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Robert S. Miller

Jul 27, 2026, 6:05 PM

114 Essays Agree: The Golden Age Is Over

For seventy years American Jews lived under an arrangement good enough to earn a name: the golden age. Physical safety, open doors, real political influence, and a two-party consensus behind Israel. That arrangement is now being pronounced dead, in...

Stephanie Z. Bonder

Jul 27, 2026, 3:46 PM

A Letter to the Mayor of NYC

To the Mayor of NY, I am writing to you as a teacher who has spent most of my life educating children. A lesson I have always tried to convey to my students is that leadership comes with responsibility. Merriam-Webster defines...

Jul 27, 2026, 12:52 PM

Farewell International Criminal Court?

A recent newspaper article almost made me spill my morning orange juice. It was a Wall Street Journal column by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “This is only the beginning,” he wrote. “Using all the tools at our government’s disposal, working...

Eliyahu V. Sapir

Jul 27, 2026, 12:39 PM

When the Holocaust becomes evidence against Jews

TL;DR: Frans Timmermans presents himself as a defender of complexity, historical responsibility, and European political maturity, yet abandons all three when judging Israel. He transfers the language of Jewish existential danger to the Palestinians, recasts Israeli extremists as "we...

Jul 27, 2026, 12:34 PM

The Clock Is Ticking for Tehran

AI generated image of Donald Trump looking back at the flag of Iran amidst rubble in Tehran.

After months of fighting, Iran's military and economy are under intense strain. Yet lasting victory will depend not only on battlefield gains, but on whether Tehran concludes that continued confrontation has become unsustainable. Iran Faces a Strategic Reckoning Nearly five months...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jul 27, 2026, 8:53 AM

The Higher the Office, the Greater the Responsibility: Why Zohran Mamdani’s Rhetoric Matters

Every elected official has the right to express deeply held political convictions. Not every elected official serves the largest Jewish community outside Israel. That distinction is what makes New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rhetoric about Israel worthy of far greater scrutiny...

Jul 27, 2026, 4:10 AM

“Every Airline Does It” Isn’t Good Enough for EL AL

I purchased my EL AL ticket home from Israel to Los Angeles believing my reservation and additional seat payment were confirmed. I thought EL AL would ensure I flew on the nonstop flight I had paid for. Hours before I...

Jul 26, 2026, 9:23 PM

The Abnormal Normalization

The Middle East has many traditions. There is the tradition of insisting Israel is the Middle East’s biggest problem. There is the tradition of condemning Israel on Monday. There is the tradition of buying Israeli technology on Tuesday. And then there is perhaps...

Rebecca Sealfon

Jul 26, 2026, 9:18 PM

Anti-Zionists Taught Me About Jewish Confidence

From Khan Hadera Archive and Museum. Photo: Sonia Kolodany / Photo Sonia, CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/. Colorized using MyHeritage In Color and cropped.

For more than seven years, I have spoken regularly with anti-Zionists, including Palestinians, mostly online. Throughout, I openly displayed my Jewishness and my commitment to Jewish cultural continuity. That experience has changed how I understand the current wave of...

Arnon Rubinstein

Jul 26, 2026, 6:04 PM

Better is the sight of the eyes

טוב מראה עיניים The origin of this phrase is from the Book of Ecclesiastes (Kohelet 6:9) in the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament). The original is a much deeper verse appears as: ‘טוֹב מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם מֵהֲלָךְ־נָפֶשׁ’ meaning ‘Better is the...

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