Every attack on Israel cloaks itself in various ethical arguments, but one accusation is repeated again and again: Israel is aggressive and domineering, incompatible with a universal ethic that … more

It would be difficult to underestimate the impact of Abdul El-Sayed on American politics. His victory in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary over Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens … more

Last week, Mayor Mamdani finally conceded publicly what he certainly knew privately before he began his recent torch-and-pitchfork charade about arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … more

Over the course of the last few decades, as violence seemed to become an accepted fact of American society, casting blame on political opponents for incidents that could often be reasonably … more

What will it take? What needs to happen before Jews finally take full measure of the meteoric rise in antisemitism around the world — and start taking it personally? How close to home must it hit? … more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is once again making news, this time for going back on his campaign promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he comes to New York. Jewish advocates … more

In his recent Haaretz op-ed, dramatically titled “The crimes committed in Gaza are known, but Israelis prefer to forget them: Here is a reminder,” historian Lee Mordechai attempts to position … more

There is a peculiar cruelty in watching a European government stumble into a fight it did not need to have. Across the continent, the ancient Jewish practice of brit milah has long occupied an … more

As of this week, five people died, and dozens more have fallen gravely ill from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease concentrated on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. An extreme form of … more

We had a special visitor at our shul in Johannesburg this past Shabbat: Avi Kagan, the newly appointed director of the Israel Center and the Jewish Agency’s representative in South Africa. The … more