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Stephen A. Cooper

Sep 1, 2026, 10:22 AM

“A pound of flesh” for a piece of skull

When she was 18, Christa Pike taunted and beat 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, eventually slashing her throat and body with a box cutter. Pike and an accomplice carved pentagrams into Slemmer’s body and when she still didn’t die, Pike picked...

Sep 1, 2026, 8:11 AM

You Can Run From Zionism. But You Can Never Escape Your Judaism

Brad Lander, a progressive Jewish politician in New York, attending Zohran Mamdani's primary election watch party in June 2025. (Heather Khalifa/AP)

Brad Lander has spent years of his political career trying to prove that being Jewish does not require being a supporter of Israel. Last weekend, he was shown that people don't care. Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 10th...

Aug 31, 2026, 1:17 AM

The Butterfly Effect: What Dolly Parton Left us

Dolly Parton’s recent passing sparked tributes around the globe. As I read them and reflected on her extraordinary life, I realized that so much about Dolly spoke to me in ways I had never really considered. I never thought I...

Aug 29, 2026, 12:14 PM

The Celebrity Megaphone and the Morning After

The third and final installment in a three-part series examining what actually comes after “Delete Israel.” Terminology note: Wherever possible, I use “Gazans” when referring specifically to the people of Gaza. I use “Palestinian” primarily when quoting or referring to...

Aug 28, 2026, 10:35 AM

Part II: Israel Is Gone. Who Fills the Vacuum?

The second in a three-part series examining what actually comes after “Delete Israel.” In Part I, I asked what the slogan means for the Gazans its supporters claim to be fighting for. Now let’s grant the hypothetical completely. Israel...

Aug 27, 2026, 5:20 AM

When Where I Live Requires an Explanation

Before I left Israel for a week-long vacation to the Turkish riviera, I took off my necklace. It was a simple gold necklace with my name written in Hebrew. I had worn it almost every day since moving to Tel...

Steve Glickstein

Aug 26, 2026, 4:54 AM

What If Silence Isn’t Indifference?

The message they typed… but never sent.

What if we’ve been getting silence wrong? When a friend says nothing about antisemitism, Israel, or the war, it’s easy to assume they don’t care. Silence feels like absence. It feels like distance. It feels like indifference. But what...

Karen Lieberman

Aug 25, 2026, 6:30 AM

GENOCIDE: The Historic Inversion of Our Time OR…The Never-Ending Lie

In mid-2023, the population of the Gaza Strip was approximately two million. It is currently two million. The IDF – supposedly committing genocide – is not very proficient – unlike the Nazis, who butchered the Jewish people during WWII....

Aug 19, 2026, 10:00 AM

Israel’s “PR Problem” Is Not a PR Problem

When the answer to failed messaging is more messaging. (AI Generated Image)

“Israel is losing the PR war” has become a familiar complaint, one often accompanied by claims that Israel’s public relations are terrible, that Jews are failing to tell our story effectively, or that we simply need better messaging. We...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Aug 17, 2026, 11:47 AM

The Democratic Party’s Jewish Reckoning Has Arrived

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory has forced Jewish Democrats to confront a question their party can no longer evade: How much are Jewish voters expected to tolerate in the name of defeating Donald Trump? There comes a point when political loyalty...

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