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We have seen this movie before. Different costumes, same plot. A loud outsider storms the stage promising redemption without repentance, power without responsibility, miracles without morals. The Jews, exhausted by history and bruised by…

In Jewish life, we spend a lot of time talking about values. But it’s our systems, not our statements, that teach people what truly matters.

Jewish organizations spend a lot of time articulating values.

We put them on walls.
We include them…

Maybe Jews Should Own Hollywood-The Industry Thrived!

It’s award season and do you really care? Can you name the last five winners for best picture? How many of this year’s most nominated films have you seen?

The antisemites think they…

Israel’s military footprint abroad has never been about imperial vanity or flag-planting theatrics. It has always been about survival, reach, and the cold logic of deterrence in a hostile strategic environment that begins far from its…

Two epithets have accompanied Benjamin Netanyahu for decades: ‘the Angel of Destruction’ and ‘the Ringleader’. Though forged in different political fires, together they encapsulate the essence of a trajectory that has fundamentally…

As a Canadian, I know Canada is an illegitimate settler colonial state built on stolen land and a history of apartheid and genocide against the indigenous people of Turtle Island.

Canada is a settler colony built on invasion, expropriation,…

In recent weeks, the world has begun to speculate about the next move by Trump and Israel in the Middle East, under a liberal Western vision aimed at weakening Iran’s current government in order to pave the way for a new regime.

It is…

A Former Student Answers Gil Troy’s Question

By Bonnie K. Goodman, BA, MLIS

In 1995, the singer Jewel released a song that asked a deceptively simple question: Who will save your soul? The song did not promise redemption or reward. It…

Dining in Tira with a close friend and resident of this Arab city in central Israel, I expected hummus, kebab, and young men gathered around a television watching the Africa Cup. Instead, we ate at a crowded Italian restaurant, where a third…

When Israelis look at Gaza and the West Bank, the picture seems unequivocally grim:
Hamas executes dissenters. The Palestinian Authority is widely corrupt. Schoolbooks glorify martyrdom. Armed groups attack civilians. Political dysfunction…