The year is 2025, and Donald J. Trump is apparently still president — not only of the United States, but of Israel too. At least that’s what one might think after his fiery declaration: “I will not let Israel annex Judea and Samaria.”
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The Blogs: Memento Mori, Memento Vivere | Adam Borowski
Blog 250. Wow. It’s time for something sentimental and serious. I was looking at a wooden information board about the history of the Jewish community here on the outer edges of Warsaw. 70 percent of the locals were Jewish in my area before…
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The Blogs: Yom Kippur: Embracing Commitment | David Lemmer
I am Jewish, and it’s not just an identity; it is a belief that I hold strongly and one I wish to follow. This belief puts me in a spot that asks of me to be completely honest with myself about life. I cannot lie and say that I am doing…
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Zohran Mamdani says the ADL does not represent Jewish New Yorkers
This piece first ran as part of The Countdown, our daily newsletter rounding up all the developments in the New York City mayor’s race. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. There are 36 days to the election.
Mayor Eric Adams quit his…
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The Blogs: Netanyahu left my son’s name out of his UN speech. That’s when I walked out | Ruby Chen
This is the second year I’ve made the trip to the UN to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the General Assembly. And I was full of anticipation, especially after President Donald Trump’s remarks stressing the…
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The Blogs: I went to Syria to ask about peace. The answers still echo as talks resume | Linda Scherzer
Amid reports of a possible security agreement about to be reached between Israel and Syria – a rare glimmer of hope emerging from the region today – I found myself reflecting on a similarly pivotal moment thirty years ago. Then, too,…
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The Blogs: Recovering Africa’s Forgotten Kingdoms | Ed Gaskin
It becomes clear fairly quickly that we don’t know Black history in America, but the truth runs deeper: we also don’t know African history. And both absences stem from the same reason—centuries of erasure. For generations, Africa’s…
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The Blogs: Once, before | Deborah Wiener
Once, before, when it looked as if those times had passed, disappeared, been relegated to then, when there was optimism and joy in the world and when words made sense and life wasn’t upside down, then, then, I remember. I remember being…
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The Blogs: Finding Beauty in Brokenness: A Yom Kippur Reflection | Glenn Leibowitz
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a time for spiritual renewal through fasting, prayer, and deep introspection.
But to truly understand what this holiest day accomplishes, we need to look at the Hebrew word Kippur itself. Kippur comes…
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The Blogs: Peace requirements: Hamas must be eradicated and Qatar left behind | Giovanni Giacalone
The Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, presented six “red lines” ahead of the Monday White House meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, as reported by The Times of Israel.
I would like to…
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