Daniel Friedman

3 days ago | njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com | Daniel Friedman

Harvard University’s President Alan Garber recently acknowledged what many have long observed: there are very few conservative voices on his campus. While this admission may seem like a gesture toward balance, it misses the deeper problem. The crisis in academia isn’t about the ratio of progressives to conservatives. It’s about the erosion of the university’s core mission: the pursuit of truth through disciplined, open inquiry.

3 days ago | njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com | Daniel Friedman

5 days ago | jpost.com | Daniel Friedman

During the American civil rights era, racists didn’t just mask their faces with white hoods; they also donned the robes of self-righteousness. They framed segregation as tradition, defended disenfranchisement as “states’ rights,” and cast their opposition to integration as a defense of law, order, and Christian morality. In pulpits, newspapers, and political speeches, they claimed the mantle of virtue while denying others their basic humanity.

1 week ago | jns.org | Daniel Friedman

(May 27, 2025 / JNS)Another week, another country recognizing a Palestinian state. In the past 12 months alone, Norway, Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, Armenia and Mexico have joined more than 140 others already recognizing Palestine. France may be next, as it plans with Saudi Arabia to cohost a United Nations summit on the topic of Palestinian statehood. But symbolic nods of recognition don’t help anyone. Is there any agreement on what the country of Palestine looks like? Who governs it?

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Daniel Friedman

The Hebrew name for Spain is Sefarad. Ever wondered why Sefardic Jews come from the Middle East and North Africa? Because they were violently removed from their birthplace. And so, when Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez accuses Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza, it is not only false and incendiary, but the height of historical hypocrisy. Let’s begin with the accusation itself. The charge of genocide implies a deliberate attempt to annihilate an entire people.