Editorial: A Lone Warning We Should Not Ignore
Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors is, at one level, a familiar story: A majority...
Opinion: Is It Time to Retire the Term Antisemitism?
Daniel Friedman
The argument has become almost mechanical. “I am not an antisemite. I am anti-Zionist.” It is repeated so often, with such confidence, that...
Opinion: Liking a Post That Calls Oct. 7 Rape a ‘Hoax’ Isn’t Free Speech
Ayelet Razin Bet Or
When I read that Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, had liked an Instagram post calling...
Opinion: Why the US Has a TSA and a DHS
Clifford D. May
Let’s take a short break from the imbroglio over delivering paychecks to TSA agents and funding the DHS to recall why we...
Opinion: The ‘Greater Israel’ Hoax Is the Most Dangerous Lie Yet
Habtom Ghebrezghiabher
The “Greater Israel” narrative — from the Nile to the Euphrates — is a modern reincarnation of antisemitic myths. The claim is not...
D’var Torah: Parshat Shemini: Shrimp Is Treyf, but Pork Is Antisemitic*
Rabbi Dr. Rebecca Joseph
This week’s Torah portion is Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 — 11:47
It is well-known that Judaism and Islam forbid eating pork. This is...
Editorial: Next Year in Jerusalem
Each year at Passover, Jews gather around the Seder table to tell an ancient story that refuses to stay in the past. The Haggadah...
Editorial: Kudos to Cornell’s Kotlikoff
At most universities today, the script is predictable. Students pass a sweeping political resolution. Administrators respond with vague talk of “dialogue” and “listening.” No...
Editorial: Haaretz’s Judgment, Blinded by Religious Bias
In a telling editorial choice, Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, devoted its lead editorial — published in both its English and Hebrew editions one...
Editorial: The Strike Zone Goes Digital
On opening day, Major League Baseball quietly brought artificial intelligence onto the field. For more than a century, arguing balls and strikes was forbidden,...