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Andy Blumenthal

May 31, 2026, 8:06 AM

Mamdani’s Enablers

We saw a disturbing display of political theater at Gracie Mansion recently. A crowd of progressive Jewish New Yorkers packed a Pre-Shavuot reception hosted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. They smiled for photos and ate cheesecake, completely ignoring the mayor’s...

Apr 5, 2026, 2:57 PM

When the lion roars, the poor go unheard

Volunteers give away food packages to elderly people in southern Tel Aviv, November 5, 2024. Photo by Dor Pazuelo/Flash90

The nation rallies for Israelis stranded abroad but pays scant attention to those struggling to put food on the table in wartime

Andy Blumenthal

Dec 14, 2025, 2:53 AM

Turning AI Power Toward Human Purpose

A simple exchange between friends recently captured a dilemma at the heart of our age. Two people were debating global affairs when I interrupted and asked, half playfully, if they had managed to solve the world’s problems. Their answer...

Nov 3, 2025, 6:51 PM

Election Year: D minus 365 to bring Economic Justice on the table Social justice has been at the core of my business and political involvement from the first day I arrived in Israel. Israel’s medium salary is quite high. The tech...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Oct 3, 2025, 8:33 AM

Why Sukkoth Still Matters Today

Sukkoth, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, is an ancient holiday. Back then it was an agricultural festival. Does it still have resonance – even significance – in the modern post-industrial (and certainly post-agricultural) world? Very much so. A...

Sep 20, 2025, 3:35 PM

The true cost of the holidays

Sorting cabbages that would otherwise go to waste at Leket's center in Gan Haim, central Israel, November 2023. (Amir Yaakobi)

While Israelis are throwing away hundreds of millions of shekels’ worth of food, many families are struggling to afford healthy meals

Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer

Aug 24, 2025, 4:47 PM

Poem/ Musical composition ‘I Pray’ Hashem can you send me (us) a Lifeline?

Musical composition called: Hashem can you send me (Us) a Lifeline? Country Version Artist: Jame Sailor Writers: Rich Sokolow and Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer Executive Producer on Country Version Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer Tzedeckmusicallrightsreserved2025 I Pray Written by Kimmie Joy Zeltzer AKA Hadassah Chavivah bat...

Aug 21, 2025, 7:26 AM

Protest, Hunger, and the Choices that Define Us

This past Shabbat, I read Judaism and Global Survival (2002) by Richard Schwartz. From the very first chapter, Schwartz sets the tone: Judaism is not a quiet religion of withdrawal, but a faith of involvement and protest. Abraham protested...

Jun 29, 2025, 1:38 PM

Bring Palestinian Labor Back to Israel Now!

There is no reason in the world that I can think of that Israel should want to have poor neighbors. Israel has strategic, national, and security interests in enabling the Palestinians to have a strong economy and for Palestinian...

Apr 28, 2025, 8:15 AM

My father reexamined his most deeply held beliefs. Can you?

US President Ronald Reagan, center, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L), and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney the three-day Economic Summit in Toronto on June 21, 1988. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)

We need to address the consequences of the causes we support, whether it's an economic theory, a political party, or the State of Israel

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