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My Yellow Pin

Today I took off my yellow ribbon. It wasn’t at night while getting ready for bed this time. It was this morning, not long after putting it on. It was as if removing that tiny pin suddenly lifted not only my burden, but the…

To the Claims Conference,

I am writing this letter not out of anger, but out of genuine concern—and with respect for the vital work you do.

Recently, you shared data on social media titled “Holocaust Survivors – Global Data and…

What occurred on the streets of Iran on January 8 and 9, 2026, was a full-scale epic. The presence of millions of people—from Tehran to Zahedan, and from Kurdistan to Tabriz—demonstrated that Iranian society has crossed the threshold of…

I can’t help wondering if police and politicians all over the UK heaved a collective sigh of relief on January 16, when the West Midlands Police Chief Craig Guildford – finally and apparently reluctantly – resigned following the Home…

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Reflecting on How We Honor the Dead

The state of Israel, homeland of the Jews, puts so much importance on the rituals of death and burial that they insisted that all the hostages, including the remains of the…

With Pharaoh and the Egyptian army on one side and the sea on the other, the children of Israel faced a critical moment and lashed out at Moshe for leading them into what seemed certain doom. Moshe, their leader, quieted the people, but he…

Words matter. They always have. And when antisemites can’t openly say “Jew” with contempt, they invent substitutes. Today, one of those substitutes is “Zio.”

Short for Zionist, the word “Zio” has been deliberately twisted into a…

As the war in Ukraine grinds into yet another year, the idea of peace negotiations continues to resurface — often with more hope than clarity. Recently, attention has turned to Abu Dhabi as a possible venue for future talks. The choice is…

Commemorating the Holocaust primarily as a warning against hate is too narrow. Hate didn’t create the Holocaust; explanation did. And explanation didn’t begin with violence, but with an interpretive move that accounted for failures. It…

It’s a story often repeated: On June 22, 1982, Joe Biden was a Senator from Delaware and confronted then Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin during his Senate Foreign Relations committee testimony, threatening to cut off aid to Israel….