2+ day, 1+ 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…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1171+ words) I always begin my annual column asking readers to play along with me and predict the events of the coming Jewish year by reminding them that as bad as things seem to be now, they can still get worse. That’s…...

2+ day, 10+ 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…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (219+ words) “Israel is united with both Greece and Cyprus against Islamic extremism in the region led by Turkey,” Israeli Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli told a visiting delegation from the National Association of Christian Lawmakers on Tuesday. Turkey’s…...

3+ day, 16+ 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…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (606+ words) When Columbia University begins a new academic year today, it will do so with a new leader: Dr. Jennifer Mnookin, only the second Jewish president in Columbia’s 272-year history. The appointment is notable. Columbia has been at the center of…...

6+ day, 22+ 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…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (757+ words) We can only pity the plight of Jewish Democrats these days. Their situation is one in which they find themselves betrayed by allies and forced to choose between standing up against open antisemitism and prioritizing the partisan loyalties and beliefs…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (511+ words) There is a new way to think about the people who relentlessly incite hatred of Jews and Israel: “gain-of-function antisemitism.” The phrase borrows from the COVID-19 pandemic; specifically, former chief medical advisor to the president Anthony Fauci’s misguided funding of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (528+ words) Welcome to the newest edition of the classic board game, “Good Jew, Bad Jew.” The objective is simple: Accumulate as many “Good Jew” cards as possible by repeating generic accusations, moral inversions and direct lies about Israel’s right to exist....