We’re no longer that weak kid in school, and we should stop acting like one. It’s time to start acting like winners, not because it’s a smart PR strategy but because it’s who we are.
It’s worth remembering Spielberg’s journey as we try to figure out how to respond to the recent wave of anti-Jewish sentiment in this great land of opportunity.
As we enter this American day of thanks, we shouldn’t forget the blessing of being able to make things better.
Because Chappelle plays in the very Jewish playground of comedy, it makes it that much harder to calibrate our response.
Bibi has changed his tune since his big election victory. Now we’re seeing the unity Bibi, not the divisive Bibi who said whatever it took to win.
The humanistic view of “Jewish power” gets totally lost in the modern media circus when power is measured in dollars and clicks, rather than values and wisdom.
Instead of instilling a sense that we can transcend what we can’t change and focus on what we can change, the educators at the University of Chicago would rather harp on the “problem” with something immutable.
If there is one industry in America that must champion open debate and free speech in all of its messiness and glory, it must be the publishing industry.
In recent weeks, we’ve seen examples of two types of Jew-hatred that represent different kinds and levels of threat.
As Jews bemoan the rise in antisemitism, it’s important that we don’t take for granted the widespread condemnations of this hatred.
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