Jeffrey Goldberg

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) addresses the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington, DC on June 27, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

July 20, 2019, 2:20 pm

Senator’s speech an anti-Semitic dog whistle or poli-sci speak?

Josh Hawley’s remarks railing against ‘cosmopolitan elites’ disloyal to America raises alarm bells for some commentators, while others say it is an overly sensitive interpretation

By Ben Sales

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

April 4, 2018, 1:30 pm

Just how groundbreaking was the Saudi crown prince’s comment on Israel?

While some fete MBS’s affirmation of Israelis’ ‘right to have their own land’ as unprecedented, experts note that normalization is still far off

By Raphael Ahren

Jeffrey Goldberg on “Meet the Press,” July 13, 2014. (William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images, via JTA)

October 11, 2016, 10:39 pm

Jeffrey Goldberg named editor in chief of The Atlantic

Award-winning journalist, who often writes on US-Israel ties, takes helm of 159-year-old magazine

By JTA

Donald Trump speaking during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, July 21, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

August 3, 2016, 12:57 pm

Newspaper wars and burying the Trump lede

Israel Hayom uses Jeffrey Goldberg tweetstorm to rag on Haaretz, and tries to avoid drawing negative attention to GOP candidate

By Ilan Ben Zion

Jeffrey Goldberg, of The Atlantic, appears on "Meet the Press" in Washington, DC, Sunday, July 13, 2014. (William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images via JTA)

August 2, 2016, 7:05 pm

Jeffrey Goldberg causes stir with online jabs at Israeli media

In Twitter fight, US journalist says he may stop reading left-leaning Haaretz; calls Jerusalem Post ‘nuts’ and Times of Israel ‘very reliable’

By JTA

Elie Wiesel arrives for a roundtable discussion on the Iran nuclear deal on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 2, 2015. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)

July 12, 2016, 6:10 am

After Elie Wiesel, can anyone unite American Jews?

Most US Jews believe Holocaust remembrance is essential to their Jewish identity. Few were as central in crafting that unifying sensibility as the iconic survivor and author

By Ben Sales

A tweet sent to Jonathan Weisman depicts the journalist as a concentration camp inmate and Donald Trump as a Nazi guard. (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)

June 10, 2016, 10:30 am

NY Times editor quits Twitter over anti-Semitic abuse

Jonathan Weisman announces move to Facebook, where users ‘can’t hide behind fakery to spread their hate’

By JTA

FeelTheBern.org’s Israel page as seen on the Google Chrome internet browser with the Coincidence Detector plugin activated (Screenshot)

June 3, 2016, 7:05 pm

Chrome drops app used by anti-Semites to spot Jews

‘Coincidence Detector’ plugin automatically highlighted Jewish names, among them Bernie Sanders and Benjamin Netanyahu

By JTA and TOI staff

Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, right, with Barack Obama in the Oval Office on September 10, 2014. (White House/Pete Souza)

May 8, 2016, 12:58 pm

Spins, and the spinning spinners who spin them

A series of reports, on the Gaza war, on how the US managed talks with Iran and on settlement building, inspires a cacophony of accusations by and in the press

By Joshua Davidovich

Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki al-Faisal and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former national security adviser, share a platform at the Washington Institute, May 5, 2016. (Washington Institute screenshot)

May 6, 2016, 7:44 am

In rare joint appearance, Saudi prince, ex-Netanyahu adviser spar over peace

Al-Faisal says Netanyahu doesn’t support two-state solution; Amidor says Abbas doesn’t want to negotiate; the two differ less on the dangers of Iran and Syria

By Eric Cortellessa

March 28, 2016, 4:09 am

The 25 most influential people on ‘Jewish Twitter’

From politicians to journalists, activists to rabbis, JTA unveils its latest list of social media mavens

By Gabe Friedman

Border police walk by a young Jewish boy playing the guitar in the West Bank city of Hebron, November 06, 2015. (Mendy Hechtman/FLASH90)

March 14, 2016, 3:53 pm

TOI talks: The devil in the Pew and strumming a tune for an intifadaversary

On this week’s episode: A major study finds almost half of Israeli Jews support transferring or expelling Arabs; the Bibi-Obama telenovela fails to shock anyone; marking six months of a terror whatever-you-call-it, and six strings of self defense

By TOI staff

US President Barack Obama (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, November 9, 2015. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

March 11, 2016, 8:36 am

Reading Obama in Jerusalem

Liberal media see latest Goldberg article as proof the president is as fed up with Netanyahu as they are, right as sign the White House has given up on Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight (Courtesy)

March 10, 2016, 7:19 pm

Obama said to liken Islamic State to the Joker

Jihadist group ‘is the Joker’ from the Batman movies, Atlantic quotes president saying. ‘It has the capacity to set the whole region on fire’

By TOI staff

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a welcoming ceremony for the president at Ben Gurion Airport, March 20, 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

March 10, 2016, 4:39 pm

Obama sees Netanyahu as most disappointing of all Mideast leaders — report

The Atlantic: Israeli PM is ‘in his own category’ when it comes to those who frustrate US president; article cites ‘condescending’ lecture by PM, asserts that Obama sees Netanyahu as ‘too fearful and politically paralyzed’ to secure two-state solution

By TOI staff