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How tribalism silences complexity, and why it threatens Israel’s survival.

Recently, while discussing the war with long-time friends, I raised a question about the strategy in Gaza. The atmosphere quickly changed. Within seconds, the…

The Return of Islamic Republic 1980s–1990s Terror

The Islamic Republic occupying Iran is back—weak at home, ruthless abroad. Terror is its governing language. Its playbook is unchanged: assassinations, proxy violence, mass murder, and…

Sometimes, you’re in between a rock and a hard place.

We’ve all been there before, though not literally (except Moshe will have that happen to him in about five weeks at HaShem’s request [Exodus:33:21]).

There, we are encamped in front…

The federal government’s top prosecutor in Minnesota is a prominent Jewish attorney who once sat on the board of a Jewish group now protesting the Trump administration’s immigration offensive in the state.

Daniel…

In his new memoir, “Where We Keep the Light,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro offers many of the hallmarks of the modern political memoir — especially one written by a 50-something politician clearly setting the stage…

Volunteer service, for many Jewish young adults in particular, is the primary way they express their Jewish values and embody some of our most…

Before the arguments begin, before the explanations arrive, before the debates over language and intent, it is worth confronting a simple and disturbing fact.

Synagogues are burning.

Over the past fifteen months, Jewish houses of worship have…

On 27th January, countless people around the world paused to remember the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. The theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD)was ‘Bridging Generations’ which, against the…

Over the past year, Israel Bonds have quietly become a new pressure point in the broader campaign to push public institutions to distance themselves from Israel.

For decades, Israel Bonds functioned as a largely nonpartisan financial…

In his campaign to unseat the Bronx’s pro-Israel congressman, Ritchie Torres, political organizer Jose Vega has referred to the New York City borough as “Gaza West.” 

In both Gaza and the Bronx, he’s said, young…