The article asks why no other nation requires an “ism” to affirm its right to exist. The answer is that no other nation’s ...
When Israel declared independence in May 1948, five neighboring armies invaded. The fledgling state survived. The United ...
Who are we becoming and why? In this period of extraordinary disruption, where many of our beliefs, values and ideals are ...
The deeper irony is that the Haredi world is arguably the most “AI-dependent” community in Judaism. They are adherents to the original AI: The Shulchan Aruch (The Code of Jewish Law).
Vindman’s candidacy offers a counter-narrative. Here is a Jewish refugee who chose American citizenship, served in combat, was wounded defending this country, and when faced with presidential ...
Jesse Jackson, the American civil rights leader who died on February 17 at the age of 84, had a mercurial relationship with the Jewish community in the United States.
A year in Israel has the power to be transformative — not because it is comfortable, but because it stretches the soul.
One of the most persistent—and pernicious—myths being bandied about in the debate over how to achieve some peaceable resolution to the violence induced by radical Islam in Gaza is the proposed ...
Turkey’s evolving relationship with the Republic of Somaliland is characterized by a marked departure from neutrality. Initially positioned as a mediator between Somaliland and Somalia, Turkey has ...
In several of my junior high seventh-grade classes, this is a Bar Mitzvah year, and for some of the young girls a Bat Mitzvah year as well. Last week it was difficult to get the girls to focus on ...
Why does the JCC show all this kindness to strangers?
Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani has arrived in Washington for the inaugural Peace Board meeting. As one of the initiative’s ...