Asaf Romirowsky

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Alex Joffe |Asaf Romirowsky

OPINION: Academic Middle Eastern studies at American universities for decades have focused mainly on a limited number of topics: the embrace of every academic fashion at the expense of language study, classical literature and history; the vilification of Israel and the U.S. in the name of postcolonial guilt and imperialism, paired not coincidentally in the Iranian fashion as the “Little Satan” and the “Great Satan”; and obsessive attention on “Palestine” as the discipline’s central concern,...

1 month ago | city-journal.org | Liel Leibovitz |Asaf Romirowsky

As it unfurls, the saga of Mahmoud Khalil—the Columbia agitator picked up by immigration enforcement last week—looks less like a complicated immigration-law dispute and more like something out of a John le Carré novel. But inspect the details, and Khalil’s case gives us a glimpse a well-established network linking American universities, international progressive NGOs, and government agencies.

2 months ago | nypost.com | Asaf Romirowsky

As the Israel-Hamas cease-fire arrives at its pivotal second phase, Egypt has emerged as the unlikely focal point for the next stage of the multifront war that has consumed the Middle East since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Although most of the world has focused on Gaza over the past 16 months, the ongoing Near Eastern conflict has revealed the stark fragility of Israeli-Egyptian relations.

Feb 1, 2025 | nypost.com | Asaf Romirowsky

“It shall be the policy of the United States to combat anti-Semitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal tools, to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold to account the perpetrators of unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence.” So states an executive order signed this week by President Trump, allotting all US department and agency heads 60 days to come up with meaningful new ways to fight the rise in anti-Jewish incidents in America.

Dec 5, 2024 | newsweek.com | Jon Paul Hoornstra |Zaid Jilani |Asaf Romirowsky

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Gail Henley's career as a major league outfielder was successful enough that he retired with an even .300 batting average, something only a small group of the game's best hitters can claim. Unfortunately for Henley, his big league experience consisted of only 36 plate appearances as a 25-year-old with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954 before an injury altered the trajectory of his career.