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Jun 9, 2026, 1:19 PM

“I Want Them All”

It has been an eventful twelve hours here in Israel, but probably not the way you might think. If you have been listening to the news, following weeks of constant bombardment of the northern part of Israel by Hezbollah,...

Jun 9, 2026, 6:16 AM

How to Vet Dates and Politicians

My friend was going through a break-up. We sat on the grass outside her home as I tried to convince her to hate her ex. I had been seeing New Guy. It’s hard to tell a friend to hate...

Jun 9, 2026, 4:18 AM

Supporting Jewish Nonprofit Professionals

I am an “elder millennial,” which means I have endured both the cultural shame of AOL instant messaging in college (how many variations of ‘gym, class, study’ can there be?) and the medical indignity of being called a geriatric...

Jun 8, 2026, 12:01 PM

Israel and American Jewry: Not in News Cycles, But in Generations

More than half a century separates these students, but the challenge of sustaining the relationship between Israel and American Jewry spans generations. (Illustration by ChatGPT)

If we are committed to strengthening and preserving the relationship between Israel and American Jewry, where should we be investing our time, energy, and resources? Generational differences in attachment to Israel among American Jews have become increasingly pronounced. A 2025...

Jun 8, 2026, 10:33 AM

Echoes of 1936: Silencing the Canary

Alice Neel, Nazis Murder Jews, 1936. Courtesy of the Rennie Collection, Vancouver

In 1936, the American artist Alice Neel painted a scene of a torchlight protest in New York City. The painting is claustrophobic, dominated by dark, heavy strokes and a dense crowd of demonstrators. In the center, illuminated by the...

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jun 8, 2026, 10:14 AM

Dave Matthews answered me from the stage. Now comes the hard part

Musician Dave Matthews reads a speech on stage at a concert in Raleigh, NC, on June 5, 2026. (Social media used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The rocker read a message about antisemitism to 20,000 people. It wasn’t perfect, but those calling it a fraud are missing the point of why any of us write anything at all.

Jun 8, 2026, 5:23 AM

BDS Was Never About Groceries

Two weeks ago, members of the Park Slope Food Coop — a roughly 17,000-member cooperative grocery store in Brooklyn better known for kombucha than geopolitics — voted to advance a referendum on whether the co-op should join the Boycott,...

Jun 8, 2026, 5:06 AM

Breaking and Strengthening at the Same Time: Using Loss as a Motivation

“We are broken.” She looks down, then right at me, sitting thousands of miles away, sorrow etched on her face. “So many people whose children were killed on October 7th developed cancer and died.” How to respond? The gap—between a...

Mayan Chin Jacobi

Jun 7, 2026, 6:04 PM

The future Sarah believed in

Photo credit: Mayan Chin Jacobi

Last week, I returned to the AJC Global Forum carrying two very different emotions: gratitude and grief. The American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum brings together thousands of Jewish leaders, diplomats, policymakers, students, and advocates from around the world. It is...

Richard Diamond

Jun 6, 2026, 9:44 PM

Why the Overwhelming Majority of American Jews Identify as Democrats

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Explaining to Israelis Why the Overwhelming Majority of American Jews Identify as Democrats and Traditional Progressives A recurring source of friction between Israeli Jews and their American counterparts is political. Israelis, who have watched the Democratic Party grow increasingly uncomfortable...

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