Green's America

Beware the third Palestinian frittata: When American politicians misspeak

Given Dr Jill Biden's record of ethnicity gaffes, stand by for more howlers at the White House's Rosh Hashanah reception

By Dominic Green

3 min read

Beware the third Palestinian frittata: When American politicians misspeak

2JTYGNE Philadelphia, United States. 01st Sep, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the Nation during a primetime speech on extremism in front of the historic Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA, USA on September 1, 2022. Credit: OOgImages/Alamy Live News

Green's America

It's bad news for the Jews as rival parties hurl the f-word

By Dominic Green

3 min read

Aerial shot of agricultural land with Mount Hood seen in distance with its snowcapped peak in Oregon, USA.

Green's America

Why Oregon is stumbling over Swastika Mountain

By Dominic Green

2 min read

USA

Being Jewish in the Deep South means 'polite unpleasantness'

By Dominic Green

2 min read

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 06: U.S. President Joe Biden (L) poses for photographs with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) during the signing ceremony for the Postal Service Reform Act in the State Dining Room at the White House on April 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. A part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoyâ€™s controversial 10-year restructuring plan, the law provides $107 billion to modernize and streamline the long-beleaguered Postal Service. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

If AIPAC is really trying to buy the Democrat Primaries, it should ask for a refund

2 min read

NEW YORK - CIRCA 1976: Lou Reed poses for the cover session for his album Coney Island Baby circa 1976 in New York City (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

The gloriously rude Lou Reed keeps sounding better with age

3 min read

By Dominic Green

Americans have utterly ruined the bagel

2 min read

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By Dominic Green

Joe Biden’s gaffes on his Middle East tour are a symbol of modern America

The US President managed to offend both Jews and Arabs on his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia

3 min read

July 21, 2022 12:08

US President Joe Biden disembarks from his plane upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, on July 13, 2022, as he starts his first tour of the Middle East since entering the White House last year. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

Never mind The Godfather: these are the James Caan classics you need to watch

The son of refugees from Nazi Germany, he played up his bruising apprenticeship in the pool halls and played down his career as a college football player and acting student

2 min read

July 14, 2022 10:53

American actor James Caan on the set of the film 'Rollerball', in which he plays the hero Jonathan E., UK, August 1974. (Photo by John Downing/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Abortion ruling lays bare a fault line in the community

Two of the three dissenters in the Supreme Court of the United States’ 6-3 ruling are Jewish liberals

By Dominic Green

2 min read

June 30, 2022 11:00

Supreme Court - Federal Court Vaccine Mandates

By Dominic Green

Only in New York is a Yeshiva not religious

Last week, a judge ruled that Yeshiva University is not a religious institution, but an educational one

3 min read

June 23, 2022 12:42

Only in New York is a Yeshiva not religious

By Dominic Green

Great Jewish thinker Robert D Kaplan saw the anarchy coming. So what makes him an optimist now?

The traveller, strategist and historian says there’s a new realism in the Middle East and the Americans having less prestige is encouraging the regional players to try to deal with their problems in their own right

5 min read

June 16, 2022 11:27