Gil Troy

Gil Troy is the author of The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s. His forthcoming book, The Zionist Ideas, which updates Arthur Hertzberg's classic work, will be published by The Jewish Publication Society in Spring 2018. Professor Gil Troy is Distinguished Scholar in North American History at McGill University.

Democrats chair Yair Golan addresses the Sderot Society and Education conference in Beersheba, May 27, 2025.

Why the Left keeps losing, both in Israel and America - opinion

 AN ANTI-ISRAEL demonstrator holds a sign at the University of Washington in Seattle, in March. Most who hate Israel hate Jews, the writer argues.

Words aren’t ‘violence,’ but Jew-hating words can kill - opinion

 US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025.

The US-Israel partnership grows in the face of Qatari money - opinion


Harvard’s antisemitism report sits on three lies - opinion

The report offers a long, fascinating, but not-fully-relevant historical overview of Harvard’s Jew-hatred.

 Graduating students hold a sign reading "There Are No Universities Left in Gaza" during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, May 2024.

An open letter: The prime minister's speech that reservists deserve to hear - opinion

I understand that many of you wonder, What’s new? Why bother fighting? Aren’t we returning to the same Gazan stalemate?

 IDF soldiers in a swearing in ceremony. February 27, 2025.

Why Israelis should be eating ice cream for breakfast this Independence Day – opinion

Independence Day 2025 means we should celebrate Israel’s rebirth while honoring its ongoing struggles.

 The Israeli flag.

Hmm... maybe anti-Zionism really is antisemitic - opinion

Yes, proud Jews can theoretically oppose Zionism, but they’ve got to “do the work” to repudiate the Jew-hating Palestinians programmed into the pro-Palestinian movement.

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City last week. Psychologists might unpack how Jews produce so many un-Jews, says the writer.

'Dry Bones' cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen helped Jews to love our faults, not just heroics - opinion

The cartoonist, who died on Monday at the age of 87, applied a screwball approach to his view of Israel.

 Yaakov Kirschen at work, and one of his Dry Bones classic cartoons.

Life lessons: My Passover in Soviet unfreedom - opinion

The history of Soviet Jewish refuseniks demonstrates Jewish resilience throughout the generations.

 Hazorfim - Passover plate, the Linia collection, NIS 574

Fighting antisemitism beyond politics: Building alliances, not boycotting - opinion

In fighting Jew-hatred, we must build alliances rather than boycotting activists willing to fly to Jerusalem and denounce Jew-haters.

 Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli seen at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025

Time to quit: Netanyahu, Bar, and all of Israel's leaders failed and must step down - opinion

Israel's failed leaders should step aside and make room for new leaders who will renew and rebuild the country.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023

Trump's assault on academic antisemitism is appalling – but it works - opinion

Even for many of us disgusted by Columbia’s decades-long epidemic of educational malpractice, Donald Trump’s sledgehammer governance again goes too far – yet yields results.

 Demonstrators attend a protest, following the arrest by US immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, in New York City, US, March 15, 2025.

The IDF’s job in the Gaza Strip is not over - opinion

This war vindicated the military theorists who teach that in an age of total war with totally evil enemies, the only way to fight is to fight to win.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-US president Joe Biden in the Oval Office last July. Throughout much of 2024, Netanyahu bravely resisted US pressure, eventually fighting hard enough to crush Hamas, smash Hezbollah, humiliate Iran, and watch Syria’s regime collapse, says the writer