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Confront your own antisemites

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Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

The Writing on the Wall

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Benjy Morgan

The Womb of Catastrophe in Jewish Time

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Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

Weaponization of Myth: Gaza and the War on Truth

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Moises Salinas Fleitman

Endorsing Mamdani Isn’t Progressive—It’s Perilous

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Reuven H. Taff

Trump: Let Israel Finish Off Our/Your Enemies

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Ira Straus

Parshah Hukkat, Independence Day, The Bitter End

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Rebecca Sassouni

Moving forward: Reflections from an American Jew

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Peter Himmelman

To Understand the Jews, Walk in Our Footsteps — Not Just Past Our Gathered Shoes

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Juda Engelmayer

What my husband’s grandmother taught me about empathy

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Alejandra Barav

The “No Jewish State Solution” Coalition

People rarely say it outright, but it’s there: for many, the debate isn’t about a one- or two-state solution—it’s about no Jewish state at...

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Ben Lazarus

Down Under: Shocked not Surprised

“HATE IN OUR STREETS” declared the bold headline today, reporting on the recent attacks on a Melbourne Synagogue and a Miznon restaurant — both on...

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David Werdiger

Divine justice: IAF is God’s army, striking Iran as prophesized in the Bible

As a death row inmate in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, arrested and sentenced to death because of the “crime” of converting to Christianity, I...

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Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Hamas Playing Games …Again

BBC’s Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf on July 5 noted that Hamas is saying that it “delivered positive response on US Gaza ceasefire plan”.  ...

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Max Mohamed

Zohran Mamdani: Forms of Erasure

Jews, of all people, should know that bureaucratic categories rarely capture the truth of identity – not the Ashkenazim when asked to conditionally...

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Shoshanna Leon

Religion and Family Quarrels And More Avodah Zara 20-22

20 “Chen and Now: Forbidden Praise and Esav’s Paradox” Our Gemara on Amud Aleph rules that it is forbidden to praise an idolatrous gentile: “You...

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Simcha Feuerman

Misjudgment of Halacha

The Yalkut makes a comment that needs explanation related to Moshe Rabbeinu’s hitting the rock. “The Holy One Blessed Be He said to Moshe, My...

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Kenneth Cohen

Striking the Rock: Today’s Challenge?

“Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will give its water…” (Numbers 20:8 ) “And Moses raised his hand and struck the rock with his...

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Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

Take a Licking – Synonyms lekikah and lechicha

When the Moabites led by Balak turned to their mortal enemies the Midianites to ally with them against the impending threat of the Israelites, the...

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Reuven Chaim Klein

The Case for Optimism: Why Israel’s Future Is Better Than You Think

In the early hours of October 7th, my phone pulsed with messages I’ll never forget. Just days beforehand I had been sitting in New York City with...

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Seth Cohen

Featured Post

My co-authors (listed below) and I are among many New York City rabbis who voted for and proudly support Zohran Mamdani in the race for New York...

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Rachel Goldenberg

The Bringing Back of Benny Hill with AI: Slapstick Nostalgia Meets Woke Nightmare

The Benny Hill Show (“המופע של בני היל”) originally aired in the UK from 1955 to 1989, and was later broadcast in Israel,...

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Vincent James Hooper

After the Iran War: Military Success Abroad, Democratic Crisis at Home

Israel’s 12-day war with Iran showcased the operational capabilities of the Mossad, IDF, and Israeli Air Force (IAF). The operation restored...

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Haim V. Levy

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French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was best known for his epic documentary Shoah – a viscerally-confronting nine-hour magnum opus in which he...

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Vic Alhadeff

How Israel could better handle the world’s media in the next war

As an American Jew, I watch news, daily, about Israel on my iPhone and on ABC, CBS and NBC TV news . Al-Jazeera, that I see on my iPhone, I...

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Jerry Felsenthal

Sarah and Hagar: A Symbolic Prophecy of Judaism, Islam, and the Messianic Future

In Jewish tradition, the principle Ma’aseh Avot Siman LaBanim — “the deeds of the fathers are a sign for the children” — teaches that the...

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Yahya A. Sharif

Tears of Soldiers, Cries for Justice

It was a horrible week here in the Netherlands. Last weekend, during a joyful event for the Jewish community, a Dutch singer decided to become...

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Sabine Sterk

Iran’s propaganda infects Muharram commemoration in Kashmir

Srinagar’s historic streets resonated with chants of mourning and remembrance as the Shia community in Kashmir took part in a peaceful Muharram...

