Lydia Musher, at The Blogs

Lydia Musher

Apr 21, 2026, 7:21 AM

Jew haters make the same tired and hateful accusation every day: we see ourselves as perpetual victims. The Jewish calendar is filled with so many recognitions of communal catastrophe that it would be easy for a skeptical observer to...

Aug 17, 2025, 5:24 PM

‘An educated consumer is our best customer’

Many of us got a hit of nostalgia this week when we heard that the discount department store Loehmann’s is reopening, at least as a popup shop, on Long Island. In the metro NYC area of my childhood, Loehmann’s and...

Jun 30, 2025, 11:02 PM

Shaking off Zohran Mamdani’s Violent Doublespeak

Democratic NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, in a photo from his website

It is appropriate to fear political leaders who hide behind double meanings of violent words. The word “intifada” can mean "uprising" and comes from the Arabic root for “shaking off.” Also, the word “holocaust” can be defined a burnt offering,...

Jun 2, 2025, 4:02 AM

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An actually pro-Palestinian MIT graduation speech

On the missed opportunity to talk about what those in the Institute community are really doing to advance the Palestinian cause

About Me

Lydia Musher is an executive and educator who lives in the United States with her husband and children. She is the Chief Operating Officer of the National Jewish Advocacy Center (njaclaw.org), a nonprofit strategic impact litigation firm, and the President of Tradition Search Partners (traditionsearchpartners.com), a boutique executive search firm in the education space. Opinions are her own.

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