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In a world of rising terror and distorted narratives, Indigenous resilience offers a principled path forward, rooted in truth, strategy, and...
I am a product of the traditional American Jewish educational path. I attended Hebrew School as a child, Hebrew High School as a teen, and was...
Think it through now you’re not attacked and calm Statistics show that the best survival chances lie in fleeing rather than confronting an...
Every June, we talk about the fact that it is Pride month, and we celebrate the unique characteristics of our staff, elders and community. We do...
Will antisemitism eventually be replaced by the term antizionism? It is worth asking whether, in time, the word antisemitism will fall out of...
FROM BLESSING TO BATTLE: HOLDING THE TENSION BETWEEN PEACE AND POWER In Sefer Bamidbar (Numbers), the Torah presents contradictory portrayals of...
Over the past few days, ICE has been conducting immigration raids in Los Angeles where protests erupted in response — featuring pro-Palestine flags...
In the shadows of the ongoing war in Ukraine, another, lesser-known conflict is unfolding — one that involves deception, exploitation, and human...
“Why are you doing this?” he asked. “Helping me and my family?” “Because you’re my neighbors in the world,” I replied. But that wasn’t the whole...
This piece is being written in the aftermath of the October 7th, 2023 attacks on Israel — a traumatic event that left over a thousand Israelis dead...
At a time when graduation ceremonies have become platforms for protest and polarization—especially around Israel—an 18-year-old Jewish student in...
The time the Hebrew nation spent in the Sinai wilderness can be seen as a pedagogical journey. It was not a labyrinth, because that vast, wondrous...
Four decades after Iran’s 1979 revolution, public trust in the Islamic Republic is in free fall, with nearly 90% of citizens favoring democratic...
Like many of us, I used to think that the “answer” for connecting young Jewish adults to Jewish life was empowerment and innovation. I assumed that...
After October 7, like many in the American Jewish community, I was shocked by some reactions on the far-left in the United States. Some were...
Myths and Facts Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better,...
A few weeks ago, the Anti-Defamation League hosted a seminar with Ryan Turell, a former Yeshiva University star player who is now playing...
My friend Samuel Vengrinovich is missing in the Himalayas. He was last seen on Friday morning near Indrahar Pass, in the mountains above...
The End Is Near: Iran’s Regime in Final Phase of Collapse By Victoria Azad 2025.06.10 In recent weeks, the intensified intelligence activities of...
Seas and seas – and seas – of words have been devoted to the spiritual experience of God by mystics such as Philo of Alexandria, Martin Buber and...
There’s something deliciously ironic happening in an Israeli detention facility right now: Greta Thunberg and her idiotic, sycophantic shipmates...
I have lived in Canada most of my life and always experienced it as a country devoted to peace and inclusion. No longer. Antisemitism is surging,...
Last Friday was a long day. It was also a long 12-mile walk — a walk of faith and prayer. Dozens of clergy joined together, “praying with our...
So many rabbis and Jewish scholars I respect are imploring us to remain optimistic about a resolution to the Middle East war. They remind us of a...
Antisemitism has always been around, sometimes less, sometimes more. Less after WWII, simmering underground as even more ardent antisemites were...
In a rare and revealing moment, Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, has publicly confirmed that Israel has transferred US-origin...
Today marks 612 days since October 7, 2023. It is almost beyond comprehension that 55 of our beloveds are still in captivity. And tomorrow, we will...
Currently there are only 2 ways to end this damn war and bring home all the hostages. Neither of those 2 ways is through Doha or Cairo, and neither...
The killing of two people working at the Israel Embassy—preceded by arson in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and followed by firebombs in Boulder,...
We Jews are a stiff-necked people. We did, after all, coin the word “dafka’. So our reaction to the hatred directed against us immediately...
Dear Greta, I remember the day you entered our lives. The fire in your eyes and electrifying passion convinced us to listen to you. You became a...
AI and Jobs: Trump warns AI will replace hard-working Americans. Elon insists AI is the hard-working American, and also your therapist. Immigration...
Every few years, a familiar circus sails back into the international spotlight: a patchwork coalition of self-styled activists, fringe political...
Some skeptics look askance at the fine-tuning argument for God and ask: “If God had to fine-tune the constants of nature so precisely, doesn’t that...
The shocking May 21 murders of a soon-to-be-engaged Jewish couple is still reverberating among Jews, Christians, and people of good will. Sarah...
Teach your tongue to say, ‘I don’t know.’ (Talmud Bavli, Berachot 4a ). “I don’t know” is a difficult confession to make. We are trained...
From the first time I saw Carlos Alcaraz win Wimbledon, he’s done it again and again. I simply love him. He always leaves me with a smile—and with...
I’m reminded of another time. Richard Nixon was President. The country was off balance. Anti-war protestors were loud and everywhere. May 4th, 1970...