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Andrew Logan Lawrence

May 27, 2026, 3:56 PM

Shalom Y’all: A Jewish Story Older Than America

If you ask most people where American Jewish history begins, they'll say New York. Some might know about Newport. Almost no one says Georgia. And yet, just five months after the colony of Georgia was founded in 1733, a ship...

May 23, 2026, 9:25 AM

There should be more flowers

"There should be more flowers." I was standing outside the Capital Jewish Museum on May 21, 2026, having just sent my friend Katie a picture of the stone outside bearing the names and photographs of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 19, 2026, 2:13 PM

Mamdani Hates Israel. Stop Pretending Otherwise.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife Rama Duwaji wave at members of media after a news conference at Gracie Mansion, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

American Democratic Jews who consider themselves Zionists must abandon Zohran Mamdani. He advances a clear anti-Israel agenda while using a small circle of extreme-left Jewish activists as political cover. This tactic allows him to claim immunity from accusations of...

Mohamed Elbaikam

May 15, 2026, 10:38 PM

Western Sahara: Policy or Propaganda?

In Washington, distant unresolved conflicts can easily become files on a national-security map. But when such conflicts are read only through the language of security, investment, alliances, and geopolitical competition, the risk is that political narrative replaces legal fact....

Julie Fishman Rayman

May 5, 2026, 6:01 PM

When naming names isn’t picking a fight

Late last week, a bipartisan pair of Members of Congress introduced a resolution condemning antisemitic hate-filled rhetoric and content disseminated by prominent online personalities, specifically naming Candace Owens and Hasan Piker. I work for an organization that knows the importance...

Eugene J. Levin

May 1, 2026, 7:16 AM

Lithuania at AJC: A Warning

I follow Grant Gochin's work on Facebook, X, Substack, and Times of Israel. I do it for two reasons. Professionally, I make documentary films about Jewish memory, and Grant has become a primary source on Lithuanian Holocaust evasion. Personally,...

David H. Levitt

Apr 26, 2026, 9:46 PM

American Jews Must Go on Offense

I am tired – tired of always playing defense against antisemitism. Tired of the lies about Israel and about Jews. Tired of media antisemitic and anti-Israel bias. Tired of politicians saying that “hate has no place in ,” when...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Apr 26, 2026, 2:20 AM

Lithuania Closes the Loop

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The record is not missing. Lithuania has archives, signatures, court filings, international rebukes, and its own institutional admissions. What it lacks is institutional permission to let evidence produce consequences. Its prosecutors and courts now perform that function. They do...

Menachem Rosensaft

Apr 26, 2026, 2:09 AM

Sapiro v. Ford, or how to cut an antisemite down to size

Every once in a while, part of a film's or a book's importance lies in what it does not tell us explicitly. This is the case with Gaylen Ross's outstanding new documentary, Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Apr 24, 2026, 3:29 AM

AJC & B’nai B’rith: The Jewish Community Is Entitled to the Record

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On Friday, May 1, 2026, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) will host a delegation from the Government of Lithuania. According to AJC’s event notice, Lithuanian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Consul General of Lithuania are expected to...

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