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My phone kept buzzing nonstop with messages about Chuck Norris’s passing. I quickly shared a cherished photo with Chuck on my Facebook page, confirming my friendship with the renowned karate champion and actor. Soon, many others posted…

1) Distortion of Torah

Professor Shaul Magid has established himself in recent years as the leading anti-Israel Jewish intellectual in academia. In his book “The Necessity of Exile” he makes his case for why he thinks that exile is the…

On what it means to zoom into a war zone every week — and why I hesitate before I answer.

Yesterday I had my weekly Zoom call with Ella and Galina.

As Israel and America strategically overcome the military infrastructure and command centers of Iran three weeks into the war, a full scale revolt is expected to begin in Iran as soon as the Israeli and American attack ends. 

Iran is an…

People don’t always know how to respond when they learn I have a sister I don’t speak to. Some rush to fix it: You should reach out. Others turn it into a moral equation: But she’s your sister. 

What I want to say is more complicated:…

Readers of The Gavriel Tirosh Affair will find that the book increases their understanding of the history of the reestablishment of the State of Israel in 1948, why despite the multiple advantages the small Jewish population in Palestine in…

Speaker Julie Menin’s and Council Member Eric Dinowitz landmark legislation is advancing — and the NY Jewish community now has a powerful new tool to help push it across the finish line.

There comes a moment in every crisis when words…

On Passover, Jews around the world gather to retell the story of liberation. The story of a people who moved from oppression to freedom, from dependence to self-determination. It is not just a story about the past. It is a framework through…

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Disclaimer:  Notwithstanding what you are about to read, I am not a neocon, an Islamophobe, a callous or insensitive monster, or a depraved, unethical, wicked, immoral, amoral dupe of Benjamin Netanyahu.

I’m just…

Nadine Epstein recently argued that Jews should retire the word Zionism because it has become too divisive, too distorted, and too burdened to remain useful. That argument is not brave. It is a polished form of Jewish retreat. At a moment…