Ever since I got involved with the issue of Campus anti-Semitism at the University of California at Irvine (UCI), where I was ...
That person understood. A Jew in Portland and a Jew in Manchester are part of the same family. We pulsate with a single heart ...
I think this is exactly what Ben Tzur, Israeli teens– and frankly our machzor and Yom Kippur itself– are challenging us to do ...
Meanwhile in Europe, Greece (c. 800–146 BCE) developed democracy, philosophy, and literature, shaping Western intellectual traditions, but Greek states were politically fragmented and prone to ...
Rav Jonathan Sacks, zt”l, often wrote that antisemitism is not only a Jewish problem but a symptom of a society in decline. When hatred of Jews is tolerated, it corrodes the entire moral fabric. This ...
There are different levels of imitation and mimicry. Some people like a particular idea or a personality trait. A language mannerism. That’s cool. I like Senator Bernie Sanders’ speaking style. My ...
Arab Christian identity, shaped by centuries of empire, minority survival, and shifting power, meets the realities of Jewish ...
Bottom line: Israel is already fighting Russia—through Ukraine, against Iran, for its own survival. Operation Spiderweb ...
In July 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Indian cemetery in Haifa and unveiled the inscription honoring Major ...
As the world has just marked the International Day of Non-Violence on October 2, Zakaria El Hamel, peacebuilder and founder ...
The problem is that criticism is allowed only in one direction: Israel can be the target, but those who speak in its defence ...
Yom Kippur ends with Ne’ilah —throats raw from confession, hearts set on change. Within days, many communities read Kohelet ...