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Aug 27, 2026, 9:06 PM

The Torah Portion of 9/11

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Did you know that there is (way more than) a hint to 9/11 in this week’s Torah portion, Ki Tavo? I remember like it was yesterday. I was on my way into NYC to get a visa for the Ukraine, in...

Aug 23, 2026, 5:46 PM

When September 11 Vividly Meets October 7

When September 11 Vividly Meets October 7th The sacred weight of Memory. This year, something feels different about the impending High Holidays. Although l am preparing to sing the High Holiday Arias (which is always a daunting task). Erev Rosh Hashanah...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:05 AM

Don’t Wait for Tragedy to Bring America Together!

America Needs a 9/12 Without a 9/11 September 11, 2001, was a day of unimaginable horror and loss. But those who lived through it also remember something remarkable about the next day. On September 12, America felt different. Flags appeared everywhere. Strangers...

Aug 16, 2026, 11:31 AM

The Reluctant Fundamentalist and American Divide

Few novels offer insight not only into how America sees itself, but also into how it may be perceived by parts of the Muslim world. Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, published in 2007, is one of them. Written in...

Marco Greenberg

Jul 31, 2026, 10:49 PM

The new ‘Birthright’ play moved me – and I didn’t even go on Birthright

The author and his sister, Lara, on the campus of Hebrew University in the summer of 1986.

It captures the life-changing experience of spending time in Israel and doesn't shy from the hard questions participants ask (and argue about) years later

Jul 30, 2026, 1:04 AM

No Mamdani for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11

As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, families of victims have launched a petition urging organizers to bar New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from participating in the official memorial. More than 42,000 people have signed,...

Jul 7, 2026, 12:45 AM

The Dangerous Comfort of Victim-Blaming

"You know, at the end of the day, what happened in Boulder was a horrific attack on a group of Jewish people that were peacefully protesting, and we are seeing that the actions of Israel are putting Jewish people...

Jun 4, 2026, 11:16 PM

A Blind Spot I Have Begun to Notice

Recently, during a Brookline, Massachusetts Town Meeting debate about commemorating Brookline residents who were killed on September 11, a speaker warned about the dangers of Islamophobia. I agreed with him. After 9/11, many innocent Muslim Americans experienced suspicion, hostility, and...

May 24, 2026, 11:06 AM

How California’s Voter Guide published a candidate’s antisemitic conspiracy theories

One of the 61 gubernatorial candidates ranted about Israel and Jewish people instead of describing himself. Did the state have to publish it? This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Recently I received in the mail California’s Official...

Peter Himmelman

May 5, 2026, 8:24 PM

After the Slogan: What People Chanting ‘From the River to the Sea’ Must Explain

Calls for the dismantling of Israel have become increasingly common. What was once confined to the ideological fringes is now chanted openly in the streets, printed on placards, repeated on campuses, amplified online, and spoken aloud by activists, academics,...

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