1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (300+ words) Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on Jews around the world to enter the new year with pride, a commitment to action and respect for one another in a Rosh Hashanah message released on Thursday. “The defining sound of Rosh Hashanah…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (784+ words) Room No. 2024 at Old Dominion University’s Batten Arts and Letters Building is a hub for Jewish students. The modest space on the campus in Norfolk, Va., offers a safe zone to decompress. Perhaps just as importantly, it boasts a credenza…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (253+ words) Two of the most outspoken critics of Jew-hatred on Capitol Hill, Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) have formed a new bipartisan congressional caucus focusing on antisemitism on college campuses. Gottheimer and Stefanik, who received national attention over…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (841+ words) What is Zionism? Who is a Zionist? Are Jews abandoning Zionism? What do we do about anti-Zionism? The debate is incessant, and ultimately pointless. I am going to put my head on the chopping block voluntarily by suggesting that it…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (157+ words) “The baker does not testify to the quality of his own dough,” our sages said. In other words, it is not fitting for a person to praise his own handiwork. In that spirit, I will only share the aspirations and…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (327+ words) I recently received this message in my inbox: “I appreciate you reaching out. But it would be unethical to work with an Israeli company until the genocide stops.” It came from a man named Chris, a CPA in Austin, Texas;…...

1+ week, 56+ min ago   (312+ words) While it took decades for these movements to solidify, rapid technological advancement offers the Jewish community a unique opportunity to compress that timeline and catch up with unprecedented speed. Here is the plan: First, activate those who are ready now....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1467+ words) When he faced New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a closed-door meeting with other New York rabbis in early August, Rabbi Rick Jacobs told the mayor plainly that his inflammatory rhetoric on Israel was “making Jews less safe,” he…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (294+ words) British Jewish public relations professionals faced an “impossible choice” after Oct. 7, according to a new article in Public Relations Review based on interviews, each running about an hour, with 10 professionals. “Alongside this, participants’ perceptions that antisemitism was not given the…...