Judaism
Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive
The Ghetto Fighters’ House brings rare archival artifacts and stories to Givatayim for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, linking past resilience to today’s changing world.
Jerusalem highlights: January 23-29
Parashat Bo: Jeremiah’s timeless promise to Israel
After October 7, IDF commanders visit Poland for Holocaust lessons and battlefield reflections
Death penalty debate: Jewish reverence for life vs Ben-Gvir’s cheapening of life - opinion
In degrading terrorists and criminals, Itamar Ben-Gvir is trashing Jewish religious values and cheapening everybody’s life.
Enduring Israeli-Palestinian peace impossible without religious faith leaders - opinion
Without faith leaders who take responsibility to stop the harm done in religion’s name and actively champion human rights, there will be no moral foundation for peace to endure.
Christian, Jewish, other holidays in the West are being hijacked by Islamist terror - opinion
Regrettably, as long as Western societies continue to placate, mollify, and coddle such pressures, this trajectory will only intensify.
Hatred of Jews so often fixates on the Land of Israel - opinion
Hatred of Jews has taken many forms, but it has always returned to one target: the Jewish people’s bond to the Land of Israel.
From chants to gunfire: How antisemitism was allowed to grow - opinion
Antisemitism was dismissed as rhetoric. Now Jews are being violently targeted because the world pretended that words don’t matter.
Jews cannot confront antisemitism by themselves - opinion
From Joseph and Pharaoh to today’s classrooms, it is clear that antisemitism cannot be fought by Jews alone.
This week in Jewish history: Yearning for Zion
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
This Jewish community in India celebrates Hanukkah not with fear, but in belonging
The community is largely unscathed by antisemitism and has existed here for centuries, fully integrated as Indians and Jews.
Lighthearted Hanukkah: Jokes and advice from Jews around the world
Here is a selection of the jokes that happily came my way.
My Word: The forces of light and darkness - opinion
A Hanukkah candlelighting in Australia became the scene of a terror attack, showing how appeasement of global antisemitism now spills into deadly violence.