Dan Schnur

1 day ago | jewishjournal.com | Dan Schnur

Eight years ago, after taking the initial overseas trip of his first term to Saudi Arabia, Trump made a point of spending time in Israel before returning to the U.S. But this week, the American president’s visit to the Middle East will include a return to Saudi Arabia, followed instead by stops in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates with no time at all in the Jewish state.

3 days ago | allsides.com | Dan Schnur

From the Center There is one news story that matters more than any other in the world right now—the burgeoning fight between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. We have spent a good amount of time in this space over the last several weeks talking about Trump’s threatened trade war, but it has become increasingly clear that the standoff between the US and China over tariffs and other rules governing international commerce will shape the global economy for years to come.

1 week ago | jewishjournal.com | Dan Schnur

We know that our nation’s politics have become exceedingly and intolerably polarized in recent years. We have become resigned to the new reality that support for Israel in the U.S. has become an increasingly partisan issue. But perhaps there is space in even such a balkanized landscape for the two warring parties in Washington to briefly put aside their weapons and stand together against the dire threat of antisemitism.

1 week ago | allsides.com | Dan Schnur

From the CenterThere are those who believe that Donald Trump won the 2024 election by forfeit. Trump’s bombast, his questionable personal conduct, and his hyper-aggressive approach to immigration, inflation, and other public policy matters thrilled his base and repulsed his critics. But the swing voters who ultimately decided this election chose him based on their perception that he would be more effective on their top priorities than Kamala Harris, who made little impression on them at all.

2 weeks ago | jewishjournal.com | Dan Schnur

Now that Ukraine and China are back in the headlines, American public and media attention has drifted further away from the war in Gaza. President Trump is certainly not ignoring the Middle East: his representatives have begun negotiations with Iran over that country’s nuclear program, the U.S. military has accelerated its aerial attacks on the Houthi terrorists, and the Justice Department has mounted an aggressive effort to crack down on antisemitism on our college campuses.