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Gregory Lyakhov

Dec 18, 2024, 5:24 AM

#MeToo’s Troubling Silence on Israeli Survivors

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The #MeToo movement is under fire for its muted response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, highlighting troubling selective advocacy. The #MeToo movement, once a beacon of hope for survivors of sexual violence, now faces accusations of selective...

Aug 6, 2024, 10:42 PM

The Perils of Cancel Culture in our Jewish Community

Leor Kweller

In a notable case in Broome County New York, false rape charges against Leor Kweller, a former teacher, were dismissed before trial, and the District Attorney's appeal was denied by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme...

Jul 16, 2024, 6:04 AM

A Day at the Knesset with Yesh Atid

The dinosaurs attend the protest in front of the Knesset, "You cannot extinguish hope"
(Photo credit L. Leeder, June 17, 2024, in Jerusalem)

A real alternative to a self-serving governing coalition I attended Barnard College in the Reagan 80s and majored in political science. I vividly remember sitting in Kosher Kitchen with our group of friends, all of us Zionists, and formulating our...

Julie Guilfoyle

Jul 5, 2024, 6:52 PM

A Call for the Resignation of Rabbi Rick Jacobs Amid Reform Movement Discontent

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Since I stepped into this role of being a voice for those who have been harmed in the Reform community, I have spoken to many people. Their stories and the way they were harmed are all very different, but...

Julie Guilfoyle

Jun 18, 2024, 6:10 PM

Victim Implores CCAR President to Address Abuses by the CCAR Ethics Committee

Shadow of a man with fingers in his ears

I am committed to continuing to publish articles, victim’s stories, and open letters to the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and the Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) until there is an authentic commitment to transparency and real evidence of...

Julie Guilfoyle

Mar 15, 2024, 4:37 PM

Open Letter to Rick Jacobs on The URJ’s Failed Ethics Reforms

"You have no idea how much power you have to give us hope or to destroy it... Please don’t put me on that path again unless you really mean it this time." One victim’s redacted (and slightly edited for publication)...

Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Feb 4, 2024, 1:50 PM

Sex, rabbis and the downfall of Judaism

Rabbi Arthur Green in 2020. (Hebrew College, via JTA, via The Times of Israel)

As Jewish leaders pick and choose practices that align with their social norms, venerable traditionalists are shunted aside. To wit: Rabbi Art Green

Robert Tanenbaum

Dec 8, 2023, 7:01 PM

Democrats’ ‘Casablanca’ Moment

In the classic 1942 film, Casablanca, the delightfully corrupt police captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) orders Rick Blaine’s (Humphrey Bogart) Café American closed to satisfy the demand of a petulant Nazi officer offended by patrons singing the French national...

Cassandra Barrett

Nov 29, 2023, 7:55 AM

After October 7, the 16 Days are forever changed

Content warning: includes graphic details of sexual violence that may be distressing. * * * This past Shabbat marked an important day: November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is an annual day of activism, founded...

Adele Stowe-Lindner

Nov 24, 2023, 11:32 AM

Internat'l Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

Oh sister, where art thou?

Graffiti in Tel Aviv. Courtesy of Adele Stowe-Lindner

The silence of international feminists in response to the horrific sexual violence against women by Hamas on October 7th is deafening

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