Articles
2021
Review of Rights-based community practice and academic activism in a turbulent world: Putting theory into practice in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan, by James L. Torczyner, 2021. (International Journal of Social Welfare, 2021;00:1–2.)
Comprehensive Police Reform? More Than Policing!
(The Georgia Police Chief, Winter 2021)
2021
Review of Rights-based community practice and academic activism in a turbulent world: Putting theory into practice in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan, by James L. Torczyner, 2021. (International Journal of Social Welfare, 2021;00:1–2.)
Comprehensive Police Reform? More Than Policing!
(The Georgia Police Chief, Winter 2021)
2020
Build meaningful police reform.
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 7, 2020)
2019
Is anti-Semitism on the Rise?
(Agenda America, The US-Italy Global Affairs Forum weekly newsletter, March 14, 2019)
2018
Jews and Public Safety in 5779
(The Atlanta Jewish Times, September 7, 2018)
What Israel Means to Me
(The Atlanta Jewish Times, April 12, 2018)
2017
What Can the U.S. Do to Prevent Another Mass Shooting
(Fortune, October 16, 2017)
GILEE: Jews, Public Safety and the BDS Threat
(The Atlanta Jewish Times, September 13, 2017)
How Can We Better Protect Crowds from Terrorism
(The Conversation, June 1, 2017)
2016
Reinventing Blood Libel for Modern Consumption
(The Algemeiner, November 20, 2016)
A Modern Blood Libel
(Y-Net, November 2, 2016)
BDS Requires Active Response
(The Atlanta Jewish Times, September 30, 2016)
The Terror Attack at the Pulse Club in Orlando
(ISGAP-Flashpoint, June 15, 2016)
The Terror Attack in the Tel Aviv Sarona Market
(ISGAP-Flashpoint, June 10, 2016)
2015
Expect Attacks on Soft Targets
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 10, 2015)
Broken Windows and Policing
(The Police Chief, October 2015)
Partnerships Teach Society Lessons
(The Atlanta Jewish Times, September 11, 2015)
2012
To bomb or not to bomb – is that the question?
(The Times of Israel, September 24, 2012.)
2010
Academic Boycotts: Terrorism by Other Means
December 6, 2010 (Posted on Faculty Forum, Scholars For Peace In The Middle East)
2009
When 1+1 Does Not Equal 2
February 15, 2009 (published in the Atlanta Jewish Times, May 15, 2009)
Self Defense is Legal and Legitimate
January 14, 2009 (posted on KavitaChhibber.com, January 21, 2009; published in the Atlanta Jewish Times, February 6, 2009)
Unacceptable
January 11, 2009 (published in the Atlanta Jewish Times, January 23, 2009)
2008
Society cannot afford to let terrorism become a part of normal living
Interview on KavitaChibber.com (December 21, 2008)
The Third Option
June 28, 2008 (published in the Atlanta Jewish Times, July 25, 2008)
I Condemn
May 8, 2008 (published in the Atlanta Jewish Times, April 16, 2008)
Not Knowing When to Leave
April 18, 2008 (published in the Atlanta Jewish Times, April 18, 2008)
2007
Homeland Security and Community Policing: Competing or Complementing Public Safety Policies. Friedmann, Robert R. and William J. Cannon. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Vol.4: Iss. 4, Article 2. 2007.
2006
It Is Complex Yet Simple
August 7, 2006 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, August 10, 2006)
To Win Or Not To Win
May 5, 2006 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 15, 2006)
Hamas and Beyond: The Linkage between Rhetoric and Reality
February 11, 2006 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, February 19, 2006)
So What’s Good About Munich?
January 22, 2006 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 06, 2006)
2005
Iranian Leader is a Lunatic but Not Crazy
November 11, 2005 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 6, 2005)
A History of Dubious Nobel Peace Prizes
November 4, 2005 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 1, 2005)
Dealing with the Enemy Within
September 23, 2005 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 5, 2005)
The Pain of Disengagement
August 26, 2005 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 11, 2005)
How Safe is Atlanta
July 15, 2005 (published in the Atlanta Jewish Times, July 15, 2005)
Lessons of the Holocaust
May 6, 2005 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 15, 2005)
2004
Epilogue
July 11, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, July 11, 2004)
Tunnel Vision
June 12, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, June 17, 2004)
Waiting for the Green Light
June 6, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, June 13, 2004)
The Festival of Fools
May 30, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, June 3, 2004)
Radical Solution to Radical Extremism
May 23, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, June 1, 2004)
Thou Shalt Not Kill! . . .?
May 16, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 19, 2004)
The Has-Been Diplomats Meet the Culture of Death
May 8, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 11, 2004)
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Who is the Greatest Poison of Them All?
April 26, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 3, 2004)
Sorry Jack, It IS Lawful, Justified and Productive
April 19, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, April 27, 2004)
It is Terrorism Stupid
April 11, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, April 20, 2004)
Tolerating Terror – Testing Our Limits
April 4, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, April 18, 2004)
Spiritual Leaders and Whiners: It’s All Part of Terrorists Job Description
March 28, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, April 1, 2004)
Terrorists Murder Arabs Too
March 21, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 24, 2004)
The Train in Spain Fell Mainly off the Rail (with apologies to “My Fair Lady”)
March 13, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 22, 2004)
Omission
March 6, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 15, 2004)
The Hague, Terror, a Movie: What is Real?
