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Sheldon Kirshner

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Deborah Wiener

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David Lemmer

Who Will Own Palestine?

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Taha A. Lemkhir

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Adam Borowski

Why Jewish Philanthropy Needs Everyday Givers, Not Just Billionaires

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Hadara Ishak

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The “As-a-Jew” phenomenon isn’t new; only the name is. For millennia, some members of the Jewish peoplehood have helped to fuel movements that...

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Josh Levs

Heterosexual men and Yom Kippur

Literally, the Torah forbids Straight men situational homosexuality For those open to rethinking interpretations since the Sixties, I combined...

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Inna Rogatchi

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It has been several weeks since my first class in animal chaplaincy… and I keep returning to my original notes, trying to read them more deeply....

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Mikhail Salita

Consultant General Fails Bibi During UNGA

Despite one of his most moving and important speeches during the United Nations General Assembly the other day, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s...

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Cindy Grosz

Israel’s Animal Farm Moment

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Philip Gross

To Forgive Is Divine, and Human: The Bilateral Obligation of Forgiveness

It is abundantly clear that the halakhic view places great import on influencing the individual’s interaction with others in society. The...

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Daniel Z. Feldman

Moneyball or Deep Tech? Israel’s Security Future

Some ideas in Israel’s defense debates grab me instantly. Others take a little while to sink in. The latest one buzzing through think-tanks and...

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James Ogunleye

Not Someday, Not If, Not Later: Choosing Israel Now

Six years ago, at my synagogue’s Kol Nidre service, I stood at the bimah and talked about being Jewish. About Zionism. About how antisemitism...

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Logan Levkoff

A Leaping Spirit of Love, Music, & Light (Eulogy for my friend Richard Friedman)

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Peter Himmelman

My Encore to Jesse Welles’ Fans: Art Should Be Debated, Not Silenced

At the Newport Folk Festival this summer and at Farm Aid last weekend, Jesse Welles closed his set with one of his most popular songs, War Isn’t...

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Daniel Singer

Horst Wessel and the Propaganda of Ultra-Right Martyrdom

Recently, I posted a commentary titled “Charlie Kirk and the Propaganda of Ultra-Right Martyrdom” on the Times of Israel. It is not hyperbole to...

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Warren J. Blumenfeld

Run, Hannah, Run!

At the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, Jewish comedian and actress Hannah Einbinder blurted out, “Go Birds, f—k ICE and free Palestine.” From a...

saturday 60

Jonathan Rosenoer

Trump, Netanyahu, Gaza, and the Ryder Cup

If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ever taken up golf—or at least shown an interest in the game—he might have joined Donald Trump this...

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Rafi Glick

The British Ruling Class and the Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration was a document of the British government, approved by the League of Nations, which allowed London to gain a foothold in...

saturday 60

Igor Isaev

Faculty Launch Kalaniyot Chapter at USC

In response to the troubling rise in hostility toward Israeli scholars and students on U.S. campuses, Kalaniyot was founded in the aftermath of...

saturday 50

Susie Hess

שנה טובה וברכה

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Elizabeth Abakumova

Forgiveness or Justice, The Ego of a Civilization?

The recent case of Charlie Kirk’s wife, #ErikaKirk, publicly forgiving her husband’s murderer is not an isolated event. It is a symptom of what is...

saturday 50

Israel Ben Iosef

When Europe replays the 1930s

My observation points to a disturbing phenomenon: the recycling of old demons in new guises. Anti-Semitism, which we thought had been relegated to...

saturday 10

Gilles Touboul

East African Media and the Battle of Gaza Narratives

How Israel is covered in East Africa may shape not only regional diplomacy but also the perspectives of millions of Africans whose countries...

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Victor Satya

Aseret Yemei Teshuvah (Ten Days of Repentance) — the Critical Turning Point

Rosh Hashanah writes; Yom Kippur seals. Between them lies a slender span—the Ten Days of Teshuvah—where the draft of our year can still be edited....

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Richard Diamond

Riding the Hamas Express

For many on the global left, Hamas still appears as the natural expression of Palestinian resistance — a movement born from oppression and directed...

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Alex Olivera

Shabbat Shuva

This Shabbat is known as Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat of repentance. It is based on the first two words of the Haftarah, “Shuva Yisrael.” The Netivot...

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Kenneth Cohen

A Rabbi Once Rejected Inherited Guilt. Yom Kippur Still Does.

On a Friday afternoon in March 1865, Hartford’s Jewish community gathered to dedicate a new synagogue. The sanctuary glowed with walnut woodwork, a...

