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The Exodus happened in an instant, but the journey to freedom takes much longer than one night.

Yes, it all starts in a big rush – matzah on our backs, doors flung open, a people rushing toward freedom. (We’ve all seen the movie!) But…

As the Iran war escalates, a familiar and painful pattern is once again emerging. The military confrontation may take place thousands of miles from many Jewish communities, yet the consequences are felt immediately and intensely across the…

Every time I fly, I come home saying, “Never again”—not because of what happens while I’m away but because of what’s involved in boarding a plane. I’m just back in London from New York and I’m still not over the dehumanizing…

After exposing my grandfather’s role in the Holocaust, I watched a nation double down on denial—and turn against those who speak out.

I spent years doing everything I was told a person of conscience should do.

I met with the directors of…

It’s nearly Passover. First seder is tomorrow night. I’m not remotely ready. I never am. I’ve done some cleaning, emptying deep drawers and scrubbing their bottoms, restocking them with Pesach victuals. My husband is in charge of most…

I was recently asked the following question: What do you believe are the challenges that face the Jewish World at this moment?

It should come as no surprise that (unfortunately) the first thing I shared was Antisemitism. Let’s face it: We…

Yemen, with its regional differences and long-standing local identities, may simply be too complex to govern from a single center that no longer commands trust.

Sheikh Dr. Mohammed bin Issa Al-Jaber’s latest statement reads less like a…

In much of the developing world, financial inclusion is framed as a problem of access, how to bring the unbanked into the system. Somaliland has already solved that problem. What it has not solved until now is integration. Over the past…

Democratic officials in four suburban New York counties are decrying a local congressional candidate who criticized Israel during an appearance this weekend with Hasan Piker, the leftist streamer who has divided Democrats…

Passover is one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar. Every year, Jews around the world gather to read the Haggadah, which recounts the story of the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt. 

To honor their rush to…