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Oct 30, 2026, 1:12 PM

Shabbat Shalom: My First Visit to a Synagogue

How a Friday evening in Atlanta introduced me to Jewish communal life—and why the date will always mean something to me There are certain dates in one’s life that acquire an additional layer of meaning with the passage of time....

Oct 28, 2026, 2:42 PM

Political Roots to Revolutionary Ambitions: Eman Abdelhadi and the University

Her resurfaced family posts have attracted headlines. Her own statements explain how she wants campus organizing to help advance a much larger political project. University educator Eman Abdelhadi has described her employer, the University of Chicago, as “evil” and “a...

Eliezer Finkelman

Oct 28, 2026, 12:31 PM

I think voting resembles prayer: I could be wrong

Yesterday, I voted in the Israeli national election. I cast my ballot for the party that I wanted to win. Some of the other parties represented positions close to that of my favored party. Others represent policies that I...

Oct 28, 2026, 2:48 AM

Israel Votes, Part III: The ballots are in. The answers aren’t

Israel's first election since October 7 has produced remarkable turnout, a divided Knesset, and an extraordinary question: Could Arab voters help determine who leads the Jewish state? Election-night reporting cutoff: Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. New York time...

Oct 27, 2026, 4:54 PM

Helpers Need Help Too: Panama After the Earthquake · Part 4 of 5

Referral map offered by Stuart Katz to all health care workers in Panama

In my last post, I wrote about why no two communities experience a disaster in quite the same way. Listening to those differences matters. But there is another question we need to ask: who is listening to the people...

Stephen A. Cooper

Oct 27, 2026, 11:51 AM

The Blood on Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s Hands

Recently, in his article “Alabama Man’s Death Sentence Is Commuted as Governor Cites Thin Evidence,” about how Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted Toforest Johnson’s death sentence to life without the possibility of parole, New York Times reporter Eduardo Medina...

Oct 26, 2026, 5:43 PM

Beyond the Boos: Four Lessons for Jewish Advocates

The boos came thick and fast. People screamed at me. They called me stupid, fascist, and crooked. They waved signs depicting me as a bobblehead. In the parking lot, someone slashed my tires. Just another day at the office. During my...

Michael J. Lawrence

Oct 23, 2026, 2:26 PM

The Impact of Aliyah, Then Like Now

My great-great-grandparents Yehoshua and Esther Zabludovsky made Aliyah from Zabludow (now in Poland) to Jerusalem in 1889. My great-grandfather Yosef Kaluzna came from Zhmerynka (now Ukraine) via Manchester, England in 1913 and settled in the Galilee. There, Yosef met Mina Zabludovsky...

Oct 22, 2026, 10:23 PM

Lech Lecha: Abraham’s Legacy Is Not a Performance

The difference between performing righteousness and becoming a blessing There are moments when the political climate becomes so consuming that it threatens to swallow the very values it claims to defend. Even acts of compassion become political statements. Even gestures...

Brodie Mitchell

Oct 22, 2026, 4:42 PM

What Happens When You Stand With Israel on a British Campus?

Standing with the Jewish Community following the antisemitic attack in Golders Green, London.

Photo - Elliott Franks

1,460 pages of records covering my political activity, social media and other aspects of my private life raised difficult questions about privacy, free expression and the treatment of a pro-Israel student on a British campus. The Subject Access Request at...

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