The Blogs | The Marketplace of Ideas

Open Search form

Apply for a Blog

Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, left, testifies about her ordeal in the concentration camps Ravensbruck and Auschwitz at the International Military Tribunals in Nuremberg, 1946. Erika Mann, at right, returned to Germany to cover the Nuremberg trials after fleeing the country in 1933. (National Archives, College Park, Maryland; Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection)

Natalie Livingstone

At Nuremberg, women helped deliver justice. Men got the credit

They stood up to Nazi leaders, documented the Holocaust and helped secure convictions. Then history largely wrote them out of the story of the Nuremberg tribunal

US Sailors participate in a Shabbat service aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the US Central Command area of responsibility, April 2025. (Official US Navy photo)

Scott Klein

Sitting by the open tent flap

Abraham didn’t wait for someone else to welcome the travelers. Neither can we, especially in places where one warm handshake makes the difference between belonging and isolation

Training review book. (Debra Weiner)

Debra Weiner-Solomont

Tuesday night at the ICC-Binyanei Hauma: More than counting votes

Hundreds of us, with different backgrounds and beliefs, processed election materials in the wee hours, committed to doing our part for democracy

'Eshet Lot' (Lot's Wife). (Wikimedia Commons)

Ruthie Hollander

And salt she became

Maybe Mrs. Lot broke the rule and looked back at Sodom out of regret. Or curiosity. Or compassion. I’m sympathetic because I’d have looked back too (Vayera)

Students walk by graffiti saying 'Death to Israel' near the office of the President at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, June 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Taryn Thomas

Why my antizionism didn’t survive a Houthi missile

I spent two years protesting Israel without ever speaking to an Israeli. Then I went there

Cash seized by the IDF in the Gaza Strip is seen being counted before being deposited at the Bank of Israel, April 18, 2024. (Defense Ministry)

Tamar Landau

Hamas can always hire another accountant

Taking out the group’s financiers buys time. But breaking its grip on Gaza’s money requires a strategy built around reconstruction

Members of the "Star Trek" crew, from left, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, and Nichelle Nichols, toast the newest "Star Trek" film at Paramount Studios on Dec. 28, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith, File)

Leah Stern

Live long and prosper: The Jewish boys who imagined a better galaxy

The death of Walter Koenig – Star Trek’s Chekov – sent me back to a galaxy where the sons and grandsons of Jewish immigrants offered hope in a perilous time

See all Featured Posts

Blogs topics

Latest posts

Nov 1, 2026, 10:01 AM

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: How The Left Lost Control Over Its Islamist Spirits

In 1797, German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a poem about a young apprentice who uses magic to make a broom carry water in his master's absence. Initially delighted by his success, he soon discovers...

Yonathan Bar-On

Nov 1, 2026, 9:51 AM

Don’t Fear to Attempt the Impossible

"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." – William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure "One has to try the impossible to reach the possible." – Herman Hesse After they did not...

Yoseph Janowski

Nov 1, 2026, 9:48 AM

Forget the elections. The focus is now on Iran

Will the opposition manage to oust Netanyahu? Will the Republicans lose their majority in both houses? Normally these questions would be the main news items. Normally everyone would be riveted to the election results. But these days they seem...

Nov 1, 2026, 9:48 AM

The Netherlands Broke My Spirit. Israel Gave Me Back My Dignity

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

Israel, the Country That Accepted Me When My Own Country Did Not People often ask me what was so special about Israel that a Dutch girl, from the very moment she set foot in the country, developed an unconditional love...

John C. Landa Jr.

Nov 1, 2026, 5:30 AM

Will American Anti-Jewish Violence Reach a Tipping Point?

I ran into an old friend at a wedding this summer. As we were catching up, I mentioned that a group was recently arrested for plotting to "kill as many Jews as possible" at my synagogue in Houston. He...

Nov 1, 2026, 5:27 AM

Movember Is About More Than a Mustache. It’s About Brotherhood

In Genesis 4:9, God asks Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" Cain responds, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" It is a question born of evasion and an unwillingness to accept responsibility for another human being....

Nov 1, 2026, 5:26 AM

On Wasting Time

Rav Asher Weiss makes an interesting parallel between Sara Imeinu and Queen Esther. They had in common, the number 127. Sara died at the age of 127, and Esther ruled over 127 provinces. We see from the description of Sara’s life,...

Nov 1, 2026, 5:24 AM

Omer Adam Reminded Us What Peoplehood Feels Like

Screenshot

On Thursday night, Israeli singer Omer Adam took the stage at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, before a crowd of roughly 18,000 people. Jewish identity was on full display throughout the arena, worn openly and with unmistakable pride. Stars...

Sergio Restelli

Nov 1, 2026, 4:32 AM

Karakoram 2026: China’s Military Partnership with Pakistan Enters a New Phase

As Chinese and Pakistani troops concluded their first joint regular army exercise in Xinjiang, India's border forces confirmed continuing confrontations with the PLA in Arunachal Pradesh. China and Pakistan have spent decades describing their strategic partnership as higher than the...

Bernard P. Markowicz

Nov 1, 2026, 4:31 AM

19 Seats, One Country

Rahat, northern Negev. AI-generated illustration by the author (ChatGPT).

Israel's Arab citizens voted in record numbers. Whoever governs, their 19 seats can help pass laws that benefit Jews and Arabs alike. Israel’s Arab citizens have just sent a message the country should not ignore. In last week’s election, the...

Load more