Category: Other

Even though this subject is deeply painful to address, I feel obligated to speak about it—not to inflame, but to name what is happening. We are witnessing a disturbing double standard around sexual violence, one in which the credibility or…

The United States under President Donald Trump has entered a new phase of imperial ambition—one that is strikingly old-fashioned in its territorial hunger yet unmistakably twenty-first century in its methods. This “new imperialism” is…

Current protests are different than in past years. Iranians are desperate, with little water, with devalued money that can hardly buy food,  (and merchants who refuse to sell food, because the escalating inflation eats up their profits),…

Strange times to be a lefty Zionist.

So strange that I decided to write a blog for the Times of Israel and Substack. At first, it was just going to be for TOI – at Substack, I dreaded the hate to be expected from the woke-leftist and…

It is undeniable that Judaism is foundational to the formation of Christianity. A substantial portion of Christianity’s theological, moral, and philosophical framework is rooted in the Torah and the broader Hebrew Scriptures, preserved…

I am of an age, and a generation, that had little to no personal experience of antisemitism. Like so many American Jews, I am the descendent of grandparents who came to the United States from Eastern Europe in the early years of the 20th…

Antisemitism is surging worldwide, and enormous effort is being invested in combating it through facts, rebuttals, and counter-narratives. These efforts are well intentioned—but they miss the point.

Rabbi Tal…

It has become common to view Shabbat on a number of levels. Yet, no matter how you do so, one question remains uncomfortable: the Talmud states that the non-Jew who observes Shabbat deserves death. This is by no means to say that they are…

The most effective propaganda today doesn’t argue. It exhausts.

One of the most common phrases heard in discussions about Israel and Gaza is: “It’s complicated.” That is true. But complexity is not the same as confusion – and…

The ANC likes to frame its support for Hamas and Palestinian militant groups as a natural extension of its own liberation struggle.

That comparison is not just wrong…

It is morally bankrupt!

Umkhonto we…