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As a diaspora Jew who cares deeply about Israel’s future—and who desperately wants to see peace, dignity, and security for both Israelis and Palestinians—I find today’s actions by members of the Nachala settlement movement crossing…

Leaders who remember do not claim the credit alone

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. (Harry S. Truman)

Months of presentations and relentless negotiations. This is the project that will determine…

The schedule for the Association for Jewish Studies annual conference listed Hanukkah candle lighting at 5:00 PM in a modest breakout room designed for fifty people. As the sun set over the Washington DC hotel, it became clear that the…

After the Washington Post reported last month that the U.S. Coast Guard was reclassifying swastikas and nooses to no longer be considered hate symbols, Jewish leaders voiced their objections.

The Coast Guard’s acting…

Four progressive House Democrats have introduced a bill aimed at combatting antisemitism in the wake of the attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Sydney.

The Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act would demand a host of…

This week, the Israeli government voted to cut NIS 220.7 million ($68.5 million) from a five-year development plan for Arab communities and to divert the funds to the Israel Police, and for the first time, also to the Shin Bet (Israel…

This week I found myself thinking about a man many of you may know from his “Kindness 101” series on CBS—Steve Hartman. I heard him speak recently at NYSSBA, the New York State School Board Association conference, and I walked away…

A dear friend of mine was in Israel last week for a family wedding. We visited the Kotel (Western Wall) and the Kotel Tunnels and had lunch at Café Rimon in Mamilla. We packed as much conversation and updates on our families as we could into…

After the terror attack near Bondi Beach, governments around the world were quick to express their condemnation, offer condolences to the families of those who had been murdered, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. Next to the standard…

In the past few years, both Islamist and Western activist groups have said over and over again that Jesus of Nazareth was “Palestinian.” This claim is not based on new historical evidence, but on current political needs. It projects a…