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Michael Zoosman

Sep 25, 2026, 5:47 AM

Sukkot and the Shadow of October 7: Uninviting the Angel of Death in Israel

The ruins of a sukkah in Kibbutz Nir Oz. No copyright. Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1S2QQmkmBC/

Sukkot has not been the same for world Jewry since October 7, 2023. On that date, Hamas led a coordinated, multi-pronged assault from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, marking the deadliest single day in the country’s history and...

Sep 23, 2026, 7:03 PM

Manipulator, Not Statesman: A Reckoning with Netanyahu’s Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu has served longer as prime minister than anyone in Israel's history. Longevity, however, is not statesmanship. A statesman leads his or her people toward a vision, a unifying message of hope, with the courage to spend political capital...

Sep 23, 2026, 3:52 PM

Hear, O Israel: Choose Healing over Hate

Cartoon by Dan Savery Raz using Adobe AI.

Ben Gvir and Smotrich must be ousted for this recovery to start. Where were you on September 11, 2001, or October 7, 2023? These are commonly asked questions, but do you remember where you were on November 2, 2022? This...

Michael Zoosman

Sep 22, 2026, 11:57 PM

Standing Against Ben Gvir’s Yom Kippur Death Wish

Just hours before the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir raised the possibility of applying the death penalty to a person whom the Jerusalem...

Sep 18, 2026, 5:18 AM

Israel must challenge rather than engage ‘pro-Palestine’ performance politics

The Macklemore battle presents a trap that pro-Israel activists have yet to escape Two options: Either stay silent as more and more celebrities accuse Israel of genocide in ever more prominent forums, and hope the tide will pass, or wield...

Sep 10, 2026, 4:51 AM

Throwing Stones from a Glass House: The West’s Double Standard on Israel

This week, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced that Britain would ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, joining France and Canada in taking action. The governments cited international law and settlement expansion, but also what they...

Sheldon Kirshner

Sep 5, 2026, 5:20 PM

Ben Gvir’s Naive Palestinian Emigration Plan

Israel's national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, is flogging a dead horse. Ben Gvir, the leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party, is trying to revive a dangerous idea that has no chance of being implemented and, furthermore, would bring...

Sep 5, 2026, 12:46 PM

Gaza: Voluntary Relocation in Name Only

Displacement produced through coercive circumstances This week, within days of each other, two members of Israel's government put new institutional weight behind something that has been implicit in Israeli policy for more than a year. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir...

Marc J. Rosenstein

Sep 4, 2026, 3:15 PM

The Jewish Power Blog: End Times

In 1666, Sir Paul Rycaut, a British diplomat stationed in Turkey, observed the impact of the belief that Sabbetai Zevi was the messiah: , who now full of assurance that the restoration of their kingdom and the accomplishment of the...

Michael Zoosman

Sep 2, 2026, 9:48 PM

A History of ‘L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty’: 6 Years – 5,000+ Members

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Our group, “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty,” recently surged well past 5,000 members across the USA, Israel, and the world. The Israeli Knesset’s highly publicized passage of two death penalty laws earlier this year marks a significant reason...

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