Anger and Justice: Doing Something Is Never as Good as Doing the Right Thing
By Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg
Teaching about anger, Maimonides wrote, “One should not be of an angry disposition and be easily angered, nor should one...
Bearing Witness in Israel 100 Days After Oct. 7
By Mitch Gold
We came to bear witness and to provide support. Both objectives were accomplished.
Dread, apprehension, fear. These words describe an outsider’s view of...
Reflections From a Mission to Israel
By Barak Hermann
I arrived back in Baltimore with a lot on my mind and in my heart. I just returned from Israel on a...
How to Fight Antisemitism in Our Colleges and Universities
By Solomon D. Stevens
As is now well known, the presidents of three prestigious American universities recently appeared before a congressional committee to answer questions...
Destruction and Inspiration: Notes on a Mission to Israel
By Jay Bernstein
Imagine taking a tour of the Warsaw Ghetto a few months after the its destruction by the Nazis in 1943, or viewing...
The Cycle of Trust
By Steve Rosenberg
A saying often attributed to Albert Einstein states, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and...
Why Was the International Community Slow to Condemn the Rape of Israelis?
Amy Neustein
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” on Dec. 10 that “the sexual violence that we...
Anti-Zionism and the Bolshevik Jihad
By Juliana Geran Pilon
No ideology has persisted longer than antisemitism. With their stubborn insistence on maintaining their traditions, Jews have been mistrusted and persecuted...
Israel Has Rights
By Shoshana Bryen
Recently, I attended a dinner given by a major pro-Israel organization. It was the first since COVID and the turnout was great....
How to Talk With Kids About Israel When Lighting Chanukah Candles
By Rachel Fish
As Jewish families celebrate Chanukah, we remain continually focused on the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Many children — not to mention...