February 29, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 9, 2004)
Jihad Has Discovered Australia
February 21, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 1, 2004)
Israel Arranged Itself So it Has Not Been Put in the Sea
February 14, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, February 24, 2004)
It Was Indeed a Rude Awakening
February 7, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, February 15, 2004)
Murderers and Proud of it
February 2, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, February 9, 2004)
Terrorism Relegates Politics into a Screen-saver
January 26, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, February 2, 2004)
Those Not So Magnificent Men and Women Flying Machines
January 18, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, January 27, 2004)
Virgins (Still) on His Mind
January 11, 2004 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, January 18, 2004)
2003
On Morality and Humiliation
December 21, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, January 6, 2004)
Caught Like a Rat
December 14, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 30, 2003)
Wannsee, Oslo, Geneva
December 7, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 24, 2003)
Do Not Show a Fool a Job Half-Done
November 30, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 15, 2003)
Mirror Mirror On the Wall: Who is the Wickedest Mayor of Them All?
November 23, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 30, 2003)
Butt Out Jimmy! Help Around the House Tom!
November 16, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 23, 2003)
Per-diem for Relatives of a “Humiliated” Terrorist
November 9, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 13, 2003)
The Greatest Threat to World Peace
November 2, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 9, 2003)
Rulers of the World Means Candidates for Extinction
October 26, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 3, 2003)
Have You Driven a Ford Lately?
October 19, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, October 22, 2003)
And the Wolf Cried, “The Sheep Attacked Me”
October 11, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, October 20, 2003)
Saturday (lunch massacre) at Maxim’s
October 5, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, October 19, 2003)
The “I do not do windows” Approach to Fighting Terrorism
September 28, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, October 5, 2003)
A Fence is Built, an Expulsion That Wasn’t, and a Two-year old 9-11
September 18, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, September 21, 2003)
Terrorism delenda est! (With Thanks to Senator Cato)
September 6, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, September 9, 2003)
Human Weapons: Terrorism Also Numbs the Senses
August 23, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, August 28, 2003)
The Sui-Genocide Bomber
August 16, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, September 17, 2003)
Terrorists Do Not Apologize
August 9, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, August 18, 2003)
The Terrorist as a Ventriloquist (No Offense to the Latter)
August 3, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, August 8, 2003)
When “Peace” Means War
July 26, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, July 30, 2003)
Old News We Should Pay Attention To
July 20, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, July 30, 2003)
Terror and the Rhetoric of Peace
June 7, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, June 23, 2003)
To Catch A Terrorist
May 31, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, June 5, 2003)
Spilling Blood and Ink
May 24, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, June 18, 2003)
The Language Laundromat at Work: Troubled Ally or Troubling Ally?
May 17, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 26, 2003)
The Piranha Bully: The Right to Lie and Murder
May 11, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 19, 2003)
Terrorists Are Being Rewarded Yet Again
May 4, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 9, 2003)
The Road Not To Be Taken (With Thanks to Robert Frost)
April 26, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, May 1, 2003)
Taxi Wars
March 30, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, April 2, 2003)
So Far So Good
March 22, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 26, 2003)
Bus No. 37
March 9, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 17, 2003)
It’s Good to Be a Terrorist (with apologies to Mel Brooks)
March 1, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, March 12, 2003)
The Saddam-OBL-Arafat Dance of Death
February 25, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, February 25, 2003)
Tragedy in Space – Terror on Earth
February 1, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, February 6, 2003)
The Terrorist as Space-Cadet
January 25, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, January 31, 2003)
Yet Another Year of the Terrorists
January 5, 2003 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, January 8, 2003)
2002
Guess Which Terror Supporter is Coming to Dinner?
December 28, 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, January 5, 2003)
Scientific Terrorism
December 21, 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 26, 2002)
Peace at All Costs or a War of No Choice
December 14, 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 17, 2002)
Whose War on Terrorism is it?
December 10, 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, December 10, 2002)
The Sadistic Glorification of Terror
November 26, 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 30, 2002)
With Peace Like This Who Needs War?
November 24 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 26, 2002)
Terror and Psychological Warfare
November 9, 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 13, 2002)
Terrorism: A License to Kill
October 27, 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, November 7, 2002)
The Bad, the Ugly, and the Good; Danger Source(s) and Potential Action
September 14, 2002 (posted on Israel Hasbara Committee, October 1, 2002)
1974-1977
Sadat’s Visit To Israel: A Turning Point
December 5, 1977 (Published in the Minnesota Daily)
Resisting Terrorist Organizations
February 8, 1977 (Published in the Minnesota Daily)
U.N. Resolution – Not Zionism – Is Racist
December 1, 1975 (Published in the Minnesota Daily)
There Is A Peaceful Solution For the Mideast
April 14, 1975 (Published in the Minnesota Daily)
U.N. Ban of Israel Won’t Solve Problems
December 3, 1974 (Published in the Minnesota Daily)