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Jaclyn S. Clark

Sep 2, 2026, 5:04 AM

Mark Ruffalo, Dana Nessel, and the Oldest Job in Jewish Life: the Pick-Me.

Nobody polled them. Nobody elected them. They applied anyway. Every campaign against Jews eventually needs a Jewish face, and there has never been a shortage of applicants. This morning a hundred and seventy-seven of them put their names on a...

Joel M. Margolis

Sep 1, 2026, 7:30 PM

Another International Jewish Conspiracy?

The notion that an international Jewish conspiracy controls the US government is, by definition, antisemitic. Yet that is exactly the message of the new book, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, by Eli Clifton and...

Sep 1, 2026, 6:10 AM

Dana Nessel, Who Gave You the Right to Volunteer My Survival?

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A Sacramento rabbi has a message for Michigan’s Jewish attorney general: Jews have heard the “greater good” argument before. History has taught us what can happen when we are told that our safety—and even our survival—must come second. Dear Attorney...

Sep 1, 2026, 12:10 AM

The Sanctions Paradox

To understand the power of American sanctions against Iran, one must look beyond Iran itself. Washington does not only possess considerable military power. The United States also has a much more discreet lever: the role of the dollar in the...

Andy Blumenthal

Aug 30, 2026, 7:04 AM

There Is No “Other Jew”

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“Of course antisemitism is getting worse,” a Jewish friend told me recently. “But it’s not really happening to us.” I’ve heard variations of that sentence constantly since October 7. Sometimes it’s masked: “Our neighborhood is different.” “My office is fine.”...

Sheldon Kirshner

Aug 28, 2026, 5:30 PM

Trump Takes Aim At Iran’s Economy Yet Again

The United States, having failed to squeeze Iran into submission by military means, is now trying to achieve this objective through economic means. Its change in emphasis was underscored by three events in the past few days. US Secretary of State...

Menachem Creditor

Aug 27, 2026, 9:17 PM

Antisemitic Violence Is Always the Responsibility of Antisemites: A Response to Hasan Piker

There are warnings that protect people, and there are warnings that transfer responsibility from those who threaten violence to those who may become its victims. Hasan Piker’s recent comments belong to the second category. While displaying an image of Jeremy...

Yaakov Chaliotis

Aug 26, 2026, 8:40 PM

A C-17 and a Closed Door: What Ratcliffe’s Moscow Visit Tells Us — and Doesn’t

A US Air Force C-17 landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport is not proof of a diplomatic breakthrough. A motorcade on New Arbat Avenue is not evidence of a secret bargain. But put those details alongside one confirmed fact. CIA...

Aug 26, 2026, 2:57 PM

The Jewess Patriot: The Rabbi’s Table – The Truth is Rarely Comfortable

There are plenty of places left to hear people argue. There are far fewer places where people can actually talk. That distinction is at the heart of Rabbi Michael Barclay’s The Rabbi’s Table, a weekly radio show and podcast built...

Aug 25, 2026, 5:42 PM

To Progressive Politicians about Israel and Palestine

To Progressive Democratic and Democratic-Socialist Candidates for Congress and Senate, We American Jews who love and support Israel but oppose the policies of the most right-wing extremist and messianic government in Israel’s history, and who believe in the right of...

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