Free speech
Brown University president Christina Paxson to step down after Trump administration clashes
Paxson said she planned to leave her job a year earlier, but extended her tenure at the university to "navigate a federal funding freeze that imperiled our mission."
I left Germany looking for free speech and found it in a room full of Israelis, Arabs, and Iranians
Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with terrorism, issues arrest warrant
Trump teleprompter operator accused of placing insider bets on presidential speech scripts
Religious Services Minister plans law to exempt rabbis from political comments restrictions
Minister Matan Kahana's comments were criticized since municipal chief rabbis are in effect never subject to disciplinary procedures despite gross violations of the regulations.
A writer's experience with cancel culture
While there is a lot of horrible language that deserves to be challenged and even canceled, it has created a climate of fear for writers like me.
When cancel culture comes for Jews - opinion
When “cancel culture” translates to public accountability for one’s behavior or comments, it sometimes seems only fair. But in an era of social media, the consequences can be profound.
Canceling free speech leads to whitewashing history - opinion
Whatever happened to the once-noble American traditions of free speech, an open marketplace of ideas and academic freedom?
Emi Palmor: The Israeli watchdog involved in Facebook's ban on Trump
With an imminent decision on Trump on the Oversight Board’s docket, all eyes are on its 20 members.
Oppressive Turkish gov’t pushes bizarre ‘human rights’ plan - analysis
Is Turkey’s “human rights” plan just virtue-signaling to try to forestall US criticism, or is it part of a process of creating a new constitution and seeking to turn itself into a one party state?
Free speech does not mean hate speech - opinion
The limits of free speech were violated in the ad hominem assaults on Rabbi Beals, which are intolerable.
Capitol riot underscores the shared values of Americans and Israelis
Neither the US nor Israel has experienced a direct threat to the basic functioning of their democracies quite like the unspeakable act of Trump supporters storming the Capitol
My Word: Social media’s ultimate cancel culture
Who has the last word in determining what can be said in public in the global village?
Progressive Jewish groups oppose codification of IHRA antisemitism definition
Network of left-wing Jewish organizations argues that legal adoption of IHRA definition could stifle free speech and suppress debate on Israel. Foreign Ministry laments opposition to further adoption
