Book Review | With Critics Like These, Israel Will Be Fine
The irony of both books is that they replicate the intellectual sins they ascribe to Zionists—one-sided descriptions of Israeli actions, lack of self-criticism, and suffocating certainty.
Ask the Rabbis | Is God the Ultimate Strongman?
“If G-d wanted to be a strongman, you would expect Him to make His presence ubiquitous,” writes Rabbi Tzvi Freedman. “Yet his PR claims He doesn’t even have a face that we can see.”
The Double Bind of Israelis on Campus
Some Israeli academics have faced doxxing, harassment and administrative indifference on American college campuses.
Decision Time in the Middle East
The White House has gone to great lengths trying to emphasize that the onus is now on Hamas and that it is now up to the terror group to prove that it is really interested in a cease-fire for the benefit of the Gazan people.
A Zoom Room With A View: One Man’s Window Into A Rafah Refugee Camp
“People like the idea of fighting for a cause more than sitting down with those people and having a discussion with them,” says Salvatore.
Opinion | Why I’m Boycotting My 50th Harvard Reunion
Has some anti-Israel activism at Harvard crossed the red line into antisemitic? The answer is an emphatic yes.
Could Gallant and Gantz Deliver for Biden?
With relations between Bibi and Biden boiling over, the president may have found new allies in the ministers Gallant and Gantz.
Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald’s Assasin
Danny Fingeroth doesn’t definitively rebut the conspiracy theories, but he finds “every narrative beyond ‘lone nut’ impossibly unlikely.”
Analysis | Chutzpah Gone Viral: Why Israel Produces So Many Cyber Leaders
Compulsory military service, a rarity among Western states today, may be the single most important source of Israel’s cyber prowess.
Verdi’s Nabucco in the Aftermath of October 7
Watching Verdi’s Nabucco and its story of Jewish persecution and pervasive violence against a Jewish community in exile may as well have been taken from recent headlines.
Jewish and Palestinian Teens Write—and Brave the United States—Together
Digital Editor Noah Phillips discovered that the six Israeli teenagers’ biggest fear was facing polarization in the United States.
A Jewish Activist Remembers Surviving a Bombing Raid in Nazi Germany
“I wanted readers to see and feel what it was like to be a child subjected to intensive bombing,” writes Marione Ingram, who as a child survived the Allied bombing of Hamburg, Germany, in 1943.