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Austin Reid Albanese

The Night the Moralisers Cut the Power

A London promoter has cancelled a set by Roi Perez, a queer Israeli DJ of considerable talent and reputation. The stated reason is not his...

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Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Spain Condemns Israel While Occupying Moroccan Land

Spain today parades itself as a champion of Palestinian liberation, a voice of conscience in Europe, and a state that dares to lecture Israel on...

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Adil Faouzi

Zakaria El Hamel Urges Yad Vashem to Honor Mohammed V Legacy

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Houda Belabd

Viduy: Permission to Cry

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Micha Turtletaub

Isaiah 53 Points to a Future Messiah, Not Jesus

For nearly two millennia, Isaiah 53 has stood as one of the most contested chapters in biblical literature. Christianity has long presented it as a...

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Yahya A. Sharif

Distrust – Caution or a Political Instrument?

It is quite natural for there to be deep distrust between two peoples engaged in a protracted conflict, and for good reasons on both sides—for...

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Yariv Mohar

Where Have All the Big Brothers Gone?

I had just landed back in Israel from a business trip to Copenhagen. For a few days, I’d been away from the heaviness that hovers over this...

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Leigh Hartzman

A Ceasefire Cannot Erase Israel’s Right to Exist

By Dr. Shmuel Legesse In recent days, the United Nations has once again demanded an “immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza....

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In Part I of this mini-series, we discussed the rhyming words chil, zachil, and dachil all of which refer to the state of being scared and the...

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Reuven Chaim Klein

We are all blaming, all guilty

If one side gets mad, it’s a narrative. If both sides get mad, it’s probably the truth There is something unique about Yom Kippur that might be...

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Guy Hochman

From Suwayda to New York: The Cry of Syria’s Forgotten Communities

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The Ten Days of Repentance: Before Whom Do We Repent?

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David Harbater

No, South Park, We Are Not to Blame for Jew-Hatred

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Iran May Try To Rebuild Its Nuclear Program

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Once, before

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Yom Kippur: Embracing Commitment

David Lemmer

Who Will Own Palestine?

Taha A. Lemkhir

Featured Post

Ruby Chen

Featured Post

Linda Scherzer

Recovering Africa’s Forgotten Kingdoms

Ed Gaskin

Memento Mori, Memento Vivere

Adam Borowski

Why Jewish Philanthropy Needs Everyday Givers, Not Just Billionaires

Hadara Ishak

Which Media ‘As-a-Jew’ Has the Most to Atone For?

Josh Levs

Heterosexual men and Yom Kippur

Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

Visions of Re-Created Shtetl

Inna Rogatchi

Animal Chaplaincy Journal #5: The Hidden Choir of Brighton Beach

Mikhail Salita

Consultant General Fails Bibi During UNGA

Cindy Grosz

Israel’s Animal Farm Moment

Philip Gross

To Forgive Is Divine, and Human: The Bilateral Obligation of Forgiveness

Daniel Z. Feldman

Moneyball or Deep Tech? Israel’s Security Future

James Ogunleye

Not Someday, Not If, Not Later: Choosing Israel Now

Logan Levkoff

A Leaping Spirit of Love, Music, & Light (Eulogy for my friend Richard Friedman)

Peter Himmelman

My Encore to Jesse Welles’ Fans: Art Should Be Debated, Not Silenced

Daniel Singer

Horst Wessel and the Propaganda of Ultra-Right Martyrdom

Warren J. Blumenfeld

Run, Hannah, Run!

Jonathan Rosenoer

Trump, Netanyahu, Gaza, and the Ryder Cup

Rafi Glick

The British Ruling Class and the Balfour Declaration

Igor Isaev

Faculty Launch Kalaniyot Chapter at USC

Susie Hess

שנה טובה וברכה

Elizabeth Abakumova

Forgiveness or Justice, The Ego of a Civilization?

Israel Ben Iosef

When Europe replays the 1930s

Gilles Touboul

East African Media and the Battle of Gaza Narratives

Victor Satya

Aseret Yemei Teshuvah (Ten Days of Repentance) — the Critical Turning Point

Richard Diamond

Riding the Hamas Express

Alex Olivera

Shabbat Shuva

Kenneth Cohen

A Rabbi Once Rejected Inherited Guilt. Yom Kippur Still Does.

Austin Reid Albanese

The Night the Moralisers Cut the Power

Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Spain Condemns Israel While Occupying Moroccan Land

Adil Faouzi

Zakaria El Hamel Urges Yad Vashem to Honor Mohammed V Legacy

Houda Belabd

Viduy: Permission to Cry

Micha Turtletaub

Isaiah 53 Points to a Future Messiah, Not Jesus