A Heavenly Service
Morton Schapiro
June 17, 2026
During these days when it is so easy to succumb to despair, religious services can serve as a wonderful antidote to hopelessness. Especially this one.
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Jewish Caucus Stands Up
Dan Schnur
June 17, 2026
One of the best-kept secrets in California politics is the effectiveness and growing influence of the Legislative Jewish Caucus.
Did Trump and Bibi Lose to a Strait Flush?
David Suissa
June 15, 2026
There’s no bigger sign of failure than to consider a return to the status quo at Hormuz a “great deal.” Never mind that Iran will no doubt use the Strait as leverage in the future.
An Israeli Leftist Gets Mugged by Reality
David Suissa
June 13, 2026
These Palestinian filmmakers didn’t need any excuse to crush an artist. All they needed to know was that Lapid was Israeli. Never mind that he supports boycotting the country they hate.
Artificial Everything: The More AI Grows, the Blander it Becomes
David Suissa
June 12, 2026
Only humans can create things from scratch. Machines are brilliant at taking that “scratch” and running with it, but if there’s no human content in its digital brain, a machine is useless in front of a blank page.
Sleepless in Jerusalem, Mad About the Knicks
David Suissa
June 11, 2026
I’ve been a sports nut my whole life, so it was no big deal to be up in the middle of the night to follow a major sporting event.
Nothing to Fear but Fear
Mark Schiff
June 10, 2026
If I toss out a can of baked beans that expired one day earlier for fear of botulism, what do you think goes through my mind when it comes to bears, mountain lions, sharks and rattlesnakes?
The Many-States Solution
Dan Schnur
June 10, 2026
As we weigh the benefits and downsides of a potential two-state solution, the unguaranteed but plausible prospect of an unprecedented regional peace should be considered as part of that discussion.
I’m in Northern Israel, Reading About Iranian Missiles Coming Our Way
David Suissa
June 8, 2026
Maybe hiding the fear was my own personal missile. Maybe it was my own defiant message to the Jew-hating murderers in Tehran.
Jerusalem: A City that Defies Description
David Suissa
June 5, 2026
For about an hour or two, you’re asked to absorb centuries upon centuries of kings, armies, religions and empires taking turns trying to control the center of the world.
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