Twenty-five years after the Durban Conference, there is a tidal wave of antisemitic attacks; 25 years after 9/11, Christian communities are being targeted no less than the Jews.
The test is whether, a year from now, we will still recognize one another as partners in the same extraordinary enterprise: building and defending the Jewish state.
Netanyahu would like nothing more than to campaign as the Israeli leader who stood up to Trump. Trump should refuse to play the role Netanyahu has written for him.
My immediate curiosity was straightforward: How would Israeli Jews vote in a hypothetical 2026 US national election, and how would American Jews vote in Israel’s October 2026 Knesset election?
Wherever we live, in Israel or America, however we vote, however we pray, we are one people. We can disagree, and we will, but we will still be able to wish each other a Shana tova.
The greatest danger after Israel’s military successes may be believing those successes make the country invulnerable.
For generations, Europe and Israel anchored their security in the United States until the alliance became dependence: Europe outsourced critical protection; America was embedded in Israel's structure
This year, as Rosh Hashanah coincides with 9/11, it offers us a rare opportunity to grapple not just with new starts, but also with trauma and resilience.
For Jewish communities abroad, camp is often the defining Jewish experience of the year: an immersive world where Jewish identity, Zionism, friendship, and leadership are lived rather than taught.
Munich remain a warning about what happens when hatred becomes an ideology, terrorism becomes a political weapon, and the murder of innocent people is rationalized in the name of a cause.
A convergence of trends and events – some global, some local – threatens to turn the Jewish New Year into a “perfect storm” for Israel, from elections and war to diplomacy and climate change.
