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Sep 12, 2024, 4:24 PM

Queen Rania and the hypocrisy of ‘anti-Palestinian racism’

Jordan's Queen Rania speaks to CBS's "Face the Nation" in an interview aired May 5, 2024. (Screenshot, CBS)

In the Jordanian royal's skewed moral equation, Hamas atrocities are discounted and Israel has no right to protect its citizens

Shayna Goldberg

Sep 12, 2024, 8:18 AM

Witness to resilience: Yarden, Ilay, and the stories of their hostage siblings

From the suffocating feelings of pain, fear, and despair, I heard them focus on gratitude and felt a quick breath of fresh air

Sep 11, 2024, 3:30 PM

Teachable moments: 9/11 and October 7

Composite: Smoke and flames erupt from the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, after commercial aircraft were deliberately crashed into the buildings in lower Manhattan, New York on September 11, 2001. (SETH MCALLISTER / AFP); IDF troops with the 401st Armored Brigade are seen operating in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on September 4, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

After the worst terror attack on their soil, US educators steered clear of tough questions. It was a dire mistake that Israeli teachers must avoid

Sep 10, 2024, 7:27 PM

What many westerners don’t get about the Gaza war

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on December 27, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

By standing up to Iran and its proxies, Israel prevents the Eastern Mediterranean from falling under the control of radical Islam

Sep 9, 2024, 11:17 PM

From the river to the sea, Facebook is free

The social media platform's rule-setters have concluded that the contentious slogan has more than one meaning. Is that so bad?

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Sep 9, 2024, 5:20 PM

Waking up in Jerusalem through the fog

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In a shofar's blast, a reminder that while we may not be perfect, we are part of a story that starts in Elul and stretches toward hope

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Sep 9, 2024, 1:52 PM

Trump and Harris must weigh in on the dangers of Iranian influence

A pro-Palestinian student protester parades a Palestinian flag outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, on April 30, 2024, in New York City (Mary Altaffer / POOL / AFP)

The Islamic Republic is actively waging war against the United States, not just in the Mideast and around the world -- but on US soil

Robert M. Schwartz

Sep 8, 2024, 4:15 PM

The damaging myth of Israeli wartime ‘happiness’

Family members of Israeli hostage Romi Gonen 'celebrate' her 24th birthday in Hamas captivity in Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

The World Happiness index ranks Israel with Scandinavia, yes, even now. Does that sound wrong to you? It should

Sep 8, 2024, 2:06 PM

What kind of religious Jew am I? The Rachel and Jon kind

Members of the Hakhel community offer the Goldberg Polin family a hand as they raise them from sitting Shiva. Credit: Mishael Zion.

The authentic and generous Judaism of Hersh Goldberg-Polin's parents is a Judaism rarely seen in Israeli public life, until now

Arnold D. Samlan

Sep 6, 2024, 10:49 PM

This is how good American Jews vote

There are a few key questions I ask about candidates, even before finding out where they stand on issues that matter to me

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