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For many years I attended an annual women’s summit at Rhode Island’s Bryant University where I listened to dozens of speeches, many given by celebrities. However, the most memorable speaker I heard at these conferences was not a…

My 12 year old son, Naftali, called me last Sunday night from a friend’s bar mitzvah at the Bondi pavilion.

“Mum. I am not joking. There is a shooter here. I… I don’t know what to do”.  

I did not for one second think he was…

This Chanukah began with shocking darkness, an unspeakable crime against not only Jews in Australia, but ultimately each one of us. However, our response to the event bespeaks the resilience of our people, a people that are committed to…

Nations, like people, carry assumptions about the world that allow them to function. These assumptions are rarely spoken aloud. They are simply lived.

That mornings begin in peace.
That homes are safe.
That joy is trustworthy.
That institutions…

First, let me state very clearly that I support the concept of two states, one Jewish and one Palestinian. I support it not because I am very excited about the prospect of one more Arab state that would most likely not tolerate Jewish…

In Part 1 of this essay, we looked at the words pitaron and pesher as ways of “explaining/interpreting” an enigmatic text or statement. We left off last week’s essay with the possibility that the word pesher is actually a…

There’s A Fresh Independent Path for California.

Since November 6, 2024, I’ve felt politically homeless.

Like many of you, I came of age believing in Democratic values — decency, inclusion, justice, compassion. Over the past few years,…

Last week two ISIS gunmen opened fire on civilians on Bondi Beach as the Jewish community celebrated Chanukah. The terrorists killed a rabbi, a ten-year-old girl and more than a dozen others. Our collective and personal grief is real,…

JD Vance — who may very well be the next president of the United States — says most Americans are not antisemitic.

He cites vague, unsupported percentages. He argues that what looks like rising antisemitism is actually a “backlash”…