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May 20, 2025, 5:56 AM

The Decolonization Story No One Wants to Tell

Photo by 'בית השלום'

In a time when global conversations are dominated by the language of decolonization and indigenous rights, it is astonishing how one people remain curiously excluded from these narratives: the Jewish people. Across continents, movements rise to celebrate native cultures and...

May 20, 2025, 5:48 AM

Truth, Heroes, and a Seemingly Never-Ending War

Living in a country at war for 19 months feels like running a grueling marathon where every day in the wee hours of the morning, a tiny, malevolent gremlin emerges crouched from under a rock to surreptitiously extend the...

May 19, 2025, 5:31 AM

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #187, Noah’s tale, 4

Plague; Eternal Jew Mourning; montage of 2 images colorized and modified by the author, obtained from Wikimedia Commons: Shtetl by Udovin014, and image of plague from the Nuremberg Chronicle in the LOC, both in the public domain.

In this episode... like an agunah* * (read on) The Eternal Jew’s Tale Twenty Second Era, Part3, 1495 C.E., Constantinople The plague is creepin’ thru the miry streets of Constantinople in ‘95, and it seems to prefer Jewish souls. Many a sage and...

May 18, 2025, 6:08 AM

The Battle for “Palestine”

The 1948–1967 gap in Palestinian identity paved the way for the greatest identity theft of the modern era.

How a Misunderstood Name Became a Weapon—And Why Jews Should Take It Back This article serves as an explanatory piece following the release of the Palestinian Identity Trilogy: The Palestinian Identity Manifesto — the foundational declaration. Reclaim the True Palestinian...

May 16, 2025, 1:08 PM

He got the book; I got the joke

I was sitting at the San Diego Jewish Bar Association table during a local bar association event — the kind of friendly, community-oriented gathering where people stroll by, ask questions, and maybe enter a raffle. The raffle included a...

Ruthie Hollander

May 15, 2025, 10:31 PM

Parashat Emor, as Debated from the Uber

Vayetze ben isha Yisraelit. Image by Ruthie Hollander using Canva elements.

During the 30-minute uber ride from Downtown Atlanta to Buckhead, my husband and I argued. To be clear, it was a machloket l’shem shamayim — it had to do with an enigmatic incident in Parashat Emor that has puzzled...

May 15, 2025, 1:20 PM

A 'Second Passover' for Edan Alexander

Released hostage Edan Alexander embraces his grandmother at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, May 12, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Following the release of Edan Alexander on Monday, his grandmother appeared on Israeli television and, with joy and emotion, noted that his freedom came on Pesach Sheni—the "Second Passover." To understand the depth and poignancy of her comment, we...

May 15, 2025, 8:16 AM

Palestine is Israel: The Truth They Tried to Erase

Map of the Zvulun Valley development plan by the Jewish National Fund in Mandatory Palestine, 1935.

Why the world must recognize Palestine as a symbol of Jewish history and resilience For decades, the term “Palestinian” has been weaponized against the Jewish people as part of a calculated campaign to erase their history and delegitimize the State...

May 15, 2025, 8:07 AM

From Exodus to X-Men: The Jews Behind The Mask

Exploring the Jewish Roots of Comic Book Culture Long before capes, claws, and cosmic battles took over pop culture, superheroes were born from the minds of Jewish immigrants and their children, visionaries who infused the genre with themes of exile,...

May 14, 2025, 2:42 PM

My Israeli life in Switzerland as I cheer for Yuval Raphael at Eurovision 2025

As an Israeli who spent several years living in Switzerland, I resonate deeply with Yuval Raphael, our Eurovision representative for 2025. Like Yuval, who spent part of her life in Geneva, my own journey involved leaving the Hasidic community...

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