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For those who claim genocide in Gaza, the numbers paint an embarrassing reality. Their assertions stem from either ignorance, stubborn ideology, or sheer bigotry — not exactly the best foundations for moral outrage. Because when you…

When I was an undergraduate at Northwestern University from 1978-1982 a tenured mechanical engineering professor named Arthur Butz published a book called “The Hoax of the Twentieth Century” denying the Holocaust. Every once in a while a…

Lately, math teachers have been living in fear of two numbers: six and seven.

If you say them together in class, “Turn to page 67,” or “Do problems six and seven” chaos erupts. Students throw up their hands, yell “Six Seven!” and…

During Sukkot, we read from Ecclesiastes. “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to dance. This year, those ancient words carried a…

With all the justified jubilation on the return of the hostages and the achievement of a ceasefire in Gaza, it is easy to forget that some of most important aspects of the ceasefire agreement only exist as vague principles. Guaranteeing a…

Two years ago, my relationship with my Jewish identity was fractured. I was a Jew who wanted to belong, yet felt disconnected and unsure of what that belonging meant.

I considered myself left-wing, sometimes even self-critical, even…

Why do so many people (including quite a few Jews) believe the grievous libel that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza when “genocide” in Gaza (or against Palestinians in general) is clearly false and a self-serving fabrication?

Some…

My time in Europe for my Holocaust History/International Criminal Law study abroad trip last summer started in a whirlwind. After a flight cancelled at 11pm when we were already on the plane, and a rebooked flight taking off at 6am, we…

Everyone in Israel is celebrating the cease fire in Gaza and the return of roughly 20 live hostages (as well numerous dead bodies) who have been held by Hamas for over two years….

Monday, all of the living hostages were released. Alongside them, several of the murdered were returned home for burial. Two sacred acts happened at once — life restored and dignity returned.

Across the world, Jews everywhere found…