Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “stay out of Australian politics” is not an appeal…
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The Blogs: Turnbull’s Hollow Lectures | Nathan Krapivensky
Malcolm Turnbull (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO -
The Blogs: A Practical Path for Gaza – Phase II | William Keenan
Gaza’s future depends on whether the next three years can deliver stability, restore basic services, and create a foundation for long‑term political progress. Resolution 2803 provides the broad architecture for this transition,…
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The Blogs: Israel and America’s “Genesis Mission” | Eitan Yudilevich
Israelis are so busy with present-day, day-to-day worries, politics and news that it is easy to miss some very important developments, even when they come out of President Donald Trump’s White House. In this case, I am referring to the…
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The Blogs: Dancing with Dreidel Man on the National Mall | Jolie Bain Pillsbury
Public Jewish Life in Washington, DC circa 5786
The National Menorah on the National Mall, December 14, 2025 as attendees gather in the bitter cold.Photo courtesy of the author, Jolie Bain Pillsbury. At sunset on December 15, 2025, it…
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The Blogs: Bondi Beach did not happen in a vacuum | Judith Brown
The shooting at Bondi Beach, Australia, should not surprise anyone; it did not happen in a vacuum. The rising antisemitism and hatred have been deliberately tolerated with impunity by figures like Albanese of Australia, Macron of France,…
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The Blogs: From Menorahs to Massive Meals: How the Jewish Community Is Setting World Records | Michael Feldstein
When I was 12 years old, I bought a large paperback copy of The Guinness Book of World Records. It gave me hours of entertainment. I loved flipping through its pages to discover who was the tallest, heaviest, or shortest person in the…
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The Blogs: Lighting the Darkness: Chanukah Courage After Bondi Beach | Jonathan Muskat
One of my most formative experiences as a rabbi occurred early in my career, during a shiva call. I went to visit a young woman who had lost a parent, and I was desperate to say something helpful, to open a space for her to share her…
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The Blogs: Jewish Self Defense | Ginette Weiner
We began the year 5786 with yet another synagogue car ramming, stabbing, and killing Jews in the U.K. And for Chanukah, killing 16 Jews, aged 10 to 87 years old, including a Holocaust survivor, gathered on a beach in Australia, to celebrate…
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The Blogs: 20-Point Peace Plan Must Put Dismantling Iran’s Next-Gen H3 Playbook First | Tanveer Zamani
In this analysis, I examine the 20-point peace plan through a single strategic lens: whether Iran’s next-generation H3 proxy playbook is dismantled before political abstractions take hold.
‘H3′ refers to Hamas, Hezbollah, and the…
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The Blogs: Time to Starve the Monsters | Rena Cohen
Thoughts on the Bondi Beach Massacre, the Redlands, California Shooting and Possibly the Brown University Shooting
Something that every child who has ever hidden beneath their bed knows: monsters eat hatred for breakfast, fear for lunch,…
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