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May 11, 2026, 11:09 AM

According to the Rules of the Russian Language

“On Ukraine” or “in Ukraine”? Sometimes politics begins with a preposition — when a linguistic form stops being background and becomes a signal. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2025. Licensed under CC0 (public domain dedication).

Note: This article is a translation of my Russian-language piece «Согласно правилам русского языка» (“According to the Rules of the Russian Language”), originally written on December 19, 2025. I postponed translating it because it relies heavily on Russian-specific linguistic...

May 9, 2026, 11:52 AM

Russia Is the Outskirts of Ukraine

Painting “Apple Trees in Blossom. In Little Russia,” artist Nikolai Sergeyev, 1895. Public domain.

Note: This article is a translation of my Russian-language piece «Россия — это окраина Украины» (“Russia Is the Outskirts of Ukraine”), originally written on December 15, 2025. I postponed translating it because it relies heavily on Russian- and Ukrainian-specific...

May 7, 2026, 9:14 PM

Inches to Metric: The Art of Debate

I grew up in an era where the Jewish community was completely tied to the Democratic party. Mom was a Socialist Democrat, Dad was too. Many in the Jewish community considered becoming a Republican an act of betrayal/conversion. Becoming a...

Feb 26, 2026, 8:21 AM

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 3

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk(AI)

If part one examined the democratic deficits of the so called stakeholders, and part two exposed the strategic double games of regional powers, part three confronts the central question. What are the consequences for Israel if this framework hardens into...

Feb 25, 2026, 10:06 AM

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 2

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk(AI)

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 2 If part one exposed the contradiction of empowering states that do not even recognize Israel, part two examines a different layer of the same problem. Countries that claim strategic relevance, regional influence, or diplomatic...

Nov 19, 2025, 12:59 PM

My Grandparents’ Legacy and the West Bank

Family Shards (photo by Marc Kornblatt)

The images of young Israelis in the West Bank brandishing guns and clubs, killing Palestinian farmers, torching their crops and property, makes me think of my maternal grandparents. I can only imagine how Papa Sam and Grandma Bessie would...

Jared M. Feldschreiber

Aug 2, 2025, 6:17 PM

Jewish Cemetery Preservation Persists in Central Europe

Zychlin, Poland Jewish Cemetery (The Matzevah Foundation; Facebook)

On July 28, more than a thousand gravestones were brought together for a moving ceremony at the former Brest-Litovsk Jewish Cemetery in Brest, Belarus. It was the synthesis of twelve years of arduous and impassioned preparation, work, and collaboration by...

Feb 15, 2025, 10:37 PM

From bro to foe – JD Vance’s Realpolitik meets EU World

U.S. Vice President JD Vance's 19-and-a-half-minute speech at the recent Munich Security Conference has ignited a firestorm of controversy among European leaders and analysts. In his address, Vance asserted that Europe's primary threats are internal, citing issues like censorship and...

Madelon Rosen-Solomon

Jan 29, 2025, 10:46 PM

A Wandering Jew in Dystopia America Sees Her Options

I write this column in the second week of the second (G-d help us) Trump presidency. I have never felt more of a stranger in my birth-country than now. Could this really be happening? Am I now in some...

Jun 13, 2023, 3:44 PM

As Happy as God in Paris: Visiting Homeland. Part II

Marc Chagall Hall at the Litvak Artists in Paris exhibition at the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius. May - September 2023. Photo: Gintare Grigenaite. (C) Lithuanian National Museum of Art. With kind permission

LITVAK ARTISTS IN PARIS EXHIBITION IN VILNIUS PART II. CELEBRATIONS & CHAGALL UNIVERSE Part I of the essay can be read here. Celebrations: Blatas, Chwoles and Kikoine In a remarkable way, additionally to the feast of Chagall, this exhibition also created three very...

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