Hanukkah reminds us that even the most barbaric hatred of antiquity has never been enough to destroy Jewish life; the real danger emerges when Jews are willing to flagellate their own identity.
When antisemitic incidents occur, the world prefers to talk about the feel-good narrative rather than Jewish victims of terror.
Normalization has become less about peace and more about political survival for Sudan’s leaders.
It is important for opinion shapers, journalists, researchers, and all those who work in the business of information and knowledge to visit Israel and tell the story as it truly is.
An end to the conflict will continue to be impeded by Palestinian intransigence until serious actions against them demonstrate that reform is their only path to survival.
While there are several important and certainly worrisome parallels that make the comparison between Hitler’s world and our world valid, as a whole, the parallel does not hold up.
The US must send a clear and immediate message to Ankara and Damascus that attempts to militarily reshape northern Syria are unacceptable.
Unlike previous administrations, Donald Trump is willing – even eager – to reduce Israel’s dependence on the United States.
Hanukkah is not sentimental spirituality: It is political theology. It proclaims that Jewish existence is not justified by how pleasing it is to others, nor how dissolves into general humanity.
Hope is the belief that the world can be made whole and that Jews have a role in doing just that.
If foreign governments want more people to leave safely, they must do the unglamorous work: issue visas, arrange onward travel, accept evacuees, and fund logistics.
