The Squad unveiled
It is not unusual for bystanders to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to make pronouncements that are more focused on “scoring points” than on bringing Israelis...
New partners in NATO
For decades, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) seemed like a relic of the Cold War era. Created in 1949 by the United States,...
Collective punishment for looking Jewish
We struggle to contain our indignation. The story is upsetting. The video is chilling. The apology was milquetoast. Lufthansa Airlines blew it. But very...
Political self-preservation
The recent return of the Ra’am Islamic party to Israel’s precariously balanced government shows just how significantly political self-preservation motivates the members of the...
A breach at the Supreme Court
Much has been said about last week’s unprecedented leak of a draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in the Dobbs v. Jackson...
Russia’s blood libel
Like the rest of the Western world, Israel wants to support Ukraine in its fight to defend its democracy and right to self-determination against...
Elon Musk’s Twitter
No, Elon Musk is not a Jew. And while his eye- popping $44 billion purchase of Twitter may turn out to be good for...
Spotlight on infertility
Across the globe, developed countries are experiencing decreasing fertility rates and aging populations. People marry later than in earlier decades, delay childbearing until later...
Israel at 74
Yom Ha’atzmaut, which begins at sunset on May 4, invites us to look at Israel through a long lens and see how utterly different...
Preserving an ancient Diaspora community
Egypt is considered one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world. In 1948, the Jewish population of Cairo and Alexandria was estimated to...
