Pluralism isn’t about keeping religion out of the public square, and it’s not about demanding that religion speak with one voice. It’s recognizing that a healthy democracy depends on many traditions.
In a moment defined by polarization and information overload, Israel’s most effective diplomatic asset may not be louder messaging, but intentional proximity.
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.
Jewish continuity is shaped long before adulthood, and early childhood education must become a priority.
Terrorism is growing across Africa as coups, corruption, and weak leadership leave nations exposed and children unsafe.
Lebanon has not had a government in decades that truly sought the country’s rehabilitation and a genuine disengagement from Iranian patronage.
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.
