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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…

February 2026: Some token Hamas leaders depart Gaza after “handing over” power to the new “technocratic government” in a glitzy ceremony before onward travel to luxury villas awaiting them somewhere in the Gulf.

March 2026: Hamas, along…

I am six days away from the end of Dry January, and I have never been more emotionally available to a biscuit in my entire life.

Six days left of January.

Six days is nothing — unless you are living without sugar, alcohol, cigarettes, or…

In recent days, discussions have begun within Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a possible withdrawal from the UN Climate Convention, including the 2015 Paris agreement that the US left when President Donald Trump came into office.

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Across Washington and Tehran, policymakers and analysts are asking the same unsettling question: who really holds the advantage in the escalating standoff between the United States and Iran? On the surface, President Donald Trump’s renewed…

For years, conversations about the future of the rabbinate have been framed as a crisis of calling. We worry that fewer young people are drawn to rabbinic life, that the work has become unsustainable, or that charisma has replaced substance…