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Kostis Konstantinou

Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 AM

The Walkout, the Empty Seats, and the Story Sold

Hiram Johnson, the American senator — not Aeschylus, as often claimed — is credited with saying that truth is the first casualty of war. Nowhere has that seemed more apt than in Gaza. We have had the absurdities about genocide; fairy...

Sep 29, 2026, 11:10 AM

When the Message Comes Attached to a Rock

I am reading Hopes and Fears, by Robert Evans and Michael Thompson, a book meant to enlighten school leaders and teachers about some of the challenges we face in education. One concept really stayed with me. The authors talk about...

Sep 28, 2026, 9:26 PM

CNN, MS NOW and Bibi

“Moshe, do you know what happened when I tried to watch Bibi’s UN speech on CNN and MS NOW?” “Yup,” replied Mordechai. “They weren’t streaming it.” “That really pissed me off. I went ICBM ballistic. Livid, I cursed at my TV...

Sep 28, 2026, 7:42 AM

Sorry, Jews Are Normal Human Beings

Tablet Magazine

Judging Israel Fairly It has been difficult to see the situation in Gaza, for critics and supporters of Israel alike. The destruction and suffering are enormous, and it is hard for any Jew to see it and acknowledge that Israel...

Elkana Bar Eitan

Sep 28, 2026, 4:06 AM

The Mathematics of Freedom

There are very few passages that I know, from the moment I first read them, will remain with me forever. One is Natan Sharansky’s description of playing chess against himself in his mind during the long years he spent...

Richard Diamond

Sep 27, 2026, 5:59 PM

The Inquiry Israel Needs and Its Government Fears

Image by Gemini

Agranat in Reverse: What an October 7 Inquiry Will Find When a state commission of inquiry into October 7 finally convenes, it will not produce a sequel to the Agranat Commission. It will produce its inversion. In 1974, Agranat found...

Daphne Lazar Price

Sep 27, 2026, 4:26 PM

Put me down for outrage

Adam Brody is not a rabbi. This should not need to be said. He is an actor who plays one on Nobody Wants This, the wildly popular Netflix series that has generated plenty of conversation and controversy about Judaism,...

Johnathan Orlianski

Sep 27, 2026, 12:55 PM

Qatar got a friendly. Israel got a lecture.

Before Ireland lectures Israel, it should confront its own antisemitic past

Sep 27, 2026, 9:43 AM

Through the Soldier’s Eyes: Disproving the Four ‘GAWP’ Libels Against Israel

KIbbutz Be'eri, October 2023, Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

In the flood of accusations levelled at Israel since October 7th, four words get thrown around constantly, and understood correctly almost never: "Genocide," "Apartheid," "War Crimes," and "Proportionality" — GAWP. Virtue-signalling activists, filmmakers like the two behind "NAZA," B-grade...

Sep 26, 2026, 12:29 PM

Greta Thunberg. From climate icon to career activist

Some of the word causes Greta Thunberg seems to purposefully ignore. AI image generated with the author's prompting

Has Greta Thunberg now outgrown her own core cause? Greta Thunberg built up her global following on one single claim of expertise. The environment. She claimed that the science of climate change was clear and all world leaders were not...

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