4+ hour, 18+ min ago  (364+ words) I believe the European Union's latest sanctions are not truly about violence, but rather part of a broader political effort to delegitimize Jewish communities i...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (617+ words) WINNIPEG, Canada " There was a time when Zionism united the Jewish community. Today, across Canada and much of the diaspora, a quiet divorce is underway. Thousands of unapologetic Zionists, many of them deeply committed Jews who donated, volunteered, defended Israel…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (1060+ words) NEW YORK " Weeks after the October 7 attacks, I saw a vacuum for a place where people could unapologetically be progressive, liberal, woke and pro-Israel. So I started a Facebook group called We Are Progressive, Liberal, Woke and Pro Israel. It…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (513+ words) NEW YORK " During Passover, a friend asked me to recommend one book that explains why someone should be a Zionist. The nuance of the question can easily be missed: There are many very good books I could recommend to someone…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (616+ words) RAMAT GAN, Israel " A new Passover Haggada authored by Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman of Bar-Ilan University aims to reframe the story of the Exodus by placing it within the cultural and historical context of ancient Egypt, combining traditional Seder text…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (737+ words) NEW YORK " A few years ago, supporting Israel was widely understood as consistent with progressive values: democracy, minority rights, women's equality, LGBTQ equality, and freedom of religion. Nothing about those values has changed. What has changed is the narrative. An…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (733+ words) NEW YORK " Morton A. Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, is urging U. S. political leaders to take stronger and more explicit action in response to what he describes as a growing wave of antisemitic incidents targeting Jews and Jewish institutions…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (13+ words) THEJ. CA...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (759+ words) NEW YORK " Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and senior founding rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue, is calling for renewed interfaith cooperation across the Middle East following the current regional conflict involving Iran. In a recent…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (716+ words) New York " Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, has published a new op-ed in the New York Daily News marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, warning that antisemitism is being deliberately redefined in ways that weaken efforts…...