Opinion

As Israel’s economy and defense mature, US military aid may cost more politically than it delivers strategically.

Survivors of captivity, grieving mothers, and quiet heroes show that Israel’s true strength lies in its people.

Bound by family, not just fate, the Jewish people show why unity and sacrifice from Abraham to the October 7 massacre, and Hanukkah.

Ahmed al-Ahmed belongs in that moral family tree of the "Righteous Among the Nations."

Jewish self-defense must become as routine as lighting candles, as expected as teaching children their history, and as essential as the duty to save a life.

Hanukkah and Vayeshev together reveal that the festival’s light shines only when we open our eyes to our brothers’ struggles and choose loyalty and compassion.

The Maccabees may have lit Hanukkah’s first menorah using spears left by fleeing soldiers, transforming instruments of harm into a beacon of faith.

A year marked by hardship ends with light, unity, and restored hope across the Jewish world.

In Josephus’s account, Judah repeatedly stresses that Israel does not seek dominion over others, only the right to live according to its ancestral traditions in its own land.

Simchat Torah. Yom Kippur. Hanukkah. Our religious holidays are no longer safe for gathering Jews to celebrate their festivals worldwide.