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Oct 27, 2026, 2:14 AM

El-Sayed on the Foreign Relations Committee: A Disastrous Scenario

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Imagine a sequence of events - a disastrous scenario - that could reshape American foreign policy: Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s open Senate seat, Democrats regain control of the Senate, and El-Sayed secures a position on the prestigious Senate Foreign...

Oct 27, 2026, 12:07 AM

Macklemore is No Stranger to Supporting Anti-Israel Behavior

On September 4 & 5 while opening for Ed Sheeran, Macklemore came out on stage in a Kefiyya and went on an anti-Israel rant. On Monday, September 7 he released a video on Social Media where he stated the...

Oct 27, 2026, 12:05 AM

President Obama: You Know Better

Former US President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, January 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (Times of Israel)

Dear President Obama, First, congratulations on receiving an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University. It is yet another distinguished honor in a remarkable career. I deliberately waited before writing this letter, hoping you might reconsider and retract your remarks made in Belfast...

Lila Steinhardt

Oct 26, 2026, 9:02 PM

The Tolerance Epidemic

"Where are the women?" When I was about ten, my Girl Scout troop, Troop 3484, stood on the corner of 77th Street and Central Park West chanting that question at passersby. Central Park had 23 statues of men and not...

Oct 26, 2026, 6:55 PM

The Jews American Screens Never Show

A few nights before my wedding, my mom painted my palms with henna. I wore the keswa el kbira, the “great dress,” a deep burgundy skirt and bodice made of velvet, heavy with gold embroidery. Jews expelled from Spain carried...

Gavriella Zahtz

Oct 26, 2026, 6:37 PM

Why the West Will Be Disappointed with the Next Government

Antisemitism will not decrease. Regardless of who wins the Prime Minister’s seat through whatever convoluted shenanigans of last minute coalition building form the next government of the modern state of Israel your antisemitism will be bad. Diaspora Jews may have...

Oct 26, 2026, 6:19 PM

The Obligations of Foreigners: From the Ger Toshav to the Rioters of Paris

In 2013, a ceremony was held to mark the transition between the two Chief Rabbis of the United Synagogue in Britian. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks stepped down, and Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis succeeded him, a position he continues to hold today....

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...

Oct 26, 2026, 3:10 PM

I am being asked to sign a one-year lease on an apartment near the center of Tel Aviv, starting in a month. The landlord wanted it signed last Friday. She has been patient in the way that landlords are...

Oct 25, 2026, 11:24 PM

Radical Egalitarians Unite

"Come to your senses." Abdalla at Jaffa 2014. Photo courtesy of the author.

Dear reader, Unless you are Rumpelstiltskin in hibernation phase, you may have noticed lately that the political cybersphere is saturated with many varieties of disheartening rhetoric ahead of the elections in Israel/Palestine (where I live) and coming soon in the...

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