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The 75^th birthday of Israeli singer and songwriter, Danny Sanderson, warrants a TV item. Today, would he write the same bold words he wrote with Alon Oleartchik, part of the song with which their band Kaveret (Poogy) represented Israel at the…

How the erosion of literacy is hollowing out democratic judgment and fueling antisemitism

Democracies collapse when citizens lose the willingness to think carefully, read critically, and revise their beliefs in light of evidence. Long before…

July 28, 1942 – December 18, 2025

Murray H. Levin had been a dear friend of mine for many years. We met during the early years of The Awareness Center (Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Assault).  

Murray originally called The Awareness…

The Israel–Kabylia story does not unfold in embassies or treaties. It unfolds in symbols, gestures, accusations, and intelligence theater—and that is precisely why it matters. The relationship exists less as a formal channel than as a…

No one should be surprised by the billboard in Times Square during Christmas week paid for by the American-Arab Discrimination Committee claiming that “Jesus is Palestinian”.

After all, it is only weeks since the Pope unveiled the…

“You are not serious people,” Logan Roy says to his children.

In 2025, that stopped feeling like a quote and started reading like a year-end summary.

The line from Succession was meant to describe a dysfunctional family of media…

Amnesty International did not begin as a revolutionary organization. It began with moral clarity.

Its early work—defending prisoners of conscience and opposing the death penalty—was intentionally narrow, legally grounded, and…

Israel’s security cabinet, acting on a resolution proposed by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defence Minister Israel Katz, announced earlier this month that 11 new settlements will be built and 8 illegal outposts will be legalized in…

 Movies about Bible events are very popular. Many have well-known actors in top roles. They always add actions and conversations that are not in the Bible, usually depict events more violently, and generally reflect the film writer’s view…