Joshua Teitelbaum

Historian of the modern Middle East, activist, Jew, Israeli, American

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Jun 10, 2024, 8:32 PM

The Plan Comes Together: Defending Israel from Iranian Attack on April 13, 2024

Source: DVIDS (US Department of Defense)

Austere Challenge. Juniper Cobra. Juniper Oak. Juniper Falcon. Nonsensical terms to most people. But for those involved in US-Israel defense cooperation, these are code names for a series of combined exercises between Israel and the United States held over...

Jan 25, 2024, 10:09 PM

Reimagining Plagiarism in the Age of Information: A Modest Proposal*

Quoting one is plagiarism. Quoting many is research. In a world rapidly transformed by digital technology and evolving social paradigms, our understanding of intellectual property and knowledge production warrants a fresh examination. Critical race theory offers a lens through which...

Jan 19, 2021, 7:35 PM

Celebrating Democracy: An ‘Al HaNissim’ for January 6

Although I've been here in Israel for forty years, my ties to the old country remain strong. I once worked as an aide to a Member of Congress. My heart skipped a beat every time I saw the Capitol. So...

Aug 15, 2020, 11:45 PM

See You at the Burj Khalifah

For agreements like the one signed August 13 between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, there is always text and context. The text is the official announcement of the United States, Israel and the UAE which was first published—no surprise—on...

Aug 12, 2020, 11:53 AM

With Harris for VP, the Dems remain true to their roots — for now

Congratulations to Kamala Harris, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States. The choice of Senator Harris, a liberal, mainstream and uniting candidate, should give those of us who cherish liberal values a...

Jul 10, 2020, 3:12 PM

So Who Needs Another Article on Peter Beinart?

Why would you want to read another blog post on Peter Beinart and his Jews-Don't-Need-a-State-Israel-Should-Turn-Into-Lebanon-and-Syria-So-I-Can-Feel-Good rant? After all, both Daniel Gordis and Shmuel Rosner have delivered a "fitting Zionist response" (tshuva tziyonit holemet) to this As-A-Jew Jew on behalf...

Mar 17, 2019, 5:18 PM

Democrats: Get Your House in Order on Jew Hate

I’m an old-school liberal Democrat. Born in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1958, I marched against the War (yes, that war), saw my own father arrested on TV by truncheon-wielding Alabama State troopers as he marched with MLK in Selma (mom...

Nov 21, 2016, 11:10 PM

What liberal American Jews must do (after the shiva)

A crowd marches from Union Square to Trump Tower in protest of new Republican president-elect Donald Trump on November 12, 2016 in New York, (Yana Paskova/Getty Images/AFP)

Writing from Israel to the American Jews who share his politics: Get a grip and get out of your safe spaces

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About Me

Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum teaches modern Middle Eastern History at Bar-Ilan University and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he moved to Israel in 1981.