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Apr 26, 2025, 10:59 PM

Popstars for Palestine?

In today’s world, where news spreads like wildfire and entire narratives are condensed into 10-second videos, it’s no surprise that celebrities often get caught in the crossfire of the social media spotlight. Political opinions, social justice causes, and real-world...

Apr 26, 2025, 9:47 PM

Yom HaShoah and the Empty Yellow Chair

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Most Jewish holidays have now incorporated the empty yellow chair which signifies the hostages still held captive in Gaza by Hamas into their commemorations and rituals. For example, for the past two Passovers an empty yellow seat has been...

James M. Dorsey

Apr 26, 2025, 4:00 PM

Crunch time may be approaching for Netanyahu

The coming days will tell whether it’s crunch time for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The litmus test will be whether US President Donald J. Trump forces Mr. Netanyahu to lift his almost two-months-long blocking of the flow of humanitarian...

Apr 26, 2025, 3:41 PM

When Never Again! means Not in my Name!

Hod Hasharon Mayor Amir Kochavi speaks at the city's ceremony for the onset of Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 23, 2025. (Screen capture via Facebook)

Amir Kochavi, the mayor of Hod Hasharon, on Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), remarked in his speech that “We must not be silent in the face of atrocities carried out against people of other nations in the world —...

Apr 26, 2025, 3:33 PM

Curbing Iran’s Nuclear Ambition: Termed Sanctions

Iran’s nuclear ambitions have long posed a challenge to regional and global security. Despite various negotiations and agreements, Tehran continues to develop its nuclear program while leveraging diplomatic talks to ease economic pressures. This makes the current negotiations critically...

Apr 26, 2025, 11:26 AM

Why I Question Israel

“Destroy them.” “No ceasefire.” “globalize the intifada.” This is some of the outspoken radical sentiment that has pervaded every part of Jewish and Palestinian communities since the events of October 7th, 2023. Anger understandably continues to ravage both societies....

Apr 25, 2025, 7:36 PM

From the Otef to Kashmir

Houseboats on Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo free over Unsplash by Isa Macouzet)

I write this from my study in suburban America, yet the pain that reached me this late April felt as close as my own heartbeat. That afternoon, 26 tourists—25 Indian Hindus and one Nepali guide—climbed a winding road into...

Apr 25, 2025, 6:23 PM

Your Morals Are Fake — We Stand With Israel

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The People Without Morality: Standing With Israel Against the Hypocrisy The tension in Israel has reached unbearable levels over the past year and a half. Day after day, innocent Israeli men, women, and children were forced to flee into bomb...

Apr 25, 2025, 5:55 PM

Until they return, none of us are free

Last week, as we began to mark Passover, my family and I had just returned to Israel after two weeks in the United States as part of a delegation of released hostages and families of those still held hostage...

William Hamilton

Apr 25, 2025, 5:24 PM

“The Prophets of the Bible called out wrongs. They held nothing back when they criticized those who misled.” A grad student had this to say to me a few years ago. He was eager to engage me in his...

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