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I used to think neutrality was the intellectual high ground—until I realized it often just meant borrowing other people’s conclusions while calling it “open-mindedness”.

When Silence Becomes the Easiest Opinion in the Room

There is a…

A few weeks ago, I stood in the middle of my synagogue, surrounded by screaming, happy children, the whirring sound of greggors, and the smell of popcorn, and I just stared dimly at the chaos, wondering what on earth we were doing here.

I am…

I gained 20 lbs during COVID and couldn’t lose it despite diet and exercise. I was doing everything right. For years, we’ve been told the same three things: Eat less. Move more. Try harder. And when that doesn’t work? It takes a hit on…

History does not repeat itself in identical form – but it speaks. And when it speaks, it warns.

For Israel, that warning is deeply rooted in the memory of The Holocaust. It is a reminder not only of unimaginable loss, but of what happens…

וְהַלֻּחֹת מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא חָרוּת עַל הַלֻּחֹת, אַל תִּקְרָא חָרוּת אֶלָּא חֵרוּת,…

The Democratic National Committee is set to consider a resolution at a meeting next week that “condemns the growing influence” of AIPAC.

The resolution also condemns large-scale outside spending in elections generally…

PREAMBLE — A Problem Too Large for Conventional Solutions

The conflict between Israel and its neighbors has resisted every conventional diplomatic framework for seventy-five years. The Zion Accords propose something different: not a…

On a night that should have been devoted to shoring up national resilience, the Knesset instead witnessed a transaction that exposed both the moral bankruptcy of the coalition and the feebleness of those tasked with combatting it. Some 800…

On Sunday, as I ran a new route close to my house, I listened to Haviv Rettig Gur’s Passover Podcast. He discusses with Rabbi David Stav the relativity of the story of the Israelites’ experience in Egypt, and the consequent exodus as…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez reportedly told members of the Democratic Socialists of America on Tuesday night that she would oppose all U.S. aid to Israel, including for defensive weapons.

The comments marked a reversal…