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Trump, Ukraine, and Israel: What’s the Real Lesson?

Monday, April 7
12:00pm Pacific Time | 3:00pm Eastern Time
Event Details
Jonathan Tobin discusses Trump’s pressure on Zelenskyy, and what it means for US-Israel relations.

 

Join JNS Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Tobin and AJU Scholar in Residence Rick Richman for a timely discussion on Trump’s clash with Zelenskyy, its impact on U.S. aid, and the parallels (or lack thereof) for Israel. Did Zelenskyy’s approach backfire? What does this mean for U.S.-Israel relations, especially with shifting political tides? Drawing from recent analysis, Tobin and Richman will explore whether Trump remains Israel’s strongest ally—or if the real concern lies elsewhere.

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Cost: Free
Speaker: Jonathan S. Tobin

Jonathan S. Tobin is the Editor in Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate — JNS.org — and a Senior Contributor for The Federalist as well as a columnist for Newsweek. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy and the Jewish world as well as the arts.  He has won more than 60 awards for commentary, arts criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television commenting on politics and foreign policy.

Host: Rick Richman

Rick Richman is a resident scholar at American Jewish University and the author of Racing Against History: The 1940 Campaign for a Jewish Army to Fight Hitler. He graduated with honors from Harvard College and New York University Law School. He has written for Commentary, The Jewish Journal, The Jewish Review of Books, Mosaic Magazine, The New York Post, The New York Sun and other publications, and is the author of the chapter on American Zionism in What America Owes the Jews, What Jews Owe America.

Follow the link to explore Rick Richman’s newest release from 2023, “And None Shall Make Them Afraid: Eight Stories of the Modern State of Israel.”