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From the AMIA bombing to 9/11, the murder of Daniel Pearl and October 7, Islamist terror and antisemitism have repeatedly followed the same deadly path. (AFP/Ali Burafi, Seth McAllister / AFP, photo credit: AP, Hatem Ali/ AP)

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Remembering 9/11: We must not look away

The hatred that targets Jews does not stop with Jews — and 25 years after 9/11, the fights against antisemitism and Islamist terror remain inseparable

The author speaking at a ceremony in memory of fallen soldiers held just after the conclusion of a round of fighting in Gaza

Shahar Varon

Between September 11 and October 7: Lessons in remembering

Israelis have become experts in memorializing catastrophes. Can we also learn to build a better society in their wake?

This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on September 9, 2026, shows a member of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces firing a heavy machine gun during clashes with Houthi fighters in the Al-Kadha area, west of Taiz province, on September 8, 2026. (AFPTV/AFP)

Donna Robinson Divine

9/11: Beware of faulty connections

Passionate slogans and righteous emotions won’t stamp out barbarism. That will take global cooperation and serious policymaking

Yeshayahu Leibowitz, an Israeli philosopher and scientist known for his outspoken, often controversial opinions on Judaism, ethics, religion and politics. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Brian Stoller

Backsliding into tribalism: A response to Mijal Bitton

Liberal Jews believe the Jewish people has a purpose greater than survival. So did Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

Stop worrying about the apples and honey and ask: Are our children safe?

With adults spending long hours in the synagogue sanctuary, kids are often playing unsupervised. Putting safety first takes a little planning

Illustrative: A Superbus driver waits for passengers at the entrance to Jerusalem, August 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Chaya Houpt

How we treat people is who we are: A tale of two bus drivers

It’s tempting to let fear spiral into hypervigilance, but I choose love instead, tolerating daily uncertainties for the sake of my sense of self

Adi Romem

The wells we cannot see

The biblical Hagar discovers that the water she desperately needs was there all along. What might we find if we learned to look again?

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I recently bought this piece of artwork for my office with a quote by Henry David Thoreau: In Wildness is the preservation of the world. We live less than a twenty-minute drive from Walden Pond, where Thoreau spent two years living...

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Sep 11, 2026, 4:35 AM

After Israel, Somaliland Tests Whether Washington Will Follow

Abdirahman Abdullahi, December 2024. Photo: Madaxtooyada JSL via Wikimedia Commons.

President Abdirahman Cirro's first US visit builds on a year of unprecedented ties with Israel, testing whether strategic value can succeed where historical argument has not. When Somaliland's president, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi — known across the Horn of Africa by...

Sep 11, 2026, 4:34 AM

Sanctifying the Silence of a Shofar-free Sabbath on Rosh Hashanah

When Jews don’t blow the shofar if Shabbat occurs on Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, the silence of Sabbath day reminds us of the way that Aaron was compelled to mourn the deaths of his two sons, Nadab and Abihu, in...

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Sep 11, 2026, 4:33 AM

Between fear and hope

Reflections from a first journey through Israel and Palestine On normalisation, fear, encounter and the difficult work of sustaining hope Panos Massouris CEO, Rozana Australia Author’s note This commentary records the impressions of a first visit to Israel and Palestine. It is not offered...

Sep 11, 2026, 4:31 AM

Oh Canada: Remember 9/11 As A Terrorist Act

We are coming up to the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. It is hard to believe so much time has passed, or that some in our Canadian CBC news establishment and political elites would prefer that we not...

Sep 11, 2026, 4:30 AM

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Like most good things, it started and ended with a hug. The first hug came from a stranger. When I first heard Boy George’s powerful and truthful new song, “We Will Dance Again,” I was brought back to October 7 and...

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Sep 11, 2026, 4:28 AM

64 Years & Beyond: Israel and T&T

The Understanding Israel Foundation remains the on-the-ground bridge between Trinidad and Tobago and the uncontestable truth of Israel's moral and inalienable right to self-defense... The nations of Trinidad and Tobago and Israel have enjoyed relations since the very day of...

Charles E. Savenor

Sep 11, 2026, 1:25 AM

Standing Up for Each Other

Rosh Hashanah poses a question that is at once deeply personal and profoundly communal: Can we change? The holiday’s prayers and our selichot insist that we can. We are not prisoners of habit, reputation, or past mistakes. Yet the Torah...

Sep 11, 2026, 1:23 AM

The sound of silence

A ROSH HASHANA MUSING This coming first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Shofar will not be blown because it is Shabbat. We are taught that when the Shofar is sounded, we are meant to internalize its raw, primal sounds and reflect...

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