This is not the best time to be liked as a Jew, but it may be the best time to be one.
Terrorism is not a "weapon of the poor." If poverty causes terrorism, the evidence would look very different.
An IDF general ranks towns near the West Bank as more dangerous than the Gaza border, and residents of the area continue to express urgent concern that they are increasingly vulnerable to terrorism.
This is not to say that Jews should abandon ethics. On the contrary. But when one distorts “trying to be good” into a narcissistic pathology, one is in fact no longer being ethical.
Officials are blaming ISIS, which seems like a convenient scapegoat that shields state actors from consequences which could result in another Middle East war.
Hanukkah was never meant to be a comfortable holiday, because nothing terrifies the world more than dignified Jews who unapologetically defend themselves. All Jews today must prepare to do the same.
Because blaming Jews has always been easier than facing reality.
Too many people think antisemitism is a kind of social illness. In reality, both today and historically, it's an instrument of power, and Diaspora Jewry’s only real response is to reclaim it.
A Hanukkah massacre reveals the cost of trading Jewish power for acceptance, but Hanukkah reminds us: If we do not develop the habits of power, we will be left with the habits of fear.
Your woeful actions suggest a problem far greater than incompetence or cynical political expediency. These are the actions of someone who does not know right from wrong, or good from evil.
As if we needed another painful reminder like Sunday’s horrifying terror attack near Sydney, the era of relying on outside protection for Diaspora Jews is over.
If we want to be intellectually and historically accurate, then we must admit: The concept of "Tikkun Olam" in its modern form is not Jewish at all.
"The West Bank" is a political invention. Judea and Samaria are the historical truth.
We ask ourselves why there is so much misinformation and polarization today, but the answer is apparent to anyone paying attention: the toxic combination of arrogance and ignorance.
When Judaism becomes overly personal, the Jewish People become increasingly fragile.
We are one people. It’s time Israel treated us like the true partners we want to be.
In response to international boycotts masquerading as principle, a creative renaissance is reshaping Israeli identity, driven by artists, innovators, and a society refusing to lose its soul.
The West will not lose its Jews in one dramatic moment. It will lose them through a slow drip of insult, a steady rise in fear, and a growing sense of no longer belonging.
The anti-Zionist movement turned the KKK code word "Zio" into a trendy insult — and most people have no idea.