Voices

Universities’ Position on Antisemitism Is Unsustainable

By Dan Schnur As Democratic Party delegates and activists leave Chicago after their national convention, America’s college students are returning to their campuses for the...

I’m a Traveling Mohel. My Colleague’s Unprecedented Arrest in Ireland Has Shaken Me to...

By Rabbi Hayim Leiter “What are these for?” the security guard at the Dubai airport asked as three others inspected my bris kit — the bag...

Mr. Abbas Goes to Moscow and Ankara

By Ben Cohen Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, has clung to power for so long that an entire generation of Palestinians and...

As a Holocaust Educator, I’ve Grappled With Same Questions Tim Walz Explored — And...

By Mike Soffer In the fall of 2018, Oak Park and River Forest High School — where I had taught history for a dozen years...

Israel’s Pre- And Post-Oct. 7 Northern Border

By Mitchell Bard When we discuss Israel’s history, we often speak in terms of geography: the partition plan, the 1948 border, the pre-1967 armistice lines,...
Ilana Argentar

Stop the Campus Descent Into Hate

By Ilana Argentar A trunk full of books, a bicycle and $30. That’s what my mom says she and her family had with them when...
Gina Ross

A Trauma Vortex Turned Inwards

By Gina Ross Political polarization is a major sign of stress and trauma in the collective. Stress and trauma deregulate both individual and collective nervous...
Michael J. Koplow

Josh Shapiro and the Contours of the Israel Debate

By Michael J. Koplow It is rare that the selection of a vice presidential candidate is seen as a momentous bit of signaling. Running mates...
Harry Kozlovsky

Now Is the Time to Prioritize Jewish Survival

By Harry Kozlovsky I never thought, after sitting on The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore boards for 29 consecutive years, I would write this: The...
Gerard Leval

Is There a Future for Jews in France?

By Gerard Leval The Jerusalem Post reported that Moshe Sebbag, the rabbi of Paris’ most prominent synagogue on rue de la Victoire, recently stated that...