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No Labels: The Group Fighting for the Political Center
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Stranded by War
Galia Miller Sprung
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Karen Lehrman Bloch
Neil Sedaka, Brooklyn-Born Hit-Maker, Dies at 86
March 4, 2026
Neil Sedaka was born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Mac and Eleanor Sedaka. His father was Sephardic and his mother Ashkenazi; Sedaka was a transliteration of the Hebrew “tzedakah.”
Even When the Missiles Fall, We Never Forget to Dance
March 4, 2026
Can you imagine what it’s like to read about a Persian prime minister seeking to destroy the Jews – as the Jewish army is finally fighting back with the American army against the Persian Jew-haters?
Letter to the UC Board of Regents on Fighting Antisemitism
March 4, 2026
We write as current and former UC faculty, many of us in STEM fields and professional schools, in response to the release of When Faculty Take Sides: How Academic Infrastructure Drives Antisemitism at the University of California.
Iran: More Questions Than Answers
March 4, 2026
Most military experts agree that fully replacing an authoritarian theocracy is much more difficult than merely decapitating it.
Shabbat in a Bunker
March 4, 2026
It turned out that this first round of sirens was a wake-up call, a warning that Israel and America were attacking – so we could expect a different day of rest than all of us had planned.
A Weakened Iran Is Already a Victory
March 3, 2026
No matter what happens going forward, something as earth-shattering as the fall of the Soviet Union has already happened in the Middle East.
Community Reacts to U.S.-Israel Attack Against Iran
March 3, 2026
Though there was uncertainty about what would ensue in the days following, those interviewed by The Journal acknowledged the strikes against the Islamic Republic in Iran constituted a pivotal turning point in the history of the Middle East.
A Persian Purim Reflection
March 3, 2026
When Purim arrives at a moment of global tension connected to Iran, it lands differently.
Emily Austin: Speaking Up Is an Obligation, Not a Choice
March 2, 2026
Austin’s ultimate goal is unity, even when the Jewish community feels divided.
2 Endgames Emerge as US-Israel Strikes Reshape Iran’s Military Posture
March 2, 2026
Tehran may either fracture under combined pressure or endure in a weakened state, stripped of key deterrent capabilities for years
Finally, Midnight for Mullahs
March 1, 2026
America’s new muscularity has placed the world on notice: This is no longer the United States of Obama and Biden. Red lines will be enforced. Provocations will not be ignored. Allies will be defended.
TIMELINE Missile Fire Follows Israeli Strikes on Iran; Over 100 Injured in Israel
March 1, 2026
Ayatollah Killed in U.S.-Israel Airstrikes; Regime Retaliation Kills 9 Israelis, 3 U.S. Troops; Synagogue Destroyed in Beit Shemesh; First Reports of Injuries in Jerusalem; 100,000 IDF Reservists Called up
Is Decapitating Evil Worth Risking a Messy War?
February 28, 2026
With its leadership teetering and Trump and Netanyahu calling for regime change, how far will the Islamic regime go to survive?
Israel, US strike Iran
February 28, 2026
Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that a missile and drone attack targeting Israeli civilians was expected “in the immediate future.”
An Unfinished Film About an Unfinished Grief
February 27, 2026
Frenkel describes the project as something that began while he was mourning his father and has continued without waiting for clarity or closure.
In The War Against Antizionism, Help Is On The Way
February 27, 2026
According to Adam Louis-Klein, Jew-hatred cloaked as political expression in the form of antizionism is a hate movement and should not be accepted.
Yes, We Have a Drinking Problem
February 27, 2026
Yes, we have a drinking problem, right here in the Jewish community.
Jewish Teens Want a Seat at the Table. After Oct. 7, They’ve Earned It.
February 27, 2026
If adult institutions cannot recover moral clarity, young Jews will build structures that can.
By Your Command – A poem for Parsha Tetzaveh
February 26, 2026
I’m a freeform command follower. Oxygen takes its own path into my lungs. My blood flows at its discretion.