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Christian Rudolf Hamann

May 13, 2025, 3:21 PM

Lessons from May 8, 1945

The Second World War claimed over 60 million lives. Reverence for the victims and recognition for those who helped end this war require the survivors and younger generations to learn from this. "Never again" is the appropriate motto for this...

May 6, 2025, 3:06 PM

South African Jews’ Lasting Impact on Israel

Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem has a plaque marking its restoration with the generous support of SA Jewry.

From the sunburnt plains of the Karoo to the bustling streets of Tel Aviv, the story of South African Jewry’s bond with Israel reads like an epic of passion, grit, and imagination. For over 70 years, this close-knit community...

Apr 12, 2025, 3:21 PM

When the World Feels Heavy, Let the Food Hug You

There are places you go to eat, and there are places you go to feel something. After surviving domestic abuse - and now living through the quiet grief that has blanketed this country since October 7th - there are days...

Philip Bendheim

Apr 10, 2025, 10:13 AM

Deliverance: Helping Israelis Home from the Hospital for Passover

Injured veteran returns home for Passover seder in Yad Sarah wheelchair - Credit: Reuveni Pridan - Courtesy of Yad Sarah.

Passover has always been a holiday centered around the home. Even in times of upheaval, the longing to sit around the family table, retell the story of our redemption, and hear the youngest voice recite the Four Questions remains...

Robert Lichtman

Mar 3, 2025, 6:18 AM

That “Call to Action” for Greater Protection? Wrong Number.

This site shared a Featured Post on February 27 which appeared again as a Top Op on March 2 expressing the urgent need for increased funding to keep our Jewish community safe (‘Close call’ vs. ‘call to action’: A...

Feb 25, 2025, 12:46 AM

What Amnesty got wrong about the Gaza ‘genocide’ – Part 2

Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, speaks at a press conference in London, ahead of the launch of 'The State of the World's Human Rights', its annual report on the global human rights situation, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

In the second part of a multi-part series about Amnesty International’s (AI) report alleging Israel has committed the crime of genocide in Gaza I examine the central claims relating to the element of the crime of deliberately inflicting conditions...

Feb 17, 2025, 3:07 PM

What Amnesty got wrong about the Gaza ‘genocide’ – Part 1

Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, speaks at a press conference in London, ahead of the launch of 'The State of the World's Human Rights', its annual report on the global human rights situation, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The crime of genocide is universally recognised as one of the most heinous if not the single most atrocious crime that can be committed. It is therefore not by accident, but rather by design, that such a crime should...

Feb 13, 2025, 11:23 PM

The Leadership Myth: We Don’t Need All the Answers—We Need Each Other

Cohort 2: JFNA Executive Accelerator, Baltimore, MD, February, 2025.

The stories we tell ourselves are rarely accurate. We craft narratives about our own readiness, our worth, our ability to lead—stories that often undermine rather than empower. In the early days of executive leadership, these narratives loom especially large....

Feb 13, 2025, 5:14 PM

Building Teen Resilience at the Dead Sea Race

When my sister Stephanie Becker, an eye surgeon living in the US who has become involved with Israel’s war effort, proposed bringing Israeli and American teens together for the Dead Sea Race, we envisioned more than just a running...

Allen S. Maller

Feb 12, 2025, 5:09 AM

Excluding fossil fuel stocks from our Reform Jewish Values Stock Fund

Since 1992, global temperatures increased on average almost 1.1°F (0.6°C), shattering annual high-temperature record eight times, resulting in extreme weather disasters. Worldwide there have been nearly 8,000 climate, water and weather disasters, killing 563,735, according to the EMDAT disaster...

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