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Jaclyn S. Clark

Sep 15, 2026, 6:28 AM

Macklemore got dumped. Pink got canceled. Everyone else lost their minds

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A billionaire stadium owner – not headliner Ed Sheeran – had the courage to fire the bigoted rapper. What came next was even worse

Sep 16, 2026, 11:01 PM

The Houthis Just Set Up Israel’s Checkmate. Here’s the Move.

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Israel helps Saudi Arabia in Yemen. Saudi Arabia recognizes Israel, opens its doors to Gazans, and declares the conflict over. Earlier this month, Houthi missiles and drones hit southwestern Saudi Arabia. Dozens of civilians were wounded and energy facilities went...

Sep 12, 2026, 11:26 AM

NAZA, moral certainty, and the question haunting me since October 8

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The film's explosive claims about civilian deaths in Gaza demand evidence, not mythology — and Jews everywhere should not be made defendants

Sheldon Kirshner

Sep 15, 2026, 6:45 PM

Trump Unleashes Hostility Against Canada

Until about two years ago, I regarded the United States as a friendly neighbor, a nation whose democratic values were in alignment with that of Canada. In this respect, Canada almost seemed like a carbon copy of America. When I...

Sep 14, 2026, 4:31 AM

Why this liberal New Yorker made aliyah

Illustrative: Israelis at a cafe in Tel Aviv, on May 18, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

When I moved to Israel, some friends disappeared. Hundreds unfollowed me. But all that rejection made me more comfortable with who I am and what I believe

Sep 11, 2026, 4:30 AM

Boy George goes to shul

The pop icon's new song felt like a hug from a stranger. When he came to our synagogue, we finally got to hug him back

Bruce D. Forman

Sep 16, 2026, 11:46 AM

Ed Sheeran, Bill Maher, and the People Who Know Everything Except the History

Of all the people I expected to find myself quoting during the Days of Awe, Ed Sheeran and Bill Maher were nowhere on the list. Yet here we are. According to the BBC report, the remaining opening acts on Ed...

Binyamin Krauss

Sep 18, 2026, 12:19 AM

My school will pray outside Gracie Mansion on Friday

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife Rama Duwaji wave at members of media after a news conference at Gracie Mansion, January 12, 2026, in New York. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)

Mamdani likely won't be there, but the kids will learn about their civic responsibilities, their privileges, and how Jews who feel unsafe gather and pray, aloud

Sep 17, 2026, 11:03 PM

What ‘Naza’ really means: The truth about collateral damage

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The filmmakers mistook the IDF’s system for limiting civilian casualties for something far darker. They should have asked me; I helped build it

Sep 16, 2026, 5:24 AM

Which Israeli stories are we allowed to tell?

Filmmaker Leslie Gelrubin Benitah sees the devastation wrought on Kibbutz Be'eri during the Hamas assault of October 7, 2023, in this still from 'Milk and Honey, Blood and Tears.' (Courtesy)

Films like NAZA should show Palestinian suffering, but when Jewish suffering is left out of the picture, the story the world sees is distorted

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