Yair Rosenberg
Previously a senior writer at Tablet Magazine, he has also written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and his work has received recognition from the Religion News Association and the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies.
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Ariel Schalit / AP A Familiar Script in Israel Might Have a New Ending
Extremists are trying to break the fragile but growing ties between the country’s Arabs and Jews.
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Ronny Hartmann / AFP / Getty Why So Many People Still Don’t Understand Anti-Semitism
Unlike many other bigotries, anti-Semitism is not merely a social prejudice; it is a conspiracy theory about how the world operates.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty Yair Lapid: Extremist Violence Is a ‘Stain on Israel’
Israel’s prime minister in waiting wants zero tolerance toward Jewish terrorism. Whether he can bring his own coalition on board with that stance is an open question.
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The Atlantic Removing a Hyphen Won’t Stop Anti-Semitism
Symbolic gestures aren’t what’s needed in the fight against anti-Jewish bigotry.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Mark Zuckerberg Is Doubly Wrong About Holocaust Denial
Facebook fails to comprehend the nature of Holocaust denial and other forms of bigotry—and so it's aiding their spread, instead of combatting them.
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'Homeland' Is Anything but Islamophobic
Despite accusations from critics and scholars, the show actually challenges stereotypes about "good" Americans and "evil" Arabs and Muslims.
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Why 'The West Wing' Is a Terrible Guide to American Democracy
It's good TV, but politicians from Burma to Brussels are wrong to believe it will teach them about how to emulate the U.S. system.
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What Tony Blair Can Teach Mitt Romney About Faith in Politics
Pundits say a politician can't run for office successfully while running away from his religious beliefs. The former prime minister offers a surprising counterexample.
