Michael J. Lewis, at The Blogs

Michael J. Lewis

Former AIPAC Director of Policy Analysis (1986-2024)

Jan 1, 2025, 6:30 AM

Knesset Proclamation re Jerusalem, January 1950. Public domain screenshots of text

New Year’s Day is generally a time for looking forward rather than back as people optimistically hope a new year will bring a fresh start and new beginnings. Not here though! A brief look back at some past January...

Dec 1, 2024, 4:38 PM

Some Past December Highs and Lows

For Israel and Jews; Decembers past have seen moments of hope and moments of sadness. Moments of war-making and moments of peace-making. Over the decades; there have obviously been hundreds of key moments. Just a few such, enumerated below. In...

Nov 1, 2024, 10:48 PM

Novembers Past: Highs and Lows for Israel and Zionism

A month ago, I looked back in the Times of Israel at some of the highs and lows for Israel and the pro-Israel community. “October: A Month of Hope and Despair for Jews.     Now on to November! Nobody need...

Oct 16, 2024, 9:05 PM

‘As A Jew…’

How often does one read opeds and social media posts by Jewish critics of Israel in which the author employs some variant of the phrase “As a Jew” in their critique of some Israeli policy or action (or even...

Oct 9, 2024, 9:27 PM

How Israel’s Detractors Responded to October 7: The first 24 Hours

All Out For Palestine These past few days have seen numerous "October 7th" commemorations marking the one year anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel. Haters of Israel meanwhile have been holding their own “counter October 7” events - ignoring what...

Oct 1, 2024, 7:15 PM

October: A Month of Hope and Despair for Jews

The Nova Site - Personal photo taken by the author in May 2024

”April is the cruelest month” That famed opening sentence of "The Wasteland" written by (the antisemitic) poet, T.S. Eliot. Jews and Israelis might think that description applied to the month of October, which over the years, has been a month...

Sep 24, 2024, 7:52 PM

Saying Goodby to AIPAC…But Not to ‘The Cause’

Last week, I sadly said goodbye to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) after almost 40 years as AIPAC’s “Director of Policy Analysis” (a job far-less senior than the title might imply!) At the time of my departure, I...

About Me

Originally from London, England; Michael Lewis spent a few years in Israel including 2 years on Kibbutz Kfar Blum where he met his future wife. before coming to the United States in the late 1970s: First studying at Rutgers and Princeton. And then for the past 40 years in Washington DC: A year at the just-founded Washington Institute. From1986, till very-recently at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as Director of Policy Analysis. Michael also devotes inordinate attention to posting about the English lower-tier football (soccer)club Queens Park Rangers (QPR)

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