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Alexander Lutsenko

Oct 5, 2026, 12:08 AM

The Last Homework of 14-Year-Old Daniel Umansky, Killed by a Russian Drone

A 14-year-old Israeli-Ukrainian boy was writing about responsibility, protecting the weak and respecting other people. Then a Russian drone struck his home in Kyiv. There are details in war that refuse to remain statistics. I have been following Russia’s war against...

Suraj Rajan Kadanthodu

Oct 4, 2026, 12:37 PM

‘Shiluv’: The forgotten story of Indian Jews in Israeli politics

As Israel is getting ready for an upcoming election cycle in October 2026 with complex coalition dynamics at play and communities being divided more than ever, I would like to share the story of a group of Indian Jews...

Meggie Tempelman-Itzhak

Oct 4, 2026, 12:28 PM

Israel Real Estate: What Overseas Investors Should Know

Since the outbreak of the war, we have seen significant interest from Jewish investors in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, France and other countries who are considering real estate investments in Israel. Some of...

Orly Lavi Travish

Oct 4, 2026, 5:53 AM

For years, living in America, I have carried a quiet ache. It comes from the persistent distance I have felt between the local Jewish community and the Israelis living right beside it. We walk the same streets, work side by...

Gershon Blumstein

Oct 3, 2026, 9:26 AM

Loving Israel With Honest Conscience

There is a moment when love becomes complicated. You love someone deeply, but something they have done troubles your conscience. You hesitate to speak because you know how easily criticism can sound like rejection. I know that feeling when it comes...

Oct 2, 2026, 10:52 PM

Inches to Metric: The Clique

Camp is a social incubator We are a Camp Ramah family and have been involved with camp for decades. However anyone who ever attended camp or middle school and survived/thrived knows, social dynamics are tricky. Not easy to navigate. Often...

Oct 1, 2026, 2:40 AM

Zionist Indigeneity – Canadian Native Reconciliation

Friends, today is Canada's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation with our Indigenous Peoples. And I would like to tie that in with support received from our Indigenous Embassy in Jerusalem to victims of the recent synagogue attack in...

Sep 28, 2026, 9:27 PM

The Eighth Front: Israel’s UN Vow and India’s Multi-Aligned Tightrope

Conceptual illustration: An intricately carved Indian pillar stands anchored between the flags of the United Nations and Israel against a modern diplomatic skyline, symbolizing New Delhi's deeply rooted, multi-aligned balance amidst the growing friction of Jerusalem's 'eighth front' with international institutions. Image: AI-generated (Free for commercial use).

I watched Benjamin Netanyahu take the podium at the 81st United Nations General Assembly this week. Dozens of delegates walked out as he prepared to speak. The Israeli Prime Minister delivered a fiercely defiant address. He told the assembly...

Sep 28, 2026, 9:00 PM

The payment for freedom: A Homework Notebook in Kyiv, Weeds in Oleshky

Oleshki sign (photo made by a military drone provided by the press-service to the media)

At about 8 a.m. on Friday, September 25, a Russian drone hit a residential building in Kyiv’s Pechersk district, not far from the Israeli embassy. Daniel Umansky, 14, an Israeli citizen whose family had made aliyah and returned to...

Sep 27, 2026, 10:38 PM

The Plight of American Jewish Activism

Over the past year, I have found myself questioning an assumption that I think many of us in the American Jewish community have taken for granted for a very long time: that our legacy institutions want, or are even...

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