Editorial: Who Taught the Machine?
When artificial intelligence gives us a disturbing answer about Israel, Zionism or Jews, the natural reaction is to blame the machine.
But perhaps we are...
Editorial: Mob Rule in Jerusalem
We have no sympathy for Jews for Jesus. We wish it were not operating a cafe in Jerusalem — or anywhere else — and...
Editorial: Israel’s Water Wake-Up Call
Israel has spent decades turning water scarcity into one of its greatest technological success stories. Earlier this month, that success story delivered a warning.
An...
Editorial: Jewish Students Have Rights, Too
There should be nothing controversial about the newly released “Jewish Students’ Bill of Rights.” And perhaps that is precisely what makes it so important.
The...
Editorial: The Trouble With the Settlement Boycott
Britain, France and Canada have announced plans to restrict goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Several European countries have already taken or...
Editorial: Abbas’ New Ra’am Party
The Ra’am Party is not an obvious place to look for an experiment in Jewish-Arab political partnership. The United Arab List grew out of...
Editorial: Choosing Party Over Principle
Every election, we are told, is too important for principle.
That is essentially the argument Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently presented to Jewish Democrats...
Editorial: The Rebbes Go to Washington
An extraordinary procession of Hasidic rebbes and Orthodox leaders descended upon the White House last week, some arriving by private jet, for what was...
Editorial: What’s Happening to Shas?
Something consequential is happening to Shas, the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party that has been a pillar of Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and, for decades, one...
Editorial: Is There Still a Line?
Hasan Piker does not particularly interest us. America has never lacked people willing to say ugly things about Jews.
What interests us — and increasingly...