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Jul 9, 2025, 4:38 PM

The Washington visit isn’t really about the leaders

US President Donald Trump, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

The US's new Big Beautiful Bill promotes a new economy, where innovation, military readiness, and industrial policy converge. Israel has become its model

Jul 9, 2025, 11:53 AM

From ramps to good lighting, the need for accessible synagogues is clear

An accessible shul (Sora)

Here are tips to help people pray with the community, which protects their dignity, their sense of self, their religious freedom, and their sense of belonging

Jul 8, 2025, 12:09 PM

Hats off to Israel’s volunteer-heroes

The country's everyday angels are building something extraordinary: a culture of showing up. An ecosystem of empathy. A network of hope.

Charles E. Savenor

Jul 8, 2025, 7:41 AM

Is Superman still relevant?

Devoid of Batman's inner turmoil and Ironman’s arrogance, the superhero's moral clarity feels outdated – but it's just what's needed

Jul 7, 2025, 4:17 PM

‘Just not Bibi’ is not an action plan for a national pivot

There is a fleeting opportunity to address the root problems threatening Israel’s future, but it will take out-of-the-box thinking and action

Jul 7, 2025, 2:39 PM

8 diplomatic ways to bring peace in the Middle East

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland as he departs to deliver remarks at a Salute to America Celebration at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on July 3, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Right now, unconventional diplomacy just might accomplish what decades of a traditional approach did not - if President Trump follows through

Jul 6, 2025, 5:24 AM

Mamdani, Jews and forms of erasure

No matter your stance on the NY mayoral candidate, any Jew should be able to recognize the dilemma of ambiguous racial categories

Jul 6, 2025, 5:20 AM

PM Albanese, those words don’t mean what you think they do

Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (William WEST / AFP)

When you say 'antisemitism has no place in Australia' after each attack, we Jews learn that we're not safe - for antisemitism has its place in Australia after all

Jul 5, 2025, 3:39 PM

When is it too late?

Screenshot from Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary, Shoah.

When does the damage to civil liberties and the assault on human rights become normalized? And so normalized as to be irreversible?

Rachel Goldenberg

Jul 5, 2025, 3:39 PM

We are NYC rabbis who support Mamdani. Here's why.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at the "Seder in the Streets" organized by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice in New York in April, 2025 (Photo by Noah Levin, courtesty of JFREJ).

His platform reflects the Jewish call for justice and also offers a clear plan to address antisemitic violence. That's what real protection looks like

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