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Smart analysis and original takes on Israel, antisemitism, religion, and selfhood in a chaotic world tearing at the seams
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ISRAEL & ANTISEMITISM
GOD & RELIGION
POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS
CONTEMPORARY JEWISH ISSUES
AUTHOR PAGES:
The Forward
The Yeshiva University Commentator
The Lehrhaus
ISRAEL & ANTISEMITISM
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Trump says Republicans ‘don’t like’ antisemites. Don’t trust him
” (
Forward
| 1.12.26)
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More than 25% of Israelis want to leave the country. How did we get here?
” (
Forward
| 11.26.25)
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Trump has degraded American democracy. Now he’s aiming for Israel
” (
Forward
| 11.13.25)
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Why I don’t trust Zohran Mamdani to fight left-wing antisemitism
” (
Forward
| 10.23.25)
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This Israeli dystopian novel is becoming the Jewish state’s reality
” (
Forward
| 9.26.25)
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To save the Jewish state, pro-Israel Jews must break from Netanyahu
” (
Forward
| 9.4.25)
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Can the global far-right help fight antisemitism? Israel sure wants to think so
” (
Forward
| 3.19.25)
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Trump’s Gaza plan will cost Israel its soul
” (
Forward
| 2.19.25)
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This hostage deal is months too late — because people like me believed Netanyahu’s lies
” (
Forward
| 1.15.25)
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Far-right extremists stormed an IDF base. Their understanding of patriotism is dead wrong.
” (
Forward
| 7.30.24)
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Today’s antisemitism will not end when the war in Gaza does
” (
Forward
| 6.27.24)
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My fellow supporters of Israel’s war: We must grieve the horrifying deaths of innocent Palestinians in Rafah
” (
Forward
| 5.29.24)
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This Yom Ha’atzmaut, we need the humility to question Israel’s future
” (
Forward
| 5.13.24)
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Jews who blame Israel for antisemitism are only helping antisemites
” (
Forward
| 4.12.24)
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‘An act of faith’: I attended my first anti-Netanyahu protest — and confronted my own complacency
” (
Forward
| 3.19.24)
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The hostages in Gaza need our empathy — not our hot takes
" (
Forward
| 11.29.23)
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As a new immigrant to Israel, all I can give is my blood
" (
Forward
| 10.9.23)
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I’m devastated by Israel’s judicial overhaul, but I’m still moving there
" (
Forward
| 7.25.23)
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As I plan my move to Israel, I fear for its future
"(
Forward
| 3.27.23)
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REVIEW: The Star and the Scepter
"(
Tradition
| 8.23.21)
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As antisemitism skyrockets, both the left and the right have abandoned U.S. Jews
" (
Forward
| 5.21.21)
GOD & RELIGION
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A quiet IRS policy change could pose a massive threat to the rabbinate
” (
Forward
| 4.19.24)
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Celebrating Passover feels futile with hostages in Gaza. But we must.
” (
Forward
| 4.19.24)
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Oct. 7 upended my sense of safety. Studying the Exodus is helping me reclaim it
" (
Forward
| 1.15.24)
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Rivkah's Existentialism: Wholeness and Brokenness
" (
Lehrhaus
| 11.21.23)
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Avraham and Sodom: To Pray Against God
" (
Lehrhaus
| 11.2.23)
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Noah and the Trauma of Heroic Destiny
" (
Lehrhaus
| 10.18.23)
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As we approach the High Holidays, I'm making amends for my smartphone addiction
" (
Forward
| 11.18.23)
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Letting Go of the Scary God
" (18Forty | 9.7.22)
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God and Faith in Tragedy and Loss
" (18Forty | 11.25.22)
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God On My Mind
" (
The Commentator
| 10.24.21)
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The Tragedy of Apologetic Judaism
" (
The Commentator
| 10.9.21)
POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS
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REVIEW: On Settler Colonialism
" (
Tradition
| 11.24.24)
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Can You Hear the Ukrainian Cries?
" (
The Commentator
| 3.27.22)
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Donald Trump Brought Out the Worst in Us. Now, We Need to Heal
." (The Commentator | 1.8.21)
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There's Uighur Blood On Your Nikes
" (
The Commentator
| 12.8.22)
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A Genocide in the Making: China's Uighurs Need Us
" (
The Commentator
| 11.20.20)
CONTEMPORARY JEWISH ISSUES
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In Retrospect
" (
The Commentator
| 5.9.22)
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It's Time for YU to Make Aliyah
" (
The Commentator
| 4.11.22)
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We Say We Love LGBTQ Jews. Do We Really Mean It?
" (
The Commentator
| 2.27.22)
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Love or Be Loved? The Dilemma of Jewish Journalism
" (
The Commentator
| 1.30.22)
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How Do YU's LGBTQ Jews Navigate Their Religious Identities?
" (
The Commentator
| 12.26.21)
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How Do YU's LGBTQ Jews Navigate Their Religious Identities?
" (
The Commentator
| 12.26.21)
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