The real standout, in this nightmare, has to be the brave Israelis who stormed the flydubai cockpit and were covered with blood once they took down the knife-wielding terrorist.
Every generation imagines that it has finally outgrown antisemitism, only to rediscover that the impulse and the hate remain, even when hibernating beneath the surface.
For generations, the Jewish community has assumed that stronger Jewish day schools require greater investment in Jewish day schools. Those investments matter, but they don't begin early enough.
As Israelis head to the polls, questions over Netanyahu’s knowledge of October 7 and calls for an inquiry are taking center stage.
There is something deeply strange about an Israel increasingly able to discuss its future with Arab and Muslim states while European nations grow increasingly hostile.
Long gone are the Soviet documents that classified my father’s nationality as “Jew.” In America, I found another kind of othering - this time within my own community.
EcoPeace’s proposed Peace Triangle seeks to connect Gaza’s rehabilitation with water, energy, economic, and security cooperation.
Whereas David Ben-Gurion spoke of integrating Israel into the community of nations in Israel’s declaration of independence, Netanyahu spoke of Israel as a self-sufficient Sparta.
Israel faces growing global hostility driven by religious, ideological and historical forces that extend far beyond its policies.
The West hears are other words: freedom, justice, liberation, resistance, human rights. Words it knows, loves, and has built its moral identity around. A mind doesn't check where a word comes from.
The ADA established a decisive policy against disability discrimination; it’s high time Israel does the same.