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Sergio Restelli

Unicorns and Hedge Funds Follow the News

The discharge of Ronen Bar, Head of General Security Services (Shin Bet), by Netanyahu requires appointment of his replacement. Since the GSS is...

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Harriet Gimpel

Tribute to the Women of the IDF

It was incredulous that there had never been a Tribute to the Women of the IDF in Israel. After learning about the rape, massacre and kidnapping of...

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Jerry Klinger

Is There a Connection Between Jewish Disunity and the Rise of Antisemitism?

Jewish spiritual leaders throughout the ages warned us time and again that unless we united, we would suffer. However, time and again, we would not...

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Michael Laitman

On Alan Rusbridger: champion of an ethical press

Two weeks ago, the universally esteemed former editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, wrote a piece in Prospect magazine, which he now edits,...

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Stephen Games

The end of antisemitism

We are not interested in trying to convince antisemites that they are wrong. It will happen. But not by our convincing them. They don’t want be...

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Yoseph Janowski

Grandpa called it bullsh*t. But I call it life

My Grandpa Larry had a complicated relationship with faith. He never left the house without his Star of David necklace, but his favorite food was...

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Ruthie Hollander

This Zionist Democrat Declares Independence from My Party

If you’ve never read an opinion piece by an author about to weep in anguish as he presses every keyboard button, welcome to your first experience....

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Steven Goldstein

Shelters, Rockets, and Poker Nights

When the war escalated, I was with my friends playing poker. We didn’t fully grasp the scale of the danger and went to the underground parking lot...

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Anna Gribanova

THRUST AND TRUST An Essay for Parshat Chukkat

In the finest books, movies, pieces of music or works of art, the silences and spaces sometimes speak more powerfully than the words, sounds and...

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Chaim Ingram

Losing Miriam (Chukat, Covenant & Conversation)

It is a scene that still has the power to shock and disturb. The people complain. There is no water. It is an old complaint and a predictable one....

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Jonathan Sacks

The New and Dangerous Oz: Unpacking a New Jewish World Order

In “Wicked,” the Wizard is not the benevolent leader of Oz as he was depicted in “The Wizard of Oz,” but rather a deceptive and manipulative...

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Steven Windmueller

The pain of erasing our identity

And this is what kept our fathers and what keeps us surviving. For not only one has risen against us to destroy us, but in every single generation,...

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Joseph Mintz

Tic-Tac-Toe

What’s Really Happening in Syria? A Glimpse into the Middle East’s Future. Who Is the New President and Does He Turn Toward Peace? In the shadow of...

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Michael Bauer

Self Loving Jew

  I had the pleasure of seeing Yohay Sponder live in Jerusalem. It was hilarious and fun, but even more than that, it was family. We are all a...

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Yulia Medovoy Edelshtain

Rejecting Victimhood: What Jews and Chinese Can Teach the West

In an era increasingly shaped by polarized narratives and identity-based grievance, the Jewish and Chinese communities—each with long histories of...

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Annette Poizner

On the Death of Karen Diamond, Z”L

So interesting how editors pick the wording for headlines. A lot of the articles about the death of Karen Diamond are headlined “82 Year Old Woman...

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Rena Cohen

Freedom from Within: A Spiritual Take on July 4th

The Fourth of July commemorates the birth of a nation founded on the bold idea that all people are created equal and endowed with God-given...

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Mark Frankel

4th of July Reflections of an American/Israeli

Sometimes, change happens quietly. And then there are moments—like now—when it feels like the ground is shifting beneath our feet. It was my uncle...

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Ethan Kushner

The Real Victory in the Iran Israel War

Since the end of the dramatic 12 days war between Israel and Iran, the media – in Israel and abroad – continues to ask: Who won? But that question...

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Olga I. Deutsch

Fourth of July: Judean gratitude

It’s high time we pay attention to those who support Israel. There are many who detract from our right to exist, who challenge the morals of our...

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Ruth Lieberman

Tisha b’Av: Stop Mourning and Start Learning its lessons

If today’s Israel does not learn the lessons of Tisha b’Av they will, God forbid, suffer a third khurban. The debate about the central meaning of...

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Allen S. Maller

Unity, Clarity, and Resolve in a Time of Trial

Last week, hundreds of Jewish leaders from across the United States gathered in Washington, D.C., for an Emergency Leadership Fly-In convened by...

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William Daroff