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Mihran Kalaydjian

May 25, 2026, 7:22 AM

When Jews Are Told They Don’t Belong Again

For decades after the Holocaust, civilized society agreed on one moral line that could never be crossed again: Jews would never again be treated as outsiders in the societies they helped build. Today, that line is eroding before our eyes. Across...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Dec 14, 2025, 3:48 PM

A Very Happy Chanukah: From Light in the United States to Light in Israel

Chanukah arrives each year with a quiet confidence. It does not demand attention. It does not overwhelm with spectacle. Instead, it offers something far more enduring: a reminder that even the smallest light, tended with care and conviction, can...

Eric M. Leiderman

Mar 10, 2025, 7:47 AM

The Future of Zionism is in Your Hands

Resolution Proposed and Debated at the 2023 Extraordinary Congress. | Photo by Eric M. Leiderman

In October 2025, delegates from around the world will gather in Jerusalem for the 39th World Zionist Congress (WZC), the international parliament of the Jewish people. This body, initially convened by Theodor Herzl in 1897, is responsible for allocating...

Eric M. Leiderman

Dec 27, 2023, 5:29 AM

The Ruptured Pipeline of Conservative Judaism

In the ever-evolving landscape of Jewish identity and community, the recent closure of the Nativ College Leadership Program in Israel marks yet another fracture in the once robust pipeline that guided young Jews from adolescence into adulthood within the...

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