Thane Rosenbaum

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Jun 29, 2021, 2:38 PM

The Surfside tragedy and South Florida’s long hold on the Jewish imagination

Miami Beach, Florida, April 1974. (Bernard Gotfryd Photograph Collection/Library of Congress)

It was once known – if at all – as Miami Beach's less sparkling neighbor and Isaac Bashevis Singer's winter haven. Now it will forever be synonymous with misery

May 28, 2017, 2:43 PM

The Six Day War that lasted 50 years

A file picture taken in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 7, 2002, shows Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attending Friday Muslim prayers. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / Thomas COEX)

From the start, Palestinians proved less interested in having their own state than in destroying the Jewish one

Feb 25, 2017, 11:44 PM

If you repeat ‘occupation’ often enough

Israel's capture of the territories doesn't fit the definition, but that hasn't stopped Palestinian accusations

Dec 26, 2016, 3:06 PM

Obama sided with the forces of darkness

On his way out of office, the US president became a willing accomplice and bystander to Israel’s isolation

Aug 4, 2016, 12:01 AM

Israel, it’s not you — it’s them

Progressives who broke up with the Jewish state for not being perfect are engaging in moral narcissism

Nov 15, 2015, 2:42 PM

We are all Israelis now

Faced with the threat of radical Islam, France must also start taking occasional liberties with its liberté

Sep 16, 2015, 6:42 PM

On Auschwitz showers and normalcy

Against the rigid sanctimony of those who would suppress even accidental reminders of the Holocaust

Mar 25, 2015, 11:17 PM

Barack vs. Bibi, Round __

Forgive me for wondering whether the daily dealings between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are taking a page from the Rocky Balboa vs. Apollo Creed playbook — without the Marquees of Queensberry Rules. Actually, now that the...

Feb 22, 2015, 5:29 AM

Bibi to Europe’s Jews: “Get the hell out!”

Netanyahu should not be scaring Europe's Jews into aliyah, but he isn't the one we should be blaming

Jan 27, 2015, 7:48 AM

Will Auschwitz make it to eighty?

The emotional power that the Holocaust once held on humanity is losing momentum

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About Me

Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist and Distinguished Fellow at NYU School of Law where he directs the Forum on Law, Culture & Society (FOLCS). He is the author, most recently, of the novel, "How Sweet It Is!" His forthcoming nonfiction book is titled, "The High Cost of Free Speech: Rethinking the First Amendment."