Opinion

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. 

The horrific massacre in Sydney was a terrifying breaking point. But it did not emerge in a vacuum.

This is not only a failure of government. It is a failure of law enforcement culture, of university leadership, of media judgment, and of national nerve.

An attack on Jews celebrating their faith is an attack on Australia itself. It is an assault on our values, our social cohesion, and the basic right of people to gather without fear.