Editorial: When Activists Take Over the Institution
You don’t need a majority to control an institution. Sometimes you just need a majority of the people who bother to show up.
That uncomfortable...
Editorial: The Kennedy Center Is Bigger Than Any President
The Kennedy Center was never intended to be simply another Washington theater.
Created by Congress in 1958 as the National Cultural Center, it became, after...
Editorial: The Biggest Oil Gamble in History
President Donald Trump calls his new agreement with Venezuela “the biggest oil deal in world history.” Perhaps someday it will deserve the title. But...
Editorial: Who Taught the Machine?
When artificial intelligence gives us a disturbing answer about Israel, Zionism or Jews, the natural reaction is to blame the machine.
But perhaps we are...
Opinion: Populism or Real Connectivity?
Joseph Rozen
The IMEC (India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor) was introduced at the G20 summit in New Delhi in September 2023. Its framework links three layers...
Opinion: A New Standard for Choosing Allies
David J. Butler
The Jewish community does not need a new list of allies. It needs a new standard for choosing them.
That realization lies beneath...
Opinion: Time for an Educational Homecoming
Rabbi Uri Pilichowski
Israel education has spent decades fighting rearguard actions. It is time to advance.
The story we teach our children and the world should...
Opinion: Israel’s Declaration of Independence: A Secular Sacred Text, Not a Legal Weapon
Yedidia Stern
Recently, voices from across Israel’s political divide—from Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad party to the Movement for Quality Government—have proposed placing the Declaration of Independence...
D’var Torah: The Particular and the Universal
Rabbi Hyim Shafner
This week’s Torah portion is Ha’azinu: Deuteronomy 32:1 — 32:52
In this week’s Torah portion, Ha’azinu, Moses writes: “When God gave nations their...
Editorial: Mob Rule in Jerusalem
We have no sympathy for Jews for Jesus. We wish it were not operating a cafe in Jerusalem — or anywhere else — and...
