Not the Rubicon of Antisemitism, but of a New Feudal Order “If you see the poor oppressed in a province, and justice and righteousness trampled, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a higher one, and there are yet…
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Not the Rubicon of Antisemitism, but of a New Feudal Order
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Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress amid clashes with Trump over Israel, Epstein
Far-right Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced late Friday that she would resign from the House amid a rift with President Donald Trump over the release of the Epstein files and her staunch opposition…
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Laughter in Berlin, Hope in Israel
Notes on Jewish Belonging – Between Berlin and Ben-Gurion: What Jewish Belonging Feels Like Right Now Memory behind me. Home ahead. And a comedian in the middle reminding me why Jews keep returning. I spent some time this past week in Berlin —…
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OK, Mamdani has rizz. Now what do we do about it?
On the night Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of New York City, he walked onstage before a sea of supporters that greeted him with enthusiastic applause. “He isn’t bad looking,” said my wife, looking up from her phone at the TV….
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Two Years
For two years, I have largely stayed away from posting on Facebook. I have purged many “friends” — the ones who didn’t have the bandwidth to utter even the most banal of condolences when we were slaughtered, yet had an opinion about genocide or…
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Tefillah Is Not ‘Prayer’; It Is Self-Judgement Before the King
You already know the words of the Amidah, the bows, the steps. Now meet the soul of the word itself. The verb we use three times daily is לְהִתְפַּלֵּל, lehitpallēl (Yemenite pronunciation). Its root is פ־ל־ל, p-l-l, which in…
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Plano ISD’s Antisemitism Problem – Still a Problem
Plano ISD’s Antisemitism Problem Is No Longer Denied—But It Is Still Ignored When I first wrote about the dangerous rise of antisemitism in Plano ISD, many insisted the problem was exaggerated or “misunderstood.” Others…
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Gratitude for the Things We Do Not See or Perceive
Gratitude is easy when life is smooth, when the blessings are obvious, when the moments sparkle, when everything lines up the way we hoped. But the real test, the one that reveals who we are and who we want to be, comes when the world…
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Brown University – The Jewish Ivy?
On the weekend of November 7-9, Brown University hosted its unprecedented celebration of “130 Years of Jewish Life at Brown.” At some point during Shabbat dinner, between the ridiculously decadent noodle kugel and Robert Kraft’s talk about…
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Israeli Democracy Under Strain
Israel is facing one of the most perilous democratic moments in its history. This is not business as usual. It is a democratic emergency. In recent weeks alone, we have witnessed attacks on journalists and academics, punitive legislation…
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