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Tamar Sternthal

CBS is determined to redraw Israel’s map, facts be damned

Why is the news outlet adopting the jargon of a group that makes no secret of its intention to annihilate the Jewish state?

The devil told me I won’t enter paradise

He also said non-Muslims are the enemy, but I find the real destructive force to be those who tout ignorance and divisiveness in slogans of religion

A member of security forces loyal to Hamas stands guard atop one of the trucks carrying humanitarian aid coming in from the Kerem Shalom border crossing in al-Shoka, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 21, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Yaakov Lappin

Why Israel must establish a military administration in Gaza

Who else can take charge of the Gaza Strip? The PA is too weak, international forces won’t risk their people, and Hamas rule was a terrible idea

Anti-Israel protesters gather in Harvard Yard at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

Steven Rosenberg

Harvard’s adoption of IHRA isn’t enough

Measures that were agreed in the framework of Title VI lawsuits will not change an institutional culture that tolerates antisemitism

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attend a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on January 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Don’t knock the Levin-Sa’ar plan, it’s a surrender in disguise

The revised reform proposal caves in on the overhaul’s key feature: total government control over judicial selection

Bazy Swirsky Rubin

We are still on miluim-reserve duty

After a week of holding it all together, I couldn’t wait for him to come from the army and take the next shift. Not that he was going to.

Then former US president Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, July 26, 2024 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Menachem Rosensaft

Kudos to President Trump for making the Gaza ceasefire possible

I’m no Trump supporter, but if he hadn’t read Netanyahu the riot act, the Israel-Hamas war would probably still be in full force.

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Tamar Sternthal

Jan 23, 2025, 3:49 PM

CBS is determined to redraw Israel’s map, facts be damned

Kfar Aza and other communities along the Gaza border (Google maps)

Why is the news outlet adopting the jargon of a group that makes no secret of its intention to annihilate the Jewish state?

Jan 23, 2025, 12:53 PM

Actions matter: Deeds not words in tackling antisemitism

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Growing up embedded into a strong Jewish community, just outside of London, I previously believed that antisemitism had largely been discredited due to increased awareness and enlightenment like other forms of abhorrent discrimination such as racism, homophobia and sexism....

Jan 23, 2025, 12:50 PM

To Anticipate Trump’s Middle East Policy, Focus On What The Saudis Want

The first days of Trump’s second administration have already proven that Trump will do whatever the Saudi’s want - we need to recognize what that means for Israel and the Jews One of the biggest mistakes people make when it...

Jan 23, 2025, 12:44 PM

Kfar Aza and Me

A row of homes in Kfar Aza. (Photo: James Spiro)

We walked toward the tree with a broken surfboard leaning on it. Tied with a piece of string, it presented a photo of a family man with candles and stones on the grass beneath it. The crowd of 20...

Stephen Daniel Arnoff

Jan 23, 2025, 12:34 PM

The Crack-Up and the War

Photo portrait of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1929. Public domain.

Recently, in another forum, my colleague Rabbi Ed Rettig reminded me of one of my favorite quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald. In his 1936 essay The Crack-Up, Fitzgerald wrote: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to...

Yoseph Janowski

Jan 23, 2025, 12:30 PM

Sometimes, it feels like there’s no way out. Take what’s happening now. Israel has internal division regarding what to do about the hostages, what to do about judicial reform, what to do about the draft for the Charedim. There is the...

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Jan 23, 2025, 12:29 PM

The return of the first three hostages after more than a year in captivity in Gaza was a rare moment of unity in Israel. Like most other people in the country, I was glued to the television screen on...

Jan 23, 2025, 12:27 PM

Vaera – Understanding the Plagues in Light of October 7

The Ten Plagues about which we begin reading this week have always bothered me. If God's intention was to redeem the Israelite people from Egyptian slavery then He could have just taken them out without inflicting any plagues on...

Jan 23, 2025, 12:25 PM

Hostages, Slavery and Freedom

A Reflection of Despair, and Contrasts, and the Path Forward This week has been an emotional whirlwind. The release of three hostages—Emily, Romi, and Doron—brought waves of relief and joy, yet it served as a poignant reminder of the 94 ...

Jan 23, 2025, 12:24 PM

The Hidden Key to Transforming Women’s Health in Israel

Israel has earned its reputation as a global leader in innovation, from life-saving medical technologies to groundbreaking research. Yet when it comes to access to maternal health services, Israel falls behind. Despite having the highest fertility rate among OECD...

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