From the Newsletter | Stop Drawing Lines in the Sand
I am always amazed at the power of one assassination or violent act to upend the fragile progress of humanity—in particular the painstaking work of...
Issue Blast | November/December 2023
Those of us who refuse to either be washed out to sea or retreat inland are in a challenging, sometimes heartbreaking position.
From the Newsletter | GOP Debate & the Beer Hall Putsch Centennial
Israel, Hamas, Iran and campus antisemitism all got airing in last night’s GOP debate. And, no, Ramaswamy didn’t call Zelensky a Nazi, but he did come off like a clown.
From the Newsletter | New House Speaker, Same George Santos
Now facing 23 federal charges, the New York Representative has made no indication he’ll resign, nor has he been keeping a low profile.
From the Newsletter | The Arsenal of Memory
I was WhatsApping with a friend in Israel earlier this week and we were talking about the popularity of the Rachel Edri story. In case...
From the Newsletter | Anything but Normal
October 7, 2023, is a day we will never forget. As one of our U.S.-based editors remarked in a meeting, “It feels like 9/11,” except...
From the Newsletter | The Brilliant and Formidable Alice Shalvi
When she died on October 2 at age 96, Alice Shalvi left behind scores of mourning family members and friends in Israel and abroad, hundreds...
From the Newsletter | Shana Tova! Let’s See the Fruits!
It’s the season of return—literally.
Earlier this week, making plans to schlep the family back to the New York shul I grew up in, as we...
From the Newsletter | Is Elon Musk Really Going to Sue the ADL?
By now it shouldn’t surprise anyone when Elon Musk makes an attention-grabbing announcement on social media.
His posts on X (formerly Twitter) are a cascade of...
From the Newsletter | What Would Golda Think of Israel Today?
"It's not a biopic," Guy Nattiv, the director of the new film Golda told me when we spoke before the film's premiere. “It's not Gandhi.”...
From the Newsletter | Kohenet’s Final Ordination of Hebrew Priestesses
One of the boldest—and most controversial—experiments in contemporary Judaism is coming to a close.
After 18 years in operation, the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute (KHPI)...
From the Newsletter | Is AI Good for Humanity?
It's the question of the moment.
The launch of the first really convincing artificial intelligence chatbot last November sparked widespread excitement and fear. Suddenly, people were...