Daniel Schwartz

Oct 21, 2024 | nationalinterest.org | Daniel Schwartz

The Real Difference Between Harris and Trump: The Rule of Law: When Gen. Mark Milley, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff calls President Trump, the man he served under, “fascist to the core,” that should set off alarm bells. When Trump then publicly says he would sic the National Guard or even the military on his political opponents, his own words confirm Milley’s worst fears about Trump’s intentions. Policy differences in a presidential election are nothing new. They’re healthy.

Oct 16, 2023 | jewishreviewofbooks.com | Daniel Schwartz |Akiva Schick

At 2:59 p.m. on Monday, October 9, a statement from the Executive Committee of the Association of Jewish Studies (AJS)—the main professional society of Jewish studies in North America—arrived in my inbox. Of course, I had not been looking at my watch all day and asking, anxiously, when will AJS get around to releasing a statement? Like most Jewish Americans, I had other things on my mind.

Oct 12, 2023 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Daniel Schwartz

I’m a native born American. I and my family made Aliyah to Rehovot seven years ago when I was 46 years old. Americans are uniquely possessed of a confidence born of the security of never having to entertain even the possibility that a foreign invasive force could pose an existential threat to them. I was never actively aware of that characteristic until this past Shmini Atzeret.

Sep 25, 2023 | lexology.com | Merrit Jones |Daniel Schwartz |Brandon Neuschafer |Nora Faris

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a final rule adopting a mandatory safety standard for consumer products that utilize button cell or coin batteries. CPSC enacted the rule as required by Reese’s Law, 15 U.S.C. § 2056e, to reduce hazards associated with persons 6 years or younger ingesting button cell or coin batteries, which are used in many types of consumer products.

Sep 8, 2023 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Daniel Schwartz

רבונו של עולם גלוי וידוע לפניך שלא לכבודי עשיתי ולא לכבוד בית אבא עשיתי אלא לכבודך שלא ירבו מחלוקות בישראל-בבלי בבא מציאה נט(ב)“Master of the universe, it is known and revealed before you that it was not for my honor nor for the honor of my father’s house that I did these things. Rather it was for Your honor, so that discord not multiply in Israel.” BT Bava Metzia 59bWith this statement in Baba Metzia, R. Gamliel II justified his ham-fisted leadership over the reconstituted Sanhedrin in Yavneh.