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Aug 8, 2023, 7:54 AM
What Israeli political leaders need now is courage
In 1955, then-US senator John F. Kennedy (and some say his speechwriter and close confidant Ted Sorensen) wrote “Profiles in Courage,” a series of biographies of eight US senators who defied the opinions of their parties and did what...
Nov 24, 2022, 6:26 AM
It’s time to change how we respond to antisemitism
Two weeks ago, I had a conversation that will always stick with me. I was at the ADL conference in New York City, chatting with two high school seniors named Ali and Mia. I asked what brought them to the...
Aug 4, 2021, 1:57 PM
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The Jewish case for freeing Britney
Britney Spears arrives at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 12, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
The Talmud has a vision for what a conservatorship system should look like, and Jamie Spears would not meet Judaism's standards for a guardian
May 6, 2021, 3:02 PM
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The best antisemitism definition is one that goes deep
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged 'included anti-Semitic tropes.' (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)
A new definition of antisemitism asks whether a given expression is antisemitic 'on the face of it,' but anti-Jewish hatred is frequently found beneath the surface
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About Me
Sara Himeles is editor-in-chief at Unpacked, a Jewish media brand for Gen Z. Previously, she handled communications for Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. Sara received rabbinical ordination from Ziegler at American Jewish University in Los Angeles and her BA from the University of Pennsylvania.