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Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Jul 24, 2026, 11:50 PM

Supporting Soldiers Shouldn’t Sideline Disabled Civilians

H.R. 9328 has coasted through Congress so far as one of the easiest votes placed before it during one of the most tumultuous periods in modern US history. That may be excellent news for active-duty military personnel and their...

Jul 20, 2026, 11:20 PM

The Sidewalk Is Never Just a Sidewalk

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Last week, reports emerged that men and women in Bnei Brak would be directed to use separate sidewalks in certain areas of the city. Signs were placed and then reportedly removed following public and legal opposition. It would be easy...

Jul 20, 2026, 12:57 PM

Flying home to vote

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I'll make a quick trip from Europe not because I want to earn the right to criticize the next government, but because I want there to be less to criticize

Jul 19, 2026, 4:52 PM

Haredi ingratitude

In this new Ayin Tova cartoon, we see an Ultra-Orthodox Haredi rabbi deliberately spitting into the water source of the Jewish nation. Why would someone spit into a well that they, and others, drink from? This malicious act of pollution...

Sarah Segal-Katz

Jul 14, 2026, 1:50 PM

Gender segregation does not remove barriers. It builds a wall

Gender-segregation signage on Hizkiyahu HaMelech Street in Katamon, Jerusalem, during a Hachnasat Sefer Torah ceremony (2018). The Yiddish signs direct men and women to separate walking routes. (Sarah Segal-Katz)

A proposed law doesn't just permit more separate university classrooms. It reshapes academia, with profound consequences for women and Israeli democracy

Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

Jul 13, 2026, 7:41 AM

The Illusion of Superiority: The Invisible Root of Human Rights Violations

Every human rights violation begins long before a prison cell, a battlefield, or a courtroom. It begins with an idea—the belief that some people are inherently more valuable than others. The illusion of superiority has shaped some of history's darkest...

Alexander Lutsenko

Jul 5, 2026, 4:35 PM

When Israel’s Right Starts Asking About Russian Media Influence

When Israel’s Right Starts Asking About Russian Media Influence. The image is a screenshot from the channel "Anetta Shapiro: Israel Without Borders."

On July 5, 2026, something notable happened in Israel’s media space. A question that had usually been raised by “Ukrainian” activists, pro-Ukraine Israelis, and smaller media outlets following Kremlin propaganda suddenly appeared from a different direction — from the Israeli...

Shamai Leibowitz

Jul 2, 2026, 10:38 PM

No more Pharaohs?

Using nothing more than a warm meal, a safe roof, and a radical commitment to Jewish justice, August and Henrietta Bondi turned their home in Greeley, Kansas into a refuge where runaway slaves knew they could find rest, shelter,...

Heidi Basch-Harod

Jun 27, 2026, 4:56 PM

We Who Believe in Freedom

You know that moment when you come back to the present moment but didn’t realize you had left? Best described as mysterious experiences of time travel, I find myself in places and moments I’ve been before. At an outdoor...

Jun 23, 2026, 10:02 AM

I’m no Bibi fan, but why condemn him and not others?

US progressives paint Netanyahu as uniquely malevolent, and they don't even mention the Mideast leaders who have truly terrible human rights records

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