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My colleague Jay Solomon recently wrote about the impact on Jewish students and Jewish identity of treating “Zionist” as a slur.  He shares illustrations of their experiences on campus and how students are pushing back on narratives that…

A new study came out today on a topic that has been all too ignored in the religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox communities, communities that should have cared most about this topic.

In the past two years, thousands of second and…

I write as an Ethiopian Jewish Israeli American a member of an ancient Black Jewish community whose bond to the Jewish people predates modern Christianity, modern Islam, and certainly modern American politics. I have lived in Africa, Israel,…

Sometimes, all it takes to change the world is one person.

You have the power. One person.

Maimonides says, that a person should always look at the world as if it is perfectly balanced, and just one good deed can tip the scales and bring…

A month ago, my wife and I spent Shabbat in a charming hotel in Yafo. Searching for an inspiring place to daven (pray) on Friday night, we were directed to a nearby synagogue called Zichron Baruch. We decided to give it a try.

What we…

An Israeli documentary, Deep Inside Iran, adds an additional layer of substance and understanding to Israel’s 12-day war with Iran last June. Now available on Izzy, a streaming platform specializing in Israeli films, this 56-minute movie is…

(Season Two continues)

This week’s parsha, תְּצַוֶּה, does something unusual.

Moshe’s name disappears.

For the only time from his birth until his death, he is absent from the text. In his place, the Torah turns its attention to…

In recent years, the shortage of teachers in Israel has moved beyond a localized systemic glitch to become a palpable catastrophe. Like many Western nations, Israel is grappling with a collapsing educational workforce, but we must be honest…

Aharon Barak – a world-renowned legal scholar, a fearless Attorney General who fought public corruption, and a groundbreaking Supreme Court justice – is one of the most influential figures in Israeli legal history. Yet today, his legacy…