The phenomenon of settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank is bad and getting worse. Illegal farming outposts are growing like mushrooms across the West Bank, and as reported in the Times of Israel, there is “no enforcement against…
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Settler attacks are a symptom of a much bigger problem for Israel
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An unusual honor to an American Organization, Jews and the meaning of memory
The motto of the Jewish American Society (JASHP) is “Shaping the future by remembering the Past.” Jewish life and experience are based on memory. It shapes our present and tomorrow. If we do not remember, why should anyone else? In the early…
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Everything Depends on the International Stabilization Force
The Gaza Peace Plan Rises or Falls on the International Stabilization Force When the UN Security Council approved Resolution 2803 this week, it didn’t just bless Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan. It created something much more…
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Judaism Is Being Redefined — Without Jews
When a mob surrounds a synagogue in New York City and calls for the murder of Jews, the moral lines should be obvious. They were not. Zohran Mamdani condemned the Jews inside for discussing Aliyah. That single moment tells a larger story about…
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From Ancient Jerusalem to Brighton Beach: The Psalms of David — A Voice That Never Fades
When the Soul Hears David There are texts written with ink — and there are texts that seem carved in light, like those ancient signs which, our sages teach, the Holy One engraved in white fire upon black fire. Tehillim — the Psalms of David…
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The Art of Living-Israel 2025
I once used to live and work in Israel. Since that time I have come back for regular visits. Of course, close family and friends draw me back. But I also come just to watch and absorb what is going on around me for Israel…
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Why Today’s Antisemitism is Different
It has been common to refer to the surge in antisemitism as fitting into the historic patterns of Jew-hatred. Particularly, there is the tendency to blame American Jews for what Israel does as part of an age-old impulse to blame Jews for societal…
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On God’s Gift of Converts Into the Jewish People
I once heard of a person who said I have wanted to convert to Reform Judaism for a few years now. However, I heard that Reform Jewish converts will not be accepted by all denominations as “officially Jewish” unless they convert to Orthodox…
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Finding My Voice: My Journey to Becoming a Hadassah President
I didn’t grow up believing I could lead. I grew up surviving, keeping the peace, staying small, trying not to take up too much space. Leadership wasn’t something I saw modeled. It wasn’t something I believed I deserved or was capable of….
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Deception
The Talmud teaches that this world is the “world of falsehood”—while the World to Come is the “world of truth.” In this world, we experience distortion, manipulation, half-truths, and illusions that pull us off center. How are we…
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