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Sep 25, 2026, 5:32 AM

The Jewish American Summit: The Jewish Energy Boost.

Author and his daughter at the JAS.

In America, between six and seven million people identify as Jews. It is a relatively large group, representing nearly half of the global Jewish population. Yet, unless one practices Orthodox Judaism, meeting fellow Jews is becoming an increasingly difficult...

Sep 17, 2026, 8:18 PM

The ‘Karger’ President’s Not-So-Free-250 Jubilee

Sculpture depicting the continental United States of America bordered by metal bars referencing a jail cell, with the word "Debt" painted in red on the outline of the USA.
via ArtofCulturalEvolution, "Debt", art installation during Occupy Portland, CC BY-SA 3.0

Before you call me a schnorrer¹, I admit that I basically am one. If your event has free admission and free food, I might consider attending. If you can give me a scholarship, I might learn with you. If...

Sep 16, 2026, 10:34 PM

Americans in Israel: Don’t forget there’s an election back home

With the holidays in full swing and Israelis already turning their attention to our own upcoming elections, it would be very easy for Americans living here to overlook another election taking place thousands of miles away. The United States holds...

Bernard P. Markowicz

Sep 13, 2026, 4:59 AM

Why Mike Huckabee Drew a Line in the West Bank

His campaign against violent settlers may reveal how American politics is beginning to constrain unconditional support for Israeli policy. The first post used settler violence to test Omer Bartov’s diagnosis of unequal power. The second asked whether Jews could live...

Sep 10, 2026, 6:16 AM

The Healthy Masculine and the Bernie Bro

I was somewhere between a policy discussion and two glasses of wine when a man brought up dating. The event was hosted by a dear friend and Israel Policy Forum's young leadership program, IPF Atid. A room full of...

Sep 9, 2026, 3:49 PM

Epistle From MI Rabbis: Jewish Safety & Israel

Just weeks after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel skipped the Michigan Democrats' nominating convention due to fears of antisemitic harassment and violence from within the Democrats, an attacker came after Dr. Amy Acton on the campaign trail in her...

Sep 7, 2026, 4:47 AM

Righting The Unreal Spiel Of Rula Jabreal

Rula Jebreal called Hakeem Jeffries a monkey and insulted his very name, then excused herself for it by talking nonsense and claiming he's controlled by Israeli lobbyjng money as conspiracists do. Hakeem Jeffries is a Black man and any...

Bernard P. Markowicz

Sep 5, 2026, 9:59 AM

U.S. Midterms: What Has Started to Move

September 4, 2026 The Signal Yesterday, I introduced a model for reading the American midterm elections as a chain of consequences: new evidence changes a political trend; the trend moves particular races. Those races determine control of the U.S. House of...

Sep 3, 2026, 7:57 PM

A Queen’s Gambit: The Sacrifice And The Message

Politics is often spoken through dog-whistles. According to the Blue Square Alliance, "…dog whistles are coded signals–phrases, numbers, or symbols–that carry a hidden meaning. To most people they look harmless, but to those inside extremist circles they are instantly recognizable…The...

Sep 3, 2026, 4:58 AM

Choosing To Trust Queen Esther In The Olam Hafuch

The path Jewish progressives walk is narrow and suspended over an ever-widening divide between their community and their politics. I don't envy progressive Jews or really anyone Jewish located within the left umbrella, all the moreso for how eager...

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