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Troubled Marriage
July 30, 2026
As Netanyahu visits Trump, Israelis look to Washington with wearier eyes. What does the future hold for the relationship?
A Rabbi Explains What’s Jewish About ‘The Odyssey’
July 29, 2026
In both, there’s sacrifices, there’s tribal identity, there’s a concern for honor and dignity. And then there are these huge, glaring differences
Tu b’Av and Redemption
July 29, 2026
On Tu b’Av, the full moon rises. The same people who mourned begin to dance. The same nation who splintered begins to seek one another out again in the vineyards, in the fields, in the moments of vulnerability and return.
Mission to the Jewish Community of Ethiopia
July 29, 2026
I didn’t even know that there were still Jews left in Ethiopia, but what I encountered there firsthand was a thriving Jewish community, with some very significant struggles.
The Myth of the Marxist Mishpacha
July 29, 2026
The Jewish immigrant who organized for a 40-hour work week did not do so to give his grandchildren a politics that asks them to feel guilty for their education, their professional success or their attachment to a Jewish state.
Professors Should Fight Campus Jew-Hatred as Educators, Not Bureaucrats
July 29, 2026
These are educational institutions. But most universities have allowed bureaucrats – in Washington and on campus – to hijack what could be “teachable moments.”
Framing the Faith of Maimonides
July 29, 2026
In this enriching new edition of the classic code of Jewish law, readers can delve deeply into the mind of Maimonides, from his analysis of the commandments to the controversies that have accompanied his writings, offering a window into the wisdom of one of our tradition’s preeminent thinkers.
Hope in Faith, Faith in Hope
July 29, 2026
Will Americans ever regain trust in our institutions? I think so.
Finding Communal Comfort
July 29, 2026
In the book of Isaiah, God calls the prophet to comfort the Jewish people. But we know this is really something we must do for one another.
Leaving Behind a Better World
July 29, 2026
The America my generation seems to be leaving our kids and grandkids is not safer nor saner, and it breaks my heart.
Boy George Releases Song Calling Out Israel’s Critics
July 29, 2026
The Culture Club singer shared a new song, “We Will Dance Again,” while calling out fellow musicians’ “selective memories” and “mouthing like sheep.”
Was Our Golden Age Fool’s Gold?
July 29, 2026
We didn’t think that we were living in a “Golden Age,” because it did not occur to us that what we were experiencing was only a temporary respite from centuries of animosity and intolerance.
Genocide Shmenocide
July 28, 2026
Since Israel evacuated Gaza in 2005, the Palestinian population has grown from 1.3 million to 2.1 million. In the West Bank, it has grown from 2.4 million to 3.4 million. If the Israelis were hellbent on committing genocide, it’s one of the most epic failures in military history.
Bibi’s Visit: Spin in the Air, Facts on the Ground
July 28, 2026
From Trump’s standpoint, the nuclear issue has been overtaken by the bedeviling problem of the Strait of Hormuz. What Trump sees now in Iran is a mess, not a victory.
The Obsession with Israel Is Becoming Creepy
July 28, 2026
The world’s fanatical fixation with a group that is less that 0.2 percent of the world’s population has crossed the boundaries of moral vocabulary and into creepiness.
What Will It Take?
July 26, 2026
An open revolt for Jewish rights and protections is going to have to come from Jews finally making demands and fighting back—or not at all.
Mamdani Needs to Pay a Price for Harming Jews
July 24, 2026
It’d be one thing if Mamdani were a lowly Israelophobe with a few hundred followers. But he’s not. He’s mayor of the city with the world’s largest Jewish population.
