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Sara Himeles

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 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

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.