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Jun 12, 2025, 3:53 PM

Standing Tall in the Face of Hate

It shouldn’t require thick skin to stand up for a community that has done nothing wrong—but the world we’re currently living in isn’t playing by the rules. Since October 7, 2023 there’s been an incessant barrage of lies launched at...

Jun 11, 2025, 5:20 PM

To Whom It May Concern: I Surrender

“Why are you doing this?” he asked. “Helping me and my family?” “Because you’re my neighbors in the world,” I replied. But that wasn’t the whole truth. I had just liquidated what was left of my crypto from the 2022 bull run...

Shira Lankin Sheps

Jun 11, 2025, 3:03 PM

Greta and her followers still have no idea who we Israelis are

Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activist Greta Thunberg talks to journalists upon her arrival to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, after being deported by Israel on a flight to Sweden via France, following her detention along with other activists aboard a Gaza-bound boat, on June 10, 2025. (Hugo MATHY / AFP)

I wish we could have met her not with scorn and rage, but with our humanity

Cate Rubenstein

Jun 11, 2025, 6:29 AM

Open Call for Allies: A Call to Arms.

I do not feel safe in the country (where) I was born. I do not feel safe at Jewish events, address kept secret til just before, then only given with confirmed RSVP, ID’s checked anyway by armed guards. Which is...

Shmuly Yanklowitz

Jun 11, 2025, 12:05 AM

Have We Gone Too Far with the ‘Empowerment’ Strategy?

Photo by PNW Production from Pexels

Like many of us, I used to think that the “answer” for connecting young Jewish adults to Jewish life was empowerment and innovation. I assumed that every fellowship should have the goal of building up changemakers and empowering leaders....

Ruthie Hollander

Jun 10, 2025, 7:31 PM

Lessons from the ‘Freedom Flotilla’

A screenshot of a post by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This week, a flotilla was intercepted by Israeli soldiers as it came within 100 miles of Gaza’s shores. The small vessel held about 1000 pounds of aid intended for Gaza’s residents. Onboard were a dozen pro-Palestinian activists from countries...

Cedric Vloemans

Jun 10, 2025, 2:38 PM

The Futility of Thunberg’s Gaza Symbolism

Greta Thunberg in Stockholm 2024 (Kushal Das, CC BY-SA 4.0)

On June 9th, the sailing vessel Madleen, carrying Greta Thunberg among others, was intercepted by the Israeli navy while en route to Gaza. The boat was diverted to the Israeli port of Ashdod — a move some frame as...

Jun 10, 2025, 12:10 AM

California Student Uses Graduation Stage to Shine a Light on the Hostages

At a time when graduation ceremonies have become platforms for protest and polarization—especially around Israel—an 18-year-old Jewish student in Sacramento chose a different path: one of inspiration and moral courage. Graduation season is often filled with joy, relief, and pride....

Ilanna Sharon Mandel

Jun 9, 2025, 10:58 PM

Descent into Darkness: Canadian Extremism

I have lived in Canada most of my life and always experienced it as a country devoted to peace and inclusion. No longer. Antisemitism is surging, radical ideologies are taking root, and our leaders are failing to respond with...

Elkana Bar Eitan

Jun 9, 2025, 11:39 AM

An open letter to Greta

An Israeli soldier offers activist Greta Thunberg water and a pastrami sandwich after the military intecepted and boarded the boat on which she and other activists were seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza, early on June 9, 2025. (Foreign Ministry)

You lost your way many years ago. Unfortunately, you now represent one of the worst terror groups in human history

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