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When I published my post yesterday — “Trump’s ‘stupid Jews’ comment is the same old antisemitic garbage” — I knew I was tossing a match into a dry field. The Times of Israel blogs comment sections have long become a familiar…

We can, and must, stand firm against antisemitism without crossing into fear or prejudice.

I don’t like Mamdani. I think his views cross into antisemitism, not just anti-Zionism. His statements about Israel’s right to exist – and about…

The Doctrine of Sacred Realism: the belief that holiness and practicality, destiny and discipline, can coexist in one national vision.

How Is It Possible?

How is it possible that after the horrors of October 7 — after wars on multiple…

I’ve always struggled with expressions like, “Our community is open to everyone,” or “Everyone should be able to bring their whole selves here.”  

I get the sentiment.  These kinds of phrases are intended to reflect a…

The Ballot That Crossed a Line

This week in Somerville, Massachusetts, voters were met with a troubling surprise on their ballots. Amid local races, they were asked if the city should sever ties with companies that support “Israel’s…

We are today witnessing a dramatic rise in antisemitism in the United States and around the world that most Jews alive have never seen, experienced or imagined before. This millennia-old shape-shifting hatred that appears in different forms…

Near the foot of Tel Megiddo, the earliest winepress ever found in Israel, and somewhat later evidence of Canaanite religious practices including what seems to have been a miniature shrine, have been discovered in salvage excavations thanks to…

Quietly, quietly, in the midst of the chaotic times we live in, some of the most bizarre events have recently been added to the ever-growing list of scandals produced by that peculiar entity known as the Chief Rabbinate.

Just this week, the…

I’m not surprised, but I am heartbroken.

I love New York City.

Where my grandparents settled after they escaped the Shoah and started a new chapter for our family. Where I went every weekend growing up, the bastion of culture, of…

When I hear people chant “Globalize the Intifada,” I don’t think Tiffany’s will be bombed or McSorley’s will crumble.

The violence won’t arrive with masked gunmen in the streets. It will be quieter, more insidious.

Maybe Zabar’s…