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He Built the Campaign That Freed Gaza's Child Hostages. Now He Is Sharing What He Learned
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (711+ words) On the morning of October 8 " less than 24 hours after the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust " Itay Ben-Horin woke to a Whats App message that would come to define his career: "Good morning, this is Renana Gome-Yaakov from…...
No Funny Business: How Jewish Entertainers Are Being Targeted on Stage and Off
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (554+ words) And the more support they show for Israel, the more backlash some say they receive. Take comedian and actor Michael Rapaport, for example. He has been consistently outspoken in his support of Israel and has traveled there multiple times since…...
For Oran Almog, Yom Hazikaron Doesn't End at Sundown
14+ hour, 26+ min ago (988+ words) This year, Yom Hazikaron, Israel's day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, began on the evening of April 20 and ended at sundown on the 21st. But for Oran Almog " and millions of others " Yom Hazikaron never ends. "Yom…...
Professor's Lawsuit Highlights UCLA's Post'October 7 Campus Climate
14+ hour, 40+ min ago (1703+ words) A few weeks after Oct. 7, 2023, UCLA no longer looked like the clean, orderly campus known to Professor Leslie Johns, who teaches political science and law. It had transformed almost overnight: walls were covered in graffiti, posters and signs denounced Israel…...
Teddy's Bear and the Birth of Israel
15+ hour, 5+ min ago (747+ words) President Called After the Beast Had Been Lassoed, But He Refused To Make An Unsportsmanlike Shot" So read the Nov. 15, 1902 headline of The Washington Post. On what perhaps was a slow news day, the paper reported that on a hunting…...
The $90 Billion Blind Spot: The Diaspora's Costliest Contradiction
15+ hour, 1+ min ago (931+ words) Since Oct. 7, 2023, American Jews have pulled off one of the most extraordinary displays of communal generosity in living memory. Billions for hospitals, evacuees, bereaved families, frontline responders. Every federation campaign, every synagogue appeal, every "friends of" gala has carried the…...
Global Survey by the Jewish Agency Finds Strong Optimism About the Future of World Jewry
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (888+ words) The Jewish Agency for Israel's newly published "One People Report" presented a hopeful picture of how young adult Jews around the world, including in Israel, feel about their Jewish identity and their ability to affect change in their own communities,…...
For Rachel Goldberg-Polin and the Rest of Us
15+ hour, 12+ min ago (1197+ words) Driving to the dentist this morning was difficult. Not only was I dealing with a sore tooth and struggling to find a parking spot, I'd been listening to Rachel Goldberg-Polin on 60 Minutes, speaking about losing her only son, Hersh, to…...
What is Meant by Israel's Right to Exist as a Jewish Nation
21+ hour, 53+ min ago (669+ words) That claim is stronger still when the people in question seeks self-rule not in some arbitrary territory, but in the land bound up with its origins, sacred texts and national development over millennia. And it becomes urgent when the alternative…...
Islam and Jesus: Evaluating Tucker Carlson's Claim
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1387+ words) There are claims that sound conciliatory but do something else entirely. They borrow shared language to imply shared belief " and in the process replace clarity with confusion. Lately, a version of that claim has been making the rounds from figures…...