Edwin Black

Edwin Black

Edwin Black is a Washington, D.C. – based investigative journalist.

His books, available on Amazon, include:

Israel’s Tourism Triumph

Part I of IV: The Air Bridge (c) Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — The virulently anti-Israel movement known as Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions—BDS—is roiling through campuses, overflowing into city councils, encroaching into corporate boardrooms, and now chomping at the essence of Israel’s special niche in the world: its travel and tourism industry. Everywhere, the boycotters […]

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Edwin Black, International, Middle East, Travel and Food, USA

Judaism, Zionism and the Land of Israel

Book Review: Judaism, Zionism and the Land of Israel by Yotav Eliach By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — For decades, Rabbi Yotav Eliach, esteemed principal of Rambam Mesivta High School in Long Island, has accumulated his teachings, writings, and those of many other scholars and rabbinical authorities, tracking the history of Israel. His mission was not

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Edwin Black, Jewish History

Farhud Day marks the murderous Nazi – Arab alliance

By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — When International Farhud Day was proclaimed at a conference convened at the United Nations headquarters on June 1, 2015, its proponents wanted to achieve more than merely to establish a commemoration of the ghastly 1941 Arab-Nazi pogrom in Baghdad that killed and injured hundreds of Iraqi Jews. Jews had thrived

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Edwin Black, International, Jewish History, Middle East

Official warnings pending for anti- Israel disruptors

(c) By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organized disruptors—both students and non-students—who shut down a pro-Israel gathering at University of California Los Angeles in May 2018 might not be prosecuted, according to information from LA City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office. Instead, they will be called to a confidential but mandatory proceeding called a “City Attorney

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Edwin Black, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Anti- Israel disruption at UCI under police probe

(c) Edwin Black IRVINE, California — Campus police at University of California, Irvine will in the near future refer anti-Israeli event disruptors of a May 3, 2018 pro-Israel event to Orange County prosecutors, according to a UCI spokesperson. Referral will occur, says the spokesperson, as soon as the campus police investigation concludes. If so, UCI

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Edwin Black, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Prosecutors seek more UCLA disruption material

(c) Edwin Black LOS ANGELES –City prosecutor Spencer Hart, who is reviewing the belligerent shutdown of a Students Supporting Israel panel at the University of California-Los Angeles on May 17, has requested additional investigative materials from the UCLA Police, according to a prosecution source. The request on Case 18-1206 was transmitted to UCLA campus Detective

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Edwin Black, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Anti- Israel protestors at UCLA may face prosecution

(c) Edwin Black LOS ANGELES — It began as yet another frustrating example of a university refusing to take swift action in a case of aggressive disruption of a pro-Israel event. The belligerent shutdown of a Students Supporting Israel panel discussion occurred at the University of California-Los Angeles on May 17, 2018. That incident has

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Edwin Black, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

UCLA disruption may lead to criminal charges

By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disruptions of pro-Israel events by anti-Israel groups continue to intensify into physical aggression and violence across campuses and even into the community. As a result, Jewish and pro-Israel groups have started to explore the criminal aspects of such incidents. The invasion, disruption, and nose-to-nose intimidation of a May 17 Students

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Edwin Black, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

June 1 Farhud Day recalls Nazi – Arab Shoah alliance

By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — When International Farhud Day was proclaimed at a conference convened at the United Nations headquarters on June 1, 2015, its proponents wanted to achieve more than merely establish a commemoration of the ghastly 1941 Arab-Nazi pogrom in Baghdad that killed and injured hundreds of Iraqi Jews. Farhud means violent dispossession.

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Edwin Black, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Zionism, diplomacy, and God’s covenant in new book

By Edwin Black NEW YORK — For decades, Rabbi Yotav Eliach, esteemed principal of Rambam Mesivta High School in Long Island, has accumulated his teachings, writings, and those of many other scholars and rabbinical authorities, tracking the history of Israel. His mission was not just to chronicle the dispossession and repossession of a people, as

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Edwin Black, Middle East

Edwin Black to tell Israel’s story in many cities

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Author and columnist Edwin Black, whose work appears regularly on San Diego Jewish World, is embarking on a multi-city lecture tour outlining Israel’s history from ancient times to the present. The tour begins March 19 and March 20th respectively at Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence, N.Y.,  and  the Manhattan

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Donald H. Harrison, Edwin Black, Middle East, USA