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Jul 1, 2026, 9:13 PM

The Reflecting Pool

I knew it would come down to this. It always does. When everything is said and done, they always find a way to blame the Jews. This time, it's the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC. It's become a...

Jun 1, 2026, 7:59 AM

Prophets, Counter-Myths, and Rediscovering MLK Jr.

One of the stranger developments of the modern American political landscape is that both the activist left and the activist right increasingly approach history through the same structure. They begin with a legitimate observation: the simplified civic mythology taught to...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Feb 13, 2026, 12:41 AM

Still disappointed by my community

Shortly after Alex Pretti was killed by federal forces, I sent the following email, with “murder” as the subject line, to Rabbi Chaim Strauchler, the rabbi of my synagogue, Congregation Rinat Yisrael, and to my friend, Rabbi Dr. Jacob...

Feb 11, 2026, 5:00 AM

An Arson Attack on a Mississippi Synagogue—and a Community That Rises

For much of my life, Jackson, Mississippi, existed in my imagination only in country music. The name conjured the 1963 song “Jackson,” famously performed by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, though written by Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jan 21, 2026, 9:53 PM

Martin Luther King Jr. Answered the Question: Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism

We are often asked what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say if he were alive today. The question itself is a form of avoidance. Martin Luther King Jr. already answered it. The real question is whether we are...

Tony D. Senatore

Jan 19, 2026, 9:02 PM

MLK day in the United States, 2026

In an emotionally charged political essay on his Substack account, rather than honor the memory of Black America's most outstanding leader, Robert Reich defiles it and uses Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy to legitimize contemporary resistance to the MAGA...

Stephen M. Flatow

Jan 19, 2026, 8:18 PM

Martin Luther King Jr. stood with the Jews—and with Israel

Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Martin Luther King Jr. marched with Jews, condemned antisemitism, and supported Israel. That history matters more than ever today.

Gary Rosenblatt

Jan 19, 2026, 5:42 AM

Southern discomfort: Confronting America’s racist history

Echoes of Yad Vashem: In memorializing the nameless, some of the 800 hanging monuments at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice list sites and dates of lynchings and "Unknown" for the victims whose names could not be documented. Photo: Gary Rosenblatt

With the White House trying to whitewash the past, museums of civil rights activism keep us honest, protecting the US legacy of racial violence against blacks

Jan 9, 2026, 5:53 AM

You can do God’s will without a burning bush

'Moses and the Burning Bush,' by Arnold Friberg. (via YouTube)

Even without a dramatic reveal showing how much our actions matter, we are responsible for doing the good within our reach (Shemot)

Michael Zoosman

Dec 12, 2025, 7:25 PM

8 Reasons to Vote Against Israel’s Death Penalty Bill this Hanukkah

To the Esteemed Members of the Knesset, For each of the eight nights of Hanukkah this year, we, the thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty,” invite you to consider these eight facts (plus one for the...

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