For decades, Israel has lived under the illusion-pressure of international promises, diplomatic “breakthroughs,” and grand ceremonies that claim to usher in peace. Again and again, these deals are wrapped in gold-trimmed rhetoric but collapse…
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The Dangers Of False Peace Deals
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Say Something
Say Something! In these days of violence unleashed, tenuously subdued, and barely restrained – what is a human being to do? In these days of flagrant public antisemitism intertwined with virulent anti-Zionism – what is a friend of Israel…
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Silence of the Moderates: Breeding Antisemitism
Why decent people look away while the oldest hatred returns The puzzle is not why antisemites speak. Fanatics, conspiracists, and revolutionaries of one kind or another have never lacked for words. The puzzle is why so many of the educated, the…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel — Part IX
One People’s Hope Becomes Another’s Fear Few ideas in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict are as politically consequential or emotionally fraught as Palestinian nationalism. At its core, it expresses a basic human aspiration: the desire to…
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The Mayor Who Showed Up: A Jewish Reflection on Eric Adams’s Leadership
By Dr. Shmuel Legesse Former New York City Government Employee Upcoming Author of Moral Diplomacy for a Broken World: Inspired by the Vision of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks In the two decades I worked for New York City in public service, youth programs,…
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Israel’s Space Power, Commercial Gap
Ofek 19 proves Israel’s edge. Now it must build a civilian engine worthy of it I felt that familiar quickening in the chest when the news broke: Ofek 19 had not only reached orbit, it had begun whispering back its first images. You do not…
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Cameron Kasky, Jewish Parkland shooting survivor, is running for Congress on platform to ‘stop funding genocide’
Cameron Kasky, the 25-year-old Jewish activist and school shooting survivor, has entered the race to represent one of the United States’ most Jewish congressional districts — on a platform that includes stopping…
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Democrats urge Senate to oppose Trump’s pick for antisemitism envoy ahead of confirmation hearing
On the eve of a long-delayed Senate confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick for antisemitism envoy, a group of House Democrats is urging senators to reject the nomination of Yehuda Kaploun, arguing that he…
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The Challenges of Posthumous Parenthood: Insights from a Yoetzet Halacha PART 1
PART 1: MAKING THE DECISION Shortly after the war began, the wife of a reserve soldier sits down with her sister for dinner. Her husband was called to the front line when the war broke out on October 7th, and he has been fighting with…
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Give Thanksgiving a Jewish Twist with Pumpkin Challah
Challah at Thanksgiving? In my experience, no bread more represents intention and gratitude than a loaf of homemade challah. At Thanksgiving (or at the Shabbat Thanksgiving leftovers dinner the next day), I give my challah a twist and flavor it…
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