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May 21, 2026, 10:45 PM

Enough Is Enough: The Slander Against Reform Jews Must End

For months, we have been witnessing, from members of the coalition, a campaign of insults, delegitimization, and incitement against Reform Jews. These are no longer isolated unfortunate remarks. This has become a political line. First came the words of Galit...

May 5, 2026, 12:59 PM

Anti-Zionism Has No Legitimacy in Reform Judaism

The Flag of Israel in Masada - 2014 - Public Domain: Wikimedia Commons

In recent times, even within the Reform Jewish movement, a fortunately very small fringe of non-Zionist or openly anti-Zionist Jews has become more vocal. This is a phenomenon that must be named clearly, without ambiguity and without fear: it...

Nov 4, 2025, 5:54 PM

Reimagining Leadership: The WUPJ’s Youth-Driven Vision at the WZC

Some members of the WUPJ delegation to the World Zionist Congress. Courtesy of WUPJ.

With members of TaMaR and Netzer leading its delegation at the WZC, the WUPJ showcased a new model of global Jewish leadership—pluralistic, intergenerational, and transformative. At the largest Zionist gathering in recent years, the 39th World Zionist Congress brought over...

Sep 9, 2025, 5:45 PM

From Suffering Object to Political Actor: Europe’s Cultural Issue with the Jews

In contemporary Europe, antisemitism is in fact treated only as a political or security issue. Yet it is fundamentally a cultural problem and, in the fullest sense, an aesthetic one: Jews are rarely perceived as living subjects in their...

Apr 4, 2025, 6:13 PM

Betar Vs. The Mainstream: Between Diaspora Mentality and Jewish Strength

Trumpeldor's Memorial in Tel Hai. Credits: Benno Rothenberg /Meitar Collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection / CC BY 4.0

In recent months, the Zionist youth movement Betar has come under increasingly intense criticism, particularly from liberal Jewish circles. From political attacks on its members to attempts at exclusion from Jewish organizations, and even the ADL’s classification of Betar...

Mar 7, 2025, 10:23 AM

Ustica from A to Z: New Book Debunks Anti-Israel Theory on Italian Tragedy

The Itavia DC-9 I-TIGI in London two months before the tragedy. (Lewis Grant. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0)

On June 27, 1980, a DC-9 operated by the Italian airline Itavia departed from Bologna and, en route to Palermo, crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the Sicilian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. Over the...

Feb 25, 2025, 11:06 AM

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Why is Meir Kahane trending on social media?

Meir Kahane addressing the Knesset in 1985. Efi Sharir / Dan Hadani collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection. License: CC BY 4.0

The resurgence of the radical extremist's ideas in pro-Israel discourse reveals much about current Jewish fears and frustrations

Feb 23, 2025, 2:56 PM

On Innocent Civilians and Moral Relativism

Moral Responsibility in War: The Complexity of Innocence, Guilt, and Collective Participation. Northern Italy, autumn 1944. In a city, a crowd of people from all walks of life gathers for an auction to purchase Jewish property seized by the Nazi-fascist...

Jan 23, 2025, 5:10 AM

Free4Future: an Italian pro-Israel Social Media Strategy

Why Israel’s Social Media Strategy Struggles, and What It Can Learn From Unexpected Innovators Many claim, with some justification, that Israel faces challenges in navigating the chaotic world of web and social media communication. Is it a question of underinvestment? Partly,...

Dec 29, 2024, 4:39 PM

‘Progressive’ Antisemitism in the Age of Cognitive Capitalism

Since October 7th, we have witnessed, perhaps for the first time in a comprehensive and widespread manner, an anti-Zionist and antisemitic activism that has undergone a radical transformation, fueled ideologically more in the digital realm than in public squares....

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Saadia Mascarini is a Jewish and Zionist activist and youth leader from Italy. He is currently chair of Tamar Italia, the young adults movement of Italian Reform Judaism.

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