Matthew Schultz is the author of the essay collection “What Came Before” (2020). He is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts.
The Uncommitted Movement — the main Democratic caucus pushing for a Palestinian speaker — does not exist in a political vacuum. Their main goal is to steer the Democratic Party towards a radical arms embargo on Israel.
Today as well we are ringed by enemies threatening to wipe us off the map, and yet here we are. Another Altalena is sailing over the horizon.
Before Theodor Herzl’s day, Zionists were known as Chovevei Tzion, lovers of Zion. Their Zionism was rooted primarily in profound love of place.
On Saturday, the Golan Heights came under global scrutiny when Hezbollah bombed a soccer field in the Druze village of Madjal Shams, killing 12 children.
Let’s be clear — this is about the culture war, not religion.
There is no shortage of self-righteousness in the world right now, and no shortage of pretty words being deployed to justify it.
Among the hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza are five Americans. Why are so few people talking about them?
Sometimes I lose time. I pick up my phone to check my calendar and suddenly come to, realizing that 40 minutes have passed.
Like Anne, Noa was secreted away in an apartment while a war raged outside, unsure if she would ever again be allowed to walk free.
Blaming Israel at this point has become second nature.
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