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Ivan Bassov
Jul 19, 2025, 10:17 AM
Blood Is Not Belonging: On the Theft and Reinvention of Identity
In every great historical dispute, there comes a moment when language fails—not from lack of vocabulary, but from excess. Words like “native,” “settler,” “colonizer,” and “indigenous” are flung about like accusations, as if etymology alone could decide who belongs...
Hope Blecher
Jul 19, 2025, 12:01 AM
Being In-between
I am in-between writing poetry and writing bills. I am in-between painting and praying. My hands, right and left, Are in midair. Do they go together, As to pray? Or to reach out, Or to strike, Or to hug? My hand is in midair, It is in a momentary pause. Do I...
Kenneth Jacobson
Jul 18, 2025, 11:59 PM
As Arab World Warms to Israel, Some Embrace Rejectionism
The Arab war against Israel started long before Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948. Zionism took off in Europe in the late 19th century when pogroms and other forms of antisemitism forced a group of Jewish leaders...
Jeremy Golan
Jul 18, 2025, 6:11 PM
From Gaza to the Breakroom
Is there anything else going on in the world besides the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Every day, we’re bombarded with headlines, hashtags, protests, and polarizing takes. Whether it’s on your feed or in your family group chat, it seems like everyone has...
Micha Turtletaub
Jul 18, 2025, 5:33 PM
Earning the Land: The Daughters of Tzlafchad and the Original ‘Sorting Hat’
An Essay for Parshat Pinchas and Menachem Av As we approach the month of Menachem Av, the time when our Father in Heaven calls upon us to remember the millennia of suffering our People have endured, I ask you not...
Jaime Kardontchik
Jul 16, 2025, 7:48 AM
“The Love of Shaul” – A novel by Eli Amir
“In any case, in my own eyes, all the unnecessary actions that we are sometimes pushed to take without great wisdom, are also clearly a result of the strategic position taken by the Arabs of the Land of Israel...
Ed Greenstein
Jul 15, 2025, 1:12 PM
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The rhetoric fueling Zohran Mamdani's position on Israel erases the continuity of Jewish presence and the legacy of medieval Arab imperial expansion
Moshe Grussgott
Jul 15, 2025, 12:24 AM
And the Gold of That Land Is Good
Reflections on The Land of Israel and the meaning of life; in honor of the first birthday of my daughter Sarah Yitta Golda in March 2025; Posted in July 2025 1) The Heavens and the Earth In the Beginning, God created...
Tobias Gisle
Jul 15, 2025, 12:23 AM
I Was a Swedish Leftist — Now I Stand With Israel
How is it that a Swedish goy, once a left-wing activist, now dedicates his life to explaining the Middle East, Israel, and antisemitism to a Swedish and Western audience? Here is a short essay about losing one’s political religion...
Jerome Teitel
Jul 15, 2025, 12:14 AM
How the West was won: Radical Islamism and surging antisemitism
Antisemitic rhetoric and violence in western countries has increased dramatically in recent years, playing out in the universities, the social media, and the streets. It has become common in cities and towns throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and beyond...
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