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THE CONSTANT FIRE: BEYOND RITUAL TO RESPONSIBILITY

We expect to see in any synagogue an ark, a place for the Torah reader (the bimah), and a ner tamid, the eternal…

A Justice Department task force meant to investigate the perpetrators of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks has shed much of its staff and resources as the Trump administration has upended the federal judiciary, Continue Reading

Some critics of AIPAC are calling for it to be excised from electoral politics. Others are working to beat the pro-Israel lobby at its own game. 

At least three groups have entered the scene this year as hopeful…

Over the last six months, I’ve traveled the US on the first legs of a national listening tour for the Jews of Color Initiative. Listening sessions in Portland, Denver, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, and elsewhere (DC,…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he regrets comments earlier this month in which he appeared to signal that he agreed with claims that Israel is an “apartheid state.”

In an interview published Tuesday in Politico,…

Antisemitism is confusing in a way that would be impressive if it weren’t so ugly. It’s like a virus that keeps mutating, not because it has a plan, but because society keeps providing new hosts, new excuses, new costumes. People say…

The university was supposed to be the place where a person entered as a mind, not as a tribal suspect. It was supposed to be the one institution in the West that could survive passion by submitting it to inquiry, argument, and discipline….

Life of an Indian Caregiver in Israel

I connect with Yogita Chhetri, an Indian caregiver living in Israel over a video call, eager to hear her story. Suddenly, a siren wails in the distance, followed by a heavy boom—likely the Iron Dome…

A view from above, and what it misses

Looking down at Earth from space, the view can be deceptively serene. Take the Strait of Hormuz for example. From 400 kilometers up, it looks like a simple photographic map. We see a narrow stretch of…