David Remnick

Ari Shavit on the Charlie Rose Show (photo: YouTube screenshot)
Book Review: On Ari Shavit’s ‘My Promised Land’
The Zionist story, re-told by the elite, for the elite. A new book by Haaretz journalist Ari Shavit won rare compliments in recent weeks from the liberal Jewish elite in the United States. A couple of prominent Jewish writers—Leon Wieseltier and Thomas Freidman—praised the book on the pages of the New York Times, the New…
By Noam Sheizaf December 19, 2013
Jerusalem Post op-ed calls New Yorker editor ‘anti-Israel’
By publishing an op-ed whose sole purpose is to demonize the editor of The New Yorker, the Jerusalem Post is positioning itself in direct odds with liberal values – not to mention  journalistic integrity. The Jerusalem Post ran an op-ed yesterday (Monday) by a writer and attorney from Washington, D.C. explaining why he is canceling…
By Mairav Zonszein May 1, 2012
Benjamin Netanyahu (photo: The Jewish Agency for Israe / via flickr)
PM Netanyahu is cornered, and the US shouldn’t save him
Putting an American peace plan on the table would enable Netanyahu and his government to escape the September deadline at the UN, and won’t bring an end to the occupation. Instead, the US should take a step back and let Europe lead the way This article was updated. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is cornered.…
By Noam Sheizaf April 14, 2011
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