
Editor's Picks



What Ever Happened to the LA Times?
Dan Schnur

Who Are the Jews On Joe Biden’s Cabinet?
Ryan Torok


No Labels: The Group Fighting for the Political Center
Larry Greenfield
Latest Articles

Scaffolding Anti-Zionism: The Hate We Missed
Naya Lekht

Melanie Lutz: “Everything is Soup,” Stirring the Pot and Stu’s Stew
Debra L. Eckerling

An Excerpt from ‘Choosing to Be Chosen,’ My New Conversion Memoir
Kylie Ora Lobell

Rosner’s Domain | Are You Ready for Another War?
Shmuel Rosner

Trust: A Knowing Beyond Knowing
Peter Himmelman


How Humans Can Avoid Becoming an Endangered Species in the Age of AI and Robotics
November 12, 2025
There are irreplaceable aspects of the human experience — empathy, creativity and genuine connection — that technology cannot replicate despite the overwhelming profit motive to do so.

To Fight Antisemitism Let’s Stop Pointing Fingers and Start Seeking Allies
November 12, 2025
There are many Americans who support us and might even increase that support if the Jewish community creates fertile ground for cultivating their support.

When Halloween Turns to Hate, Parents Must Wake Up
November 12, 2025
If we shrug this off as harmless youthful ignorance, we’ll be teaching the next generation that nothing matters —that the suffering of others is just another costume to try on.

Abraham Lincoln’s Akedah
November 12, 2025
Though Lincoln himself was not Jewish, his words of support drawn from the faith of history’s first Jew continue to serve as a chord of comfort in the American consciousness.

Bringing the Torah to Life in the Digital Age
November 12, 2025
The dream is simple: that every person who wants to read Torah, teach Torah, or hear Torah should be able to do so with ease, confidence, and joy.

The Law and Culture of Civil Same-Sex Marriage
November 11, 2025
The Obergefell litigation and its aftermath is a perfect illustration of how the legal theory of cultural analysis can move us beyond the endless spiral of polarization and strife we now face.

Jews Getting It from Both Sides
November 11, 2025
As long as either the Republicans or Democrats are willing to harbor the haters, they should no longer be rewarded with knee-jerk loyalty from our community.

New ICC Poll: Antisemitism Surges on U.S. College Campuses as Support for Israel Falls
November 11, 2025
The tracking poll, which has been ongoing since the war’s outset, shows the lowest favorability for Israel ever measured among U.S. college students, as well as a persistent climate of intolerance toward Jewish identity and expression.

Selective Outrage: The Warped Collapse of Modern Feminism
November 10, 2025
The movement that once defended women from oppression now routinely excuses or even celebrates their oppressors — so long as those oppressors aren’t perceived as “white” or Jewish.

The Elephant on Bruin Walk: UCLA Can’t Curb Campus Antisemitism While Ignoring Faculty-Led Anti-Zionism
November 10, 2025
At UCLA, faculty and departments have moved anti-Zionist activism from the margins into university life, becoming a core engine of campus antisemitism.

The United States Dissolved after 85 Years and Was Saved by One Man. Who Will Be Israel’s Lincoln?
November 10, 2025
Lincoln understood that nations endure not through might but through meaning. Israel’s strength, too, must rest on moral conviction — that a Jewish and democratic state in the Holy Land is not an accident of history but a moral necessity.


Start Spreading the Jews: It’s Up to Jews to Save New York, New York
November 9, 2025
Mamdani’s election should be seen as the tipping point that made the Jews go all-in to save their city. Is there any group better suited for this task? Has any group done more for this great city?

They’re Trying to Muzzle the Jews—Again
November 9, 2025
There’s nothing objectively controversial about the ADL’s plan to set up a website and a hotline to keep an eye on the Mamdani administration. There is good reason to monitor Mamdani.

New York State OUT of Mind
November 8, 2025
If looming bankruptcy, social unrest and violent crime are part of Mamdani’s prescription for a more progressive New York, people will leave—not just the wealthy looking for safer tax havens, but everyone if they discover that the New York City of 2026 is as unlivable as it was in 1976.

‘Anti-Racism’ Movement Failed Because It Was Anti-American
November 8, 2025
When you base a movement around something immutable in a country that is all about aspiration and the possibility of change, your movement becomes a hope-killer without a future.


Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Elchanan Shoff’s Thirst for Knowledge
November 6, 2025
What sets Rabbi Elchanan Shoff apart from his colleagues and predecessors is his unquenchable desire to find out everything about everything.

Holocaust Museum LA, Beit Issie Shapiro Galas Draw Local Leadership
November 6, 2025
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.

One Cannot Live by Law Alone
November 6, 2025
The lesson of Sodom is that one cannot live by law alone.

