We’ve mastered the language of opposition — and forgotten how to speak for what we believe in. There’s a fundamental moral difference between opposition and advocacy. Opposition is about what you reject. Advocacy is about what you build….
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Are We Against Something… or For Something?
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Let’s not slip from surge to slumber
This winter is no time to hibernate our activism Since October 7, 2023, there has been a marked increase in American Jews doing “Jewish.” The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) labeled this the “surge.” Its latest survey found…
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Overcoming terrifying obstacles: A parable from the Baal Shem Tov
The Degel Machaney Ephraim, Rav Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sidiklohv, brings down in Parshas Ki Savo, an incredible ‘mashul’ ( parable) that he heard from his grandfather, the holy Baal Shem Tov. Tzadikkim say over, that this mashul incorporates…
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Selective Outrage Epidemic
On November 21, 2025, the world witnessed an atrocity that should have shaken every conscience: more than 300 Catholic students and 12 staff members were kidnapped from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria. Armed men…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel – Part XIII
Displacement, Return, and the Meaning of Home Exile, Refuge, Memory, and Justice Series Preface Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel traces how law, belonging, dignity, and justice shape life between the river and the sea….
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The Marked Collar
During the Nazi uprising in the early 20th century, The Grand Mufti in Jerusalem was worried about Zionism and a return of Israel’s Indigenous people to their homeland to escape the holocaust. Arabs are from the Arabian peninsula. My Dutch…
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The Crime of Holodomor in Ukraine
Food is never neutral. It blesses or wounds, nurtures or humiliates, binds communities or shames them. In Israel, the national emblem is not the lion but the cow — the generous, milky cow that nourishes a land half desert, half abundance. There…
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Why 21st-Century Judaism Should Reject the Death Penalty – in ALL Cases
Note: An original version of this article appeared here in Evolve on October 6, 2025. —————————————————————— While Israel now considers executing convicted terrorists by lethal injection, it bears…
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When Villains Become Heroes
This next post is inspired by an article I read by Rabbi Matthew Schultz, who wrote on how, in his opinion, in modern culture, traditional fictional villains have become cultural heroes. Rabbi Schultz offers a simple yet brilliant explanation. He…
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Smartphones Are Failing Israeli Students
As a high school teacher, I’ve watched phones hijack attention, learning, and even childhood itself. It’s time we say enough. To this day I’ll still remember the clock on the classroom wall. It had a second hand. It ticked loudly. When I…
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