Israel’s healthcare system is often portrayed as a model of successful coexistence — a space where Jews and Arabs work side by side treating patients and are guided by professionalism that rises above political or national divisions….
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Not Heaven of Coexistence– Israel’s Healthcare System Holds a Mirror to Society
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Superman Was, Is, And Always Will Be Jewish
To Be Clear: The New Film Is a Version of Our Story, Not the Other Way Around. I’m writing this from 30,000 feet in the air on my way home to Los Angeles from Israel, where I participated in the World Zionist Congress and decided…
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Aliza Licht Leads 35 Women Executives on ‘Extraordinary’ Mission to Israel
Becoming an activist for Israel and the Jewish people wasn’t on brand for Aliza Licht. Maintaining personal brand guardrails on social media was fundamental to Aliza’s philosophy as the Founder of multimedia brand and consultancy Leave Your…
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Why Antisemitism Defies Natural Explanation
Antisemitism is the world’s oldest and most persistent hatred. No other form of prejudice has crossed as many civilizations, reshaped itself across so many centuries, or survived so many moral revolutions. What began as a religious accusation…
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The BBC storm: It’s not just a few reporting mistakes
Two network honchos took the fall for individual scandals, deflecting attention from a deeper pattern of institutional bias and failure
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Paris, Finally, Registered My Birth
Paris, Finally, Registered My Birth In memory of my father, Sigmond Shore and my mother, Dr. Lena Allen Shore (Thérèse Lena Shore) It all began in Paris March nineteen, nineteen hundred forty eight. I was born without being registered. The…
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No One Is Spared
Last week’s parashah, Vayera, ended with the story of the Akedah, the binding of Yitzḥak (Isaac), a divine command that could have ended with Yitzḥak’s tragic death at his father’s hands, a fate ultimately averted by divine…
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Haftarat Parshat Chayei Sarah: Leadership and Family
This week, thousands of Jews will spend Shabbat at the burial place of Sarah Imenu and Avraham Avinu as we read the parsha that narrates their deaths and foreshadows the legacy they leave. This custom is unique, as far as drawing large numbers of…
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The Kushner-Netanyahu Meeting: Advancing Phase Two of Trump’s Gaza Vision
This week, Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the next stages of the fragile Gaza ceasefire, as Washington steps up efforts to keep the truce on track. Netanyahu said Israel would uphold the ceasefire in…
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Thorns Amidst the Flowers
The return of the remains of Staff Sergeant Itay Chen, Lior Rudaeff and Lieutenant Hadar Goldin for burial in Israel brings us one step closer to closing the loop set in motion on October 7, 2023. Our leaders remain determined to bring all the…
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