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Benjamin Adam Saidel

Aug 23, 2026, 6:15 AM

Tom Barrack’s Love Affair with the “Authoritarian” Nation of Türkiye

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For Tom Barrack—the United States Ambassador to Türkiye, United States Special Envoy for Syria, and United States Special Envoy for Iraq—Türkiye is a model nation-state. On 27 July, he met with Türkiye’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri...

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Aug 13, 2026, 10:26 PM

The Mecca Pact and Somaliland’s Rising Geopolitical Value

From Gulf Security to Horn Strategy: The Mecca Pact and Somaliland’s Rising Geopolitical Value The Saudi Arabia–Türkiye–Pakistan defense pact is reshaping the strategic map from the Gulf to the Horn of Africa. For Israel, India, the UAE and the United...

Valerie Robin Clayman

Aug 9, 2026, 1:40 AM

Ga’ava means pride; you can never take that away from us

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Inspired by the social media noise, nonsense, and clickbait of the weirdly queer antizionist Jew-hate movement and my doomscrolling feed alternating posts, stories, and reels featuring drag queens dancing in skintight floor length Palestinian flag dresses before running for...

Peter Samuelson

Aug 8, 2026, 12:54 AM

When Silence Is Safer Than Speaking

As a Hollywood producer, I've spent much of my career around artists, actors, musicians, and storytellers. One thing I've learned is that there are moments when speaking up comes at a cost. Publicists advise caution, studios worry about backlash,...

Aug 6, 2026, 10:15 PM

My Pride is in Our People

This past weekend, while Vancouver celebrated Pride, I found myself thinking less about the parade and more about the people I am privileged to work alongside every day. For years, and especially since October 7, we at Jewish Federation of...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Aug 6, 2026, 5:50 AM

Bal Tashchit (בַּל תַּשְׁחִית): The Rabbinic Limit

Amalek, Halakhah and the Courage of Rabbinic Leadership Few passages in the Hebrew Bible have provoked more argument, discomfort and serious reflection than the command concerning Amalek. To the modern reader, these verses are among the most difficult in Scripture. They...

Valerie Robin Clayman

Aug 4, 2026, 7:20 PM

Let’s hear it for the Boy. George.

Music is life to me. I have meticulously soundtracked specific years, months, and events in my memory palace. My personal music collection holds over one thousand compact discs and over three hundred vinyl albums. I have attended over two...

Karen Lieberman

Aug 2, 2026, 6:14 PM

Pride Goeth Before a Fall: Queers for Palestine? Really?

Another Islamist terror attack – this time on a Pride parade. A van plowed into the Berlin Pride Festival killing one woman and injuring 29 others. The driver was 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots. Ballout had...

Jul 29, 2026, 6:42 AM

Orthodoxy and homosexuality: Expanding our imagination

When will it become a given in Modern Orthodox and religious Zionist communities that some of our members are gay, that many of them wish to remain in our communities, that we should wish for the same, and that...

Jul 17, 2026, 8:20 PM

Jewish Democrat, 38, Seeking a Political Home

Must like complexity. No litmus tests. SEEKING: One functional democracy. Must like complexity. ABOUT ME: 38, Jewish, Democrat, Mainer. Believes in civil rights, reproductive freedom, liberal democracy and, yes, Israel's continued existence. Not interested in pretending those values can't coexist. Dating in...

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