence”: Extremism Rebranded

In last month’s New York Review of Books, Forward editor Batya Ungar-Sargon published a lengthy piece about Palestinian “non-violent resistance to Israel’s occupation”. In covering this supposed phenomenon, Ungar-Sargon focuses on its ostensible preacher and practitioner, Hebron-based activist Issa...

Mar 8, 2019, 7:25 AM

Honest conversation on Israel and Palestinians desperately requires leadership

In a February 25 Vox article titled “Bernie Sanders is poised to open up a painful intraparty debate about Israel,” writer Matt Yglesias reveals the shallowness behind his and others’ hoped-for shift in Democratic Party policy on Israel. Ironically,...

Feb 26, 2019, 9:49 PM

Yes, It’s Time To Talk About Palestinian Rights!

The moment for this conversation has really finally arrived. We American Jews must embrace it, as we’re now an inseparable part of this issue. The defining moment occurred recently on Real Time With Bill Maher. The show’s panel discussed,...

Jan 31, 2019, 7:39 AM

The Democratic Majority for Israel

A newly created pro-Israel group, “Democratic Majority for Israel,” has been launched by congressional and other democrats. This is a welcome and encouraging development. While one might anticipate success through its strength in numbers, it will face a loud...

Jan 10, 2019, 2:09 AM

New York Times on Israel: Yells Fire, Sprays Gasoline

Jonathan Weisman’s op-ed in the New York Times about the so-called “schism” between American and Israeli Jews is certainly not a new doomsday prophecy. Sure, the specific arguments against Israel have been updated, but the piece is a bad...

Oct 11, 2018, 12:22 AM

Newsweek Says Genocidal Threats Against Israel Are Merely “Protests”

Tom O’Connor of Newsweek wants readers to believe the decades old threat to utterly destroy Israel is really just a form of protest against Israel’s policies. In “Iran General Says Israel Could Never Win, So Prime Minister Should ‘Practice Swimming’...

Sep 22, 2018, 12:37 AM

New York Magazine’s Deceitful Complicity in Demonizing the Jewish People

Regarding the Department of Education’s attempts to protect Jewish college students, Eric Levitz of New York Magazine shamelessly defrauds his readers. In “Trump’s DOE Vows to Help College Students Restrict Free Speech (About Israel),” he lies to the public...

Load more

About Me

Daniel Brooks is the NY Lead Educator and National Activism Officer with Zionist youth organization Club Z, which creates a network of educated and articulate activists with a commitment to Zionism.