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Jul 20, 2026, 10:39 PM

Discovering Isidor Katzenstein – A Miracle

In 2014, Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter led a Jewish History tour in Europe with a group of American Jews. It was June 6th, D-Day, and a member of the group suggested an unscheduled stop at the Normandy American...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 20, 2026, 5:10 AM

Special Visit to Holocaust Memorial Brings Institutions Together in São Paulo

In July, the Holocaust Memorial, located in the Bom Retiro neighborhood of São Paulo, hosted a special visit that brought together around 50 participants. The group included representatives from TJCII – Toward the Second Council of Jerusalem and CPP...

Jul 18, 2026, 5:48 PM

The Iran war is not Suez, but America needs to make the right choice

Dear readers, The article that you will read below has had an interesting gestation, which in itself throws an intriguing light on the intensifying crisis of the present, and is therefore worth briefly recounting here. On 27 June, I read...

Jul 15, 2026, 6:15 AM

Proportionality in War

"Moshe, what do you know about proportionality in war?" "I know that every Zionist—and every Jew—should understand those words. They ought to be part of everyone's vocabulary. Whether we're talking about Gaza, Iran, or Lebanon, proportionality is always an argument....

Silas Anastacio

Jul 10, 2026, 12:17 AM

Ida Sztamfater: The Power of Family Memory, Overcoming Adversity

The story of Ida Sztamfater is a living testimony to how Holocaust memory and the resilience inherited from her mother shaped a life dedicated to care and solidarity. Her mother, born in Poland, survived by hiding in a barn...

Jul 7, 2026, 1:13 PM

Cosmic Moods: Reform Judaism Meets the Space Age

Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof in his younger years. American Jewish Archives. https://www.americanjewisharchives.org; https://press.huc.edu/pittsburgh-book-launch.
Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof, New Reform Responsa (Philadelphia: The Hebrew Union College Press, 1980), which included a responsum titled “Halacha and Space Travel.”

In 1970 – soon after the lunar landing – the most prolific respondent in American Reform Judaism and an expert on responsa literature, Rabbi Solomon Bennett Freehof (1892-1990), published an article in the Jewish Book Annual, titled “Recent Responsa...

Jul 7, 2026, 3:06 AM

Beyond Recognition: Israel, US, Somaliland, & the New Strategic Enviroment

Member of Somaliland Security Forces - 2013

(Photo by Taken by Author)

With the end of the 2026 US-Iran conflict, the strategic alignments of the greater Middle East will begin to reshape themselves to adjust to the new post-conflict reality. Already, there are indications of the potential formation of a Saudi-Egypt-Pakistan-Turkey...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 6, 2026, 3:07 AM

Brazil: Federal Police Investigate Online Trade of Nazi Items

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH), an agency linked to the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, has submitted a petition to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office requesting an investigation into the sale of Nazi memorabilia online, which continues to...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jul 4, 2026, 1:42 PM

America, seen through Armenian and Jewish eyes

Fireworks explode above the White House during the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Lawn, in Washington, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

In the country where persecuted people found safety, Independence Day reminds me that we must speak out against hate before silence becomes complicity

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jun 30, 2026, 10:31 AM

Truth, Timing, and Turkey: Why Israel Finally Recognized the Armenian Genocide

Memorial to the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan, Armenia.

History did not change on the day Israel's Cabinet voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Politics did. The Armenian Genocide was a historical fact in 1915. It remained a historical fact while governments debated whether acknowledging it was politically convenient. It...

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