REBECCA SUGAR

New York, New York

Rebecca Sugar is a Contributor for the Sun.

Ms. Sugar is a writer and philanthropic consultant living in New York. She is married and has twin teenagers and an English Bulldog named Batman.

Latest Articles

AP/Ariel Schalit — Israeli soldiers take up positions near the Gaza Strip border, December 29, 2023.

The Cocktail Party Contrarian: An IDF Soldier, a Woman in a Burqa, and a Bunch of American Jews Meet in a Hospital Hallway at Tel Aviv

The wounded soldier emphasizes to a group of visiting American Jews that he was proud to fight for his country and for his fellow Israelis. He wants to be sure we heard him say that.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Feb 8, 2024|

Opinion (Columnists)

AP/Eric Gay — Concertina wire lines the path as members of Congress tour an area near the Texas-Mexico border.

The Cocktail Party Contrarian: Governor Abbott Isn’t the Only One Who Wants To Protect the Border

‘We need all eyes on our southern states. I don’t know how any story in America is bigger than this,’ an organizer of the Take Our Border Back Convoy says.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Jan 26, 2024|

Opinion (Columnists)

Sean Gallup/Getty Images — The director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesu, at the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference at Expo City Dubai, December 3, 2023.

The Cocktail Party Contrarian: What’s Safer — Facing Another Pandemic, Or Letting the World Health Organization ‘Save’ Us From One?

The tell that demonstrates this is a global power grab rather than an attempt to unite the world in a righteous battle for human health is the absence of any reckoning for past mistakes and abuses of power.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Jan 16, 2024|

Opinion (Columnists)

AP/Seth Wenig — The NYU campus at New York in December 2021.

The Cocktail Party Contrarian: Vote of NYU Adjunct Faculty Union on Gaza War Puts Students, Members on the Spot

Is NYU’s union of adjunct professors protecting employees or using them to bash Israel?

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Jan 8, 2024|

Education

AP/Mark Schiefelbein — The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Liz Magill, reads her opening statement during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday.

Resignation of Penn’s Leadership Could Prove To Be First Tremors in an ‘Earthquake in Higher Education’

Both President Magill and Chairman Bok are out at Penn after the former refused to answer in a straightforward manner questions from Congress on how the school regarded threats of violence to Jews.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Dec 10, 2023|

National

Patrick Pleul/pool via AP, file — Elon Musk in Germany, March 22, 2022.

The Cocktail Party Contrarian: Musk and Carlson Aren’t Antisemitic — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Is

Not only shouldn’t we point the finger at Elon Musk or Tucker Carlson, but we should thank them for their critique.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Nov 27, 2023|

Opinion (Columnists)

F. Hamel via Wikimedia Commons — Alfred Dreyfus in captivity on Devil's Island, 1898.

The Cocktail Party Contrarian: 125 Years After Zola, It Is Time for Americans of All Faiths To Confront Identity Politics and Say More Than ‘J’Accuse’

Also, to remember that those who stood up for Dreyfus liberated all of France.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Nov 6, 2023|

Culture

AP/Rick Bowmer, file — Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. at Salt Lake City, May 20, 2020.

Revolt Against Moral Confusion in the Ivy League Rocks Penn, as Huntsman Foundation Ends Its Long-Time Support for a School It Says Has Become ‘Unrecognizable’

Influential alumni join billionaire Marc Rowan’s call for Penn’s chairman, Scott Bok, and president, Elizabeth Magill, to resign.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Oct 19, 2023|

Opinion (Columnists)

AP/Lindsey Wasson, file — The flag of Israel at a rally October 9, 2023, at Bellevue, Washington.

Meanwhile, Back at the Rally, a Huge Crowd Gathers at the United Nations in Solidarity With the Jewish State

‘We have to come together, we are stronger together,’ a British mother of three says.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Oct 12, 2023|

Opinion (Columnists)

Arturo Holmes/Getty Images — Marc Rowan on November 3, 2022, at New York City.

Chairman of Advisory Board of Wharton School Calls on Fellow Alumni To Stop Funding Penn Until President Elizabeth Magill and Chairman Scott Bok Resign

The chief of Apollo Global Management circulates a scathing letter citing antisemitism at a literary festival and hostility to Israel that is countenanced on the storied campus.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Oct 12, 2023|

Education

AP/Hatem Ali — Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian into the Gaza Strip from Kibbutz Kfar Azza on October 7, 2023.

Some Things Are Unimaginable

Hearing about barbarism is one thing, but staring straight at its rank, naked expression is another. That is exactly why we cannot look away — we need to be changed.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Oct 10, 2023|

Opinion (Columnists)

AP/John Minchillo, file — Representative Jamaal Bowman during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College, May 10, 2023, at Valhalla, New York.

The Cocktail Party Contrarian: The Defiant Liars

Lying isn’t new, but the practice of continuing to lie even after being caught seems new, at least at the scale we are witnessing.

By REBECCA SUGAR

|Oct 6, 2023|

Opinion (Columnists)