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There is a peculiar species of modern moralist who treats war not as a tragedy to be understood, but as a stage upon which to perform indignation. Kenneth Roth’s recent lament in The Guardian is a near-perfect specimen of this genus: a…

On February 19, 2026, Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism published a straightforward announcement: up to 4 million shekels in emergency support connected to Ukraine’s winter crisis. No grand declarations, no…

What do Mein Kampf and globalise the intifada have in common?  Spot the difference.

Once upon a time, back in the days of dial up internet and landlines, there used to be an assumption that prerequisites for a job or appearance at something…

This op-ed is about Analilia Mejia, the Democratic candidate to represent New Jersey’s 11th district in the United States Congress, and the Jews. By which, in the spirit of current political discourse, I don’t mean the Jews at all. I mean…

Irving Janis, a Yale professor, introduced the concept of Groupthink, a phenomenon where tight-knit groups make poor decisions because the urge for unity drowns out critical thinking. This dynamic often plays out among supporters of abusers,…

Democracy as a form of governance is viewed as ‘the norm’, in the western world. Our ability to speak freely without persecution and practice religion as we wish is something many individuals take for granted. When, like we have seen in…

Over the past 48 hours, a familiar pattern has emerged in the Middle East: military movements, urgent briefings, anonymous officials hinting at timelines, and a crescendo of speculation that the United States and Iran may be on the brink of…

It might be that the West’s greatest weakness is not military or economic, but moral and institutional. We continue to argue over the number of immigrants, quotas for refugees, and types of border technologies as if it were a technical…

With uncertainty surrounding another Iran war and the future of Gaza, it’s not surprising that one of the most significant crises in Israel’s history – the future of freedom of the press – is falling between the cracks among the…