In an attempt to repackage their “anybody but Bibi” brand, Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid — rotating heads of the previous government — have joined forces once again. This … more

Even before Israel’s modern-day rebirth in 1948, Jews routinely stood accused of not possessing sufficient loyalty to the nations where they resided. One of the earliest examples of this libel … more

Belgium is once again facing claims of antisemitism. Since raids on the homes of the three mohalim in Antwerp and the confiscation of their tools in May of 2025, there has been a great deal of … more

During the final ceremony of the most recent March of the Living at Auschwitz, Israel Defense Forces Chief Cantor LTC Shai Abramson sang the song of the fighting partisans who waged war from the … more

It’s past time to acknowledge that for Hamas and its allies, the pogrom in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, yielded one enduring, transformational success. To find it, don’t look to Gaza, … more

To clearly convey my comments this week, I must introduce you to my “secondary” and “primary” sources and to a fascinating cast of prestigious characters. My “secondary” source, … more

The title above refers, of course, to the well-known dictum, “all of Israel, all of the Jewish people are responsible for one another.” This is probably our greatest strength as a people, one … more

On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered. The Holocaust was over, with six million Jews murdered. When the news came, the overwhelming feeling was not celebration, but something quieter and … more

H ey, why is the rabbi teaching Kabbalah? Isn’t it forbidden?” Over the years, I have taught many classes on Jewish mysticism, often through the prism of Chabad Chassidic philosophy. But if … more

I want, in this study, to look at one of Judaism’s most distinctive and least understood characteristics — the chronological imagination. Sometimes a modern discovery so changes our ways of … more