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Oct 16, 2026, 6:24 PM

Marking the 10th Anniversary of IHRA’s Antisemitism Definition

Last week, I had the great honor and pleasure of visiting Bucharest, the capital of Romania, for an international conference to mark ten years since the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. Amid...

Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM

The Day Started with a Ring

“I like your Magen David ring,” said the cashier. Pause. “Thank you,” said the customer. “I try to wear something meaningful each day.” “I notice those little things,” said the cashier. Pause. This was an interaction between a cashier and a customer, me, a...

Oct 15, 2026, 2:35 AM

The Echoes of the Shofar: Why the 2020s Are Beginning to Look Dangerously Like the 1920s

I wasn't around in the 1920s to witness what was beginning to happen in Europe. I arrived on the scene a little later—in the spring of 1941—when much of what had been brewing during those earlier years was reaching...

Oct 11, 2026, 2:28 PM

Italy’s Radical Youth Are Celebrating October 7

Protesters hold banners supporting Palestine in a street protest. (Unsplash)

Three years after the Hamas massacre of October 7, part of Italy’s radical youth movement has moved from relativising it to openly celebrating it. Hamas called the attacks an “honorable historic milestone”. Meanwhile, in Italy, young activists said much the...

Peter Samuelson

Oct 4, 2026, 3:45 AM

Brutal is not the same as genocide

Israel's war in Gaza deserves hard criticism. But it does not meet the definition of the worst crime there is, and the region's population history shows why the difference matters. Call the war in Gaza brutal. Call it disproportionate....

Sep 30, 2026, 11:36 PM

A Coalition Against Antisemitism at World’s Top Rights Body

Headlines in major media outlets would have you believe that good news is hard to come by. Indeed, positive developments rarely get wide coverage. So, when one does arrive, it’s important that we take notice. For the sixth consecutive year,...

Richard Diamond

Sep 25, 2026, 11:46 PM

The Curse Promised to Abraham: Understanding the Nature of Antisemitism

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For three thousand years and more, Jews have asked why they are hated for trying to live as they believe God asks. The answer has been in front of us since Genesis. Antisemitism is the curse God described to...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Sep 25, 2026, 5:34 AM

Anti-Semitism & Anti-Zionism: Different Things, Same Source

Are anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism the same phenomenon? No. But they do (in part) emanate from the same emotional state. What I am about to put forward here is certainly not the only explanation of these phenomena – there are...

Patricia Levinson

Sep 24, 2026, 11:41 PM

Remembering Five Weeks of Hatred in 2001 That Changed Our World

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On Rosh Hashanah, we are asked to remember. As I sat in synagogue the day after the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I realized I have vivid memories that tell the story of the hatred toward both Israel and America...

Deborah Gastfreund Schuss

Sep 23, 2026, 5:43 AM

Jewish students’ future at US colleges hangs on Supreme Court

The recent annual reading in Newport, R.I., of George Washington’s letter to that community’s Hebrew Congregation in 1790 is a timely reminder of the first U.S. president’s commitment to Jewish safety. Washington’s eloquent choice of words affirmed that “It is now...

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