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The Israel Parade will be here this Sunday and I’m ready to march. My only dilemma was deciding, not whether to march, but which group to go with....
The recent events surrounding the protests of the Jerusalem Faction, the calls to “remove all restraints,” and the discussions about the mass...
For Israeli teenagers in high school, it’s a common rite of passage to go on a school-organized educational trip to one of the Holocaust death camps...
Nearly four years ago, Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest government came to power promising security, stability, economic strength, and responsible...
So last week, Shlomit from the insurance company told me I needed to fax my hospital documents in order to get reimbursed for my latest emergency room...
The first time a woman sat for Israel’s Chief Rabbinate exams did not happen in a vacuum. It happened in the middle of reserve duty, between...
Recent reports about a possible agreement with Iran should be read with both relief and concern. The relief is that President Donald Trump appears to...
Finals are officially over, which means I have the headspace to think about something other than chemistry. I am delighted. This is what...
When it comes to understanding Iran’s relentless drive in the Middle East, it’s easy to get lost in the headlines and miss the core of the issue:...
The British Museum cancelled—or, in its preferred terminology, “postponed”—a lecture that formed part of its Jewish Culture Month. Paul...
This document presents a sequence of warning signs and critical scenarios indicating a continuous and rapid erosion of the social fabric, public...
I made aliyah at the age of 18, driven by deep Zionist values and a profound sense of commitment to the Jewish people. My college years were a blur of...
On May 27, 2026, agents from the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard stormed the national headquarters of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party...
For as long as the Jewish Diaspora has existed, the image projected onto the Jew has adapted itself to whatever a society abhors most. In medieval...
When Donald Trump began his second term, his foreign policy goals were presented as a framework designed for the pursuit of peace and devoted to...
Universities are meant to be spaces for open debate, where students engage with a diverse range of political and social issues. At the same time,...
When my daughter looked at me with eyes full of worry and asked me to remove my Star of David necklace, my heart broke—not because of her request,...
From financiers and soldiers to rabbis, women, and entire congregations, Jewish patriots stood at the heart of America’s fight for independence,...
In one Beit Shemesh classroom supported by JOIN Israel, an elementary school student tried to explain what the war years had felt like. “There was a...
Today, I step onto Fifth Avenue as Miss Israel World International, with a design inspired by Israel’s 78th birthday celebration cake, but also as...
Israel is approaching another election cycle at a moment of profound national exhaustion. After years of political paralysis, repeated elections,...
An emerging politician was interviewed on a television program last night. He has a steady spot on television panels that became routine since October...
There is a certain type of person who, upon moving to a new country, throws herself into learning its geography, its neighborhoods, its hidden...
Recently, I exchanged a series of emails with a fellow Brookline Town Meeting member who is convinced that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza....
Nestled at 1325 N Grand Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado, Temple Emanuel stands as a remarkable testament to Jewish heritage, perseverance, and community...
I got the inspiration to write these words while talking to a European friend of mine who I talk to frequently about matters of the world. Our...
Cross the River Tamar by train into Cornwall and you ride across an argument that has been settled for 167 years. The Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash...
The Alshich described how special it was when the משכן was completed in the desert. This took place on the first of Nissan, almost a year after...
What a Talmudic story teaches us about labels, identity, and the danger of categories that become too small. Years ago, while living in Israel, a...
For millennia, the Jewish people have been buffeted by global forces. This pressure has not only manifested as oppression, expulsion, and...
Today the mayor of New York will do something no mayor has done in the over sixty years of the Israel Day Parade. He will intentionally not attend....
For many synagogue leaders, the challenge with AI is not interest. The conversation can quickly feel overwhelming: New tools.New terminology.New...
“I will give them in my house… a [YAD VASHEM] memorial and name better than sons and daughters.” – Isaiah 56:5 Which is more important?! What...
We saw a disturbing display of political theater at Gracie Mansion recently. A crowd of progressive Jewish New Yorkers packed a Pre-Shavuot reception...
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Ashoken Farewell was composed by Jay Ungar, an American Folk Musician and Composer. The music, beloved by tens of...
Freedom of speech is a cornerstone of any democratic society and is especially important at universities. When it comes to events related to Israel...
Tomorrow, I will walk down Fifth Avenue in New York City alongside thousands of people celebrating Israel. I will do so as a Muslim. For some, that...
Imagine celebrating one of your proudest professional milestones, only to discover that an algorithm told your friends and colleagues you had been...
Deterrence and Triangular Coercion: The Limits of Third-Party Constraint Deterrence is a strategy designed to prevent a challenger from continuing to...
A few weeks ago, during reserve duty in Lebanon, I wrote about a group of lone soldiers singing in the back of a Hummer. They came from the United...
There are three sins for which the Torah defines not only the act, but the person himself, as an abomination. In many other cases, the Torah describes...
Mothers pamper their children, but the single mom in Netalie Brown’s Israeli feature film wins first prize in this category. Anat (Dana Ivgy) is so...
On Thursday, May 28, a highly significant meeting took place, organized by Patrick Lambert, bringing together Israel’s Consul General Rafael...
Ninety years ago, in a Europe beginning to succumb to the rise of Nazism and the complicit silence in the face of intolerance, the World Jewish...
The British Museum in London has postponed, at short notice, a lecture on ancient Jewish history which was to have been given by Paul Collins, the...
This past week, I stood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the first public celebration of Jewish Heritage Month ever held in our...
There is a peculiar rule governing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Nobody wrote it down. Nobody voted on it. Yet journalists, activists, diplomats,...
Returning to Merhavim on Sunday after the Shavuot holiday, we all felt that the year was drawing to a close. For me, it will end a month earlier,...
If Arab parties are legitimate enough to participate in elections, they are legitimate enough to participate in government. In an earlier essay for...
There are certain critics whose voices Israeli society finds particularly difficult to confront. It is easy to dismiss harsh criticism as ignorance or...
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