Looking for a Middle Around the Edges of Bibi’s Visit
There was the split screen—on one side, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a joint session of Congress and calling Americans who protest his war...
Letter from Berkeley | What Do Campus Encampment Protesters Really Want?
Noah Phillips visits the University of California-Berkeley campus and discovers the limitations of dialogue.
From the Newsletter | A Visit to the GW Protest Encampment
It all feels very important and simultaneously exasperating and hard to navigate.
Is McCarthyism Alive and Well on Capitol Hill?
For those who are used to hearing McCarthyism thrown around as a generalized term of abuse, it may be worth looking back at the details of that time.
Analysis | In the Streets for Democracy
Throngs protested in Jerusalem over government plans to radically change the judiciary and more.
Introducing Groundswell
Groundswell is a solutions-based series of Q&As highlighting 10 grassroots Jewish changemakers confronting the climate crisis, coinciding with COP26 in Glasgow.
Sunrise DC Quits Rally Because of ‘Zionist’ Groups’ Participation
When bikers, walkers and runners convene on Saturday at the Freedom to Vote Relay's finish line near the Capitol, one group will not be in...
“No Fear” Rally Against Antisemitism in D.C. Draws Over 2,500
More than 2,500 people showed up at the National Mall next to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC in solidarity against antisemitism Sunday.
The rally was...
Rallying Against Antisemitism (And the Politics Behind It)
The “No Fear” rally was designed to present a Jewish community united in its concern over recent spikes in attacks and in hatred directed at Jews.
How the Capitol Hill Insurrection Dealt American Jews a Double Blow
Politics & Power columnist Nathan Guttman explores how January 6th’s Capitol Hill insurrection dealth American Jews a double blow.