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Brad Goverman

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Being Jewish Today: The Parts We Keep, The Parts We Lose

Being Jewish Today: The Parts We Keep, The Parts We Lose

I don’t typically write about antisemitism. It’s been around long enough to feel almost procedural. Before October 7, the Jew News Review would...

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Brad Goverman

The Two Sirens

The Two Sirens

Earlier today in Israel, a siren sounded and the country came to a complete stop for Yom HaShoah. Cars halted in the middle of highways. Drivers...

14.04.2026 20

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Pause or Finish the Job?

Pause or Finish the Job?

J. D. Vance is on his way to Islamabad to negotiate a ceasefire. Another attempt to broker a pause in a system that doesn’t pause. At the same time,...

10.04.2026 30

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Oreo: The Most Jewish Cookie That Isn’t Jewish

Oreo vs Hydrox — Is Oreo the Chosen Cookie? There is no mention of Oreos in the Torah. No footnote in the Talmud. No obscure medieval rabbinic...

27.03.2026 40

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It Isn’t Easy Being Green

Kermit first sang those words in 1970, his felt forehead creased with existential gloom. It was a melancholy little number about feeling invisible,...

20.03.2026 50

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Would Americans Send Their Children to Fight Iran?

Each morning when my grandchildren arrive at their Jewish day school here in my hometown, a man is already standing outside the building. He is the...

13.03.2026 60

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The War With Iran Trump Can’t Explain

A war can be badly argued and still be strategically necessary. The administration may be fumbling the explanation, but the strategic case for...

06.03.2026 50

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Modi’s Return to Israel and the Geometry of Power

In 1995, I traveled to Bangalore to recruit young Indian engineers for my growing Oracle consulting practice. At the time, India’s technological...

28.02.2026 60

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On the Train, or On the Tracks?

Editors note: The pace of developments in artificial intelligence over the past few weeks has been impossible to ignore. The conversation has shifted...

21.02.2026 70

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Peace Cannot Grow Here

07.02.2026 40

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When Synagogues Burn…..

31.01.2026 50

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No Checks. No Balances. No Guardrails.

24.01.2026 50

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Anti-Zionism Was Never Harmless. Now It Governs.

03.01.2026 100

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All the News that’s Unfit to Print

20.12.2025 60

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Blood On Their Hands

17.12.2025 20

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Brad Goverman