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Samuel Rothmann

Aug 8, 2026, 10:08 AM

10 Questions and Answers on Zionism and Anti-Zionism

My father John F. Rothmann prepared this question and answer sheet on Zionism and anti-Zionism. Given what’s going on today it seems to me that this is more important and relevant than ever. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 10 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ON ZIONISM &...

Aug 7, 2026, 6:57 PM

Treasure Trove: Putting the ‘Sea’ in Zionism (It’s All Hands on Deck)

From the Herzl and Zionsim Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

The story of Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, is often framed in terms of land: purchasing it, building towns and farms, planting trees, and making the desert bloom. Less well known is that “conquering the...

Talyah Ginsberg

Aug 7, 2026, 1:54 PM

Milk, honey, and the terms and conditions

Re’eh does not promise an easier Jewish life. It asks what our freedom is producing, and what kind of country our choices are creating. I have just returned to Israel after three weeks in Sydney, and Australia did not make...

Talyah Ginsberg

Aug 6, 2026, 6:15 PM

An Australian Visa, a South African Alibi and an Israeli Home

My first trip abroad on an Israeli passport nearly ended at Ben Gurion. Sydney gave me back family, confidence and parts of myself I had misplaced—until an Uber driver asked one ordinary question. The first surprise of my enormous Australian...

David-Seth Kirshner

Aug 5, 2026, 4:35 PM

A Stolen Playbook

In the world of politics, strategists prefer tried-and-true methods. They rarely dive into the unknown – unless someone else was bold and wild enough to try it with success. Then any party is happy to co-opt that strategy and...

Aug 5, 2026, 6:25 AM

Is Mount Herzl the right place for the Herzl family?

The tombstone of Theodore Herzl's grandfather, Simon Leib Herzl, in the Zemun Jewish cemetery. (Credit: Ronen Shnidman)

When Serbia approved reburial of the Zionist visionary's grandparents in Israel, its eyes were on Trump's White House, not on Jerusalem

Aug 4, 2026, 6:09 AM

The Enemy Is Ziophobia

Outbound platform at Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA. Image © bdamon, 2013. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. Source: Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.

When Home No Longer Feels Like Home When I moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, nearly two decades ago, it was widely known as one of America’s most Jewish and pro-Israel towns. Today, it feels different. I see visibly more Muslims. More women wearing...

Aug 3, 2026, 12:14 PM

Reclaiming Zionism’s Narrative

The Israeli flag featuring the Star of David against a clear blue sky and trees, picture from Pexels website (https://www.pexels.com/photo/flag-of-israel-with-star-of-david-in-blue-sky-30849038/).

Has Israel spent too long responding to accusations instead of challenging the assumptions that underpin them? Military power can defend borders. Diplomacy can secure alliances. But neither is sufficient if a nation steadily loses the battle over its own legitimacy. That,...

Aug 2, 2026, 12:18 PM

What would it take to be a light unto the nations?

The phrase “a light unto the nations”—אור גויים—comes from the prophet Isaiah. G-d tells His servant that restoring the tribes of Jacob is “too small a thing” on its own: “I will also make you a light of nations,...

Aug 2, 2026, 5:05 AM

Remembering and Honouring Michael Levin Twenty Years Later

Michael z"l and Harriet Levin. Photo ©️Levin Family 2026

On Tisha b'Av, the most sombre day in the Jewish calendar, twenty years ago, Michael Levin z"l, the only American/Israeli casualty of the Second Lebanon War, was laid to rest on Mt. Herzl. This past week, his family, comrades,...

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