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Peter Samuelson

Aug 8, 2026, 12:54 AM

When Silence Is Safer Than Speaking

As a Hollywood producer, I've spent much of my career around artists, actors, musicians, and storytellers. One thing I've learned is that there are moments when speaking up comes at a cost. Publicists advise caution, studios worry about backlash,...

Aug 7, 2026, 6:54 AM

When Kosher Food Goes Up in Flames

Fire at the Agri Star Meat & Poultry facility in Postville, Iowa. (Photo courtesy of Fayette County Iowa EMA)

The kosher community has recently suffered several huge losses. At 3:56 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, a fire devastated the Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville, Iowa, one of the largest kosher meat-processing facilities in the United States....

Joseph C. Kaplan

Aug 6, 2026, 11:08 PM

Exchange with a very good friend

A number of friends of my generation who rarely comment on my columns emailed me about my latest, where I discussed my contrasting feelings toward America’s bicentennial and semiquincentennial (“Belated Anniversary Wishes”). Many, including one who actually attended our...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 6, 2026, 5:56 AM

Governor Tarcísio reaffirms commitment to Jewish community security at Fisesp

São Paulo, August 3, 2026 – Governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, attended on Monday (3) a meeting organized by the Jewish Federation of the State of São Paulo (Fisesp), bringing together business leaders, members of the Jewish...

David E. Bernstein

Aug 5, 2026, 8:12 PM

Antisemitic Bullies at American Universities

An under-discussed aspect of the wave of far-left antisemitism on university campuses in the United States is the psychology of bullying. Anyone who was once a child (!) knows that a fair number of people really, really enjoy bullying...

Aug 5, 2026, 4:13 AM

The Pathology of Hatred Devoid of Facts

There is a pathological sickness spreading through much of the Western world. It has abandoned reason, rejected individual judgment, and replaced both with blind ideological hatred. The following incident is an example of Sinat Chinam, the Hebrew phrase that means...

Aug 4, 2026, 6:09 AM

The Enemy Is Ziophobia

Outbound platform at Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA. Image © bdamon, 2013. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. Source: Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.

When Home No Longer Feels Like Home When I moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, nearly two decades ago, it was widely known as one of America’s most Jewish and pro-Israel towns. Today, it feels different. I see visibly more Muslims. More women wearing...

Marina Rosenberg

Aug 1, 2026, 9:57 AM

Antisemitism is now the baseline, not a spike

On the last night of Hanukkah, a gunman opened fire on a candle-lighting celebration on Bondi Beach, killing Rabbi Eli Schlanger and fourteen others. I had been in Sydney just a week earlier for the first-ever J7 Task Force Against Antisemitism Summit...

William Barclay

Aug 1, 2026, 9:42 AM

Canaries, Coalmines, and Canada’s National Collapse

Illustrative: Anti-Israeli demonstrators wave Palestinian flags during a protest in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 2023. (Cole Burston / AFP)

Since the most recent outbreak of the Israel-Palestine Conflict on October 7th 2023, countless pro-Israeli businesses and centres of Jewish life, such as community centres and schools, have been terrorized by gunshots, arson, and bomb threats, as well as...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 30, 2026, 4:01 AM

Israelite Confederation of Brazil Expands Global Role at Haifa Conference

The Brazilian Jewish Confederation (CONIB) took part in the Contemporary Antisemitism Conference Haifa 2026, held July 7–9 at the University of Haifa, Israel, presenting Brazil’s experience in monitoring, interpreting, and confronting contemporary antisemitism. With around 550 participants, including keynote...

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