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Jun 17, 2026, 5:48 AM

Whose Life Is It Anyway? Why We Are Still Fighting

Image courtesy of Hadassah.

As I follow what is happening to women today, I recall one passionate high-school history lesson describing how hard women were forced to fight for the right to vote. It took decades of conflict before the 19th Amendment, prohibiting...

Jun 16, 2026, 5:32 PM

The Seed in the Feed Trough: How Common Fodder Disqualifies Temimah

A red heifer calf named Temimah (perfect) entered the world a few weeks ago on a dairy farm in the hills of the Galilee. She displayed a strikingly pure red coat. Rabbi Azaria Ariel examined her personally soon after...

Jun 16, 2026, 2:02 PM

Reclaiming the Lion and Sun

The Battle for Iran’s Soul at the World Cup

Cindy Silverman

Jun 14, 2026, 9:42 PM

I shook his hand

When I saw him walking toward my table I thought, Oh. This is going to be interesting. I was calm. I was collected. I was ready. He was 92 years old. A veteran. A fixture at this World War II commemorative...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jun 12, 2026, 4:58 PM

Israel’s ‘Deep State’ is Critical Not Of, but FOR, Democracy

The “Deep State.” A term that sends shivers down the spine of anyone who views democracy as a vulnerable marvel. Lately, the Deep State has been used as a cudgel by Israel’s present right-wing government to explain why it...

Jun 9, 2026, 1:14 PM

Get to Know Activist and Educator Moran Goldschmidt of Speak Up Jew

You probably recognize Moran Goldschmidt as the outspoken activist in the orange Batman shirt, combatting antisemitism from her Instagram platform @speakupjew. But what you might not know is she’s also an educator who impacts kids across the globe with...

Hallel Silverman

Jun 9, 2026, 4:18 AM

Built by Activists, Not Publicists

Jerusalem Pride is not Tel Aviv Pride. It’s more political, religious and smaller. It has counter-protesters. This is not a parade built around beaches, parties, or corporate sponsorships. It is a march that exists because activists fought for the right...

Jun 8, 2026, 7:03 PM

The White Auditorium: On Hyperrationality and Social Perception

Do you speak Arabic? On Husserl’s “Hyperrationality” in the Context of Antisemitic Experience and the Irrationality of Social Perception I am attending a conference on philosophy and antisemitism. It is being held at one of those presentable German universities where the...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Jun 8, 2026, 6:59 PM

When Activism Cannot Hear Palestinians

The Activism That Cannot Hear Palestinians The contemporary Western activist often does not hear Palestinians first. He hears the echo of his own redemptive script. “Free Palestine” then functions not as a political demand, but as a ritual formula through...

Arnon Rubinstein

Jun 3, 2026, 9:35 PM

Will Anyone Listen This Time?

Will Anyone Listen This Time? I copied a Substack article written by Melissa Brodsky, with her approval, as I believe it should be published in Israel. Someone with money and a platform stands up and says what the rest of us...

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