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Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Nov 4, 2026, 10:45 AM

I Turned Down a Career in U.S. Intelligence. I Support Breaking the Silence.

On August 7, 2024, the United States National Security Agency offered me a job as a Cryptologic Intelligence Analyst at Fort Meade, Maryland. The position was classified at GG-12, step four, with an annual salary of $109,119. It was...

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi

Nov 3, 2026, 8:27 PM

Breakthrough Exhibit at Emory Brings History of Judaic Studies to Life

Outstanding exhibit, From Tablet to Tablet, brings the history of Judaic Studies to life. Photo courtesy of Emory University.

What can a 4,000-year-old clay tablet, a letter from Martin Luther King Jr., and a postcard documenting an antisemitic lynching teach us about the world we live in today? An extraordinary exhibition at Emory University offers a compelling answer:...

Nov 2, 2026, 6:47 PM

We Once Called a Persian King Our Messiah

How did Iran become Israel’s defining enemy?

Charles E. Savenor

Nov 1, 2026, 4:15 AM

Are you sure about this? My life as a Jewish Educator

My Remarks at the Covenant Foundation Award Dinner on October 28, 2026 “Are you sure about this?” Thirty years ago, my father asked me that question as I prepared to begin my career as a Jewish educator. I was stunned. His love for...

Sheldon Kirshner

Oct 31, 2026, 5:27 PM

The Mad Dog Of Europe

Shortly after Adolf Hitler's accession to power as Germany's chancellor in 1933, the noted Hollywood screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz wrote The Mad Dog Of Europe, an anti-Nazi script that, he hoped, could be turned into a movie. As hard as he...

Clifford Rieders

Oct 30, 2026, 4:56 PM

The United States as Rome

The last independent nation of Israel until 1948 was governed by a remarkable woman. Her name in Hebrew was Shalom Tzion. Her Greek name, by which most of the world knew her, was Salome Alexandra. Unfortunately, Queen Alexandra is often...

Oct 30, 2026, 7:02 AM

Zichron Ya’akov: A Small Town That Tells the Story of Israel

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk

A history of courage, sacrifice, determination and the lessons the world has yet to learn There are places in Israel where history is not simply preserved in museums or written in books, but lives in the streets, the houses and...

Oct 27, 2026, 8:11 PM

Bible Translations Are Lying to You

Previous articles in this blog have shown that the Hebrew visions of Daniel (Dan 8–12) focus on the first-century destruction of the Second Temple. The vision of the horn-kingdom at Daniel 8:9–12 describes the destruction of the Second Temple, not its...

Oct 27, 2026, 5:36 PM

Live long and prosper: The Jewish boys who imagined a better galaxy

Members of the "Star Trek" crew, from left, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, and Nichelle Nichols, toast the newest "Star Trek" film at Paramount Studios on Dec. 28, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith, File)

The death of Walter Koenig – Star Trek's Chekov – sent me back to a galaxy where the sons and grandsons of Jewish immigrants offered hope in a perilous time

Oct 27, 2026, 5:14 PM

When the Conquered Return: The Jewish Case

History is largely a story of conquest. Empires expanded, civilizations disappeared, indigenous populations were displaced, and ancestral territories became part of new nations. While many conquered peoples preserved their cultures and identities, relatively few recovered political sovereignty. Today, much of...

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