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“After the attack on Pearl Harbor, in which 2,400 American servicemen were killed, the United States went on to kill over three million Japanese without being accused of genocide; after 9/11, in which 2,800 Americans died, we went on to…

We’re praying that all the hostages will come home. We rejoice with apprehension. After all, Hamas is a terror organization whose Charter calls for the obliteration of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic state in all historic…

United by Our Experience of Anxiety

There are few moments when we all come together — friends and foes, allies and enemies — not united by shared values or a vision for the future, but by a shared anxiety.Tonight feels like one of those…

The yellow hostage pins that many of us have been wearing on our lapels for two years can be taken off.  The silver hostage necklaces that many of us wore around our necks can be removed. The misheberach prayer for the hostages can be…

In the long and grim annals of Australia’s legal history, few cases are as emblematic of miscarriage, prejudice, and institutional failure as that of the Croatian Six.

In 1981, six Croatian-Australians—recent migrants, many with little or…

The first planets beyond our solar system were discovered over three decades ago. Since then, 6,000 exoplanets have been confirmed in our galaxy; and astronomers have detected another 5,000 planetary candidates that need a second sighting to…

Antisemitism in many democratic societies has entered a new and deeply concerning phase. It no longer hides behind coded language or quiet bias, and it stands louder and more public than before. Jewish immigrants in North America and Europe,…

Hours after the hostage deal between Israel and Hamas was signed, I understood the meaning of the psalmist’s words: “We were like dreamers.”

After a series of partial hostage releases over the course of two years, the “Trump Deal”…

Aging is not for the weak, I thought to myself when the bus jerked forward and I landed hard in the seat on my left hip.  October 11, I breathed my first breath in the world. On the Hebrew calendar it is after the holidays, Daled Cheshvan. I…