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Aug 18, 2026, 2:08 PM

In an Alternate Universe, Iran Hangs Mamdani as a Zionist

On February 28, the mayor of New York stood in front of a camera and called his own government’s war “a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression.” Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war....

Steven Greenberg

Aug 18, 2026, 10:23 AM

An Open Letter to a Pastor Who Cropped the Truth

An Open Letter to Rev. Sara Ofner-Seals, Associate Pastor at Plymouth Congregational Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana Dear Rev. Ofner-Seals, In your July 29 op-ed, you painted a bleak portrait of pre-war Gaza. You supported your argument with verifiable facts and correctly...

Hande Gençünal

Aug 18, 2026, 4:41 AM

A Principle in the Fog, Ireland’s Boycott

In organizational sociology, a 1977 paper by John Meyer and Brian Rowan, published in the American Journal of Sociology, became one of the field's most cited texts. Meyer and Rowan argued that an institution's formal structures often exist not...

Aug 18, 2026, 12:30 AM

What’s in a Name

My sister and I were the unfortunate bearers of names with Cultural Significance, but not in the way you might think. I was born just a few years before the movie Star Wars appeared on the scene, and my...

Aug 18, 2026, 12:26 AM

My One-Minute Prayer at Birkenau

Every visitor to Poland arrives with a different story. Some come as students. Some come as historians. Some come because their grandparents survived. Others come because their grandparents never left. Each deserves to remember in their own way. Before we arrived, I...

Adrienne Skolnik

Aug 17, 2026, 12:49 PM

The Real Mamdani Vote

There is a misconception as to which religious population’s vote caused the election of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Misleading comments have been made that it was the Jewish vote that won him this victory. Truth be told, not only...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Aug 17, 2026, 11:48 AM

The Portrait of Dorian Gray

There is a point at which a community can become so accomplished at explaining the hostility directed against it that it gradually loses the ability to distinguish hostility from criticism, criticism from consequence, and consequence from evidence. The danger...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Aug 17, 2026, 11:47 AM

The Democratic Party’s Jewish Reckoning Has Arrived

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory has forced Jewish Democrats to confront a question their party can no longer evade: How much are Jewish voters expected to tolerate in the name of defeating Donald Trump? There comes a point when political loyalty...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:46 AM

Attention Is Cheap. Impact Is Not

Linda Sadacka receives a New York State Senate proclamation from Senator Sam Sutton recognizing her community advocacy through journalism, social media and civic engagement. (Screenshot courtesy of the author.)

Under my name on this very blog are four words: “Articles Crafted for Action.” I chose them deliberately. I have never been particularly interested in adding more commentary to a world already drowning in it. If I am going to...

Lawrence A Frazin

Aug 17, 2026, 11:43 AM

From Cleaning Up Your Aisle to Rebuilding a Society

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Even a non-soccer fan like me still remembers the excitement generated by the World Cup games. A surprise feel-good story of the spectacle was the behavior of the Japanese fans attending the games. It seems that every international media...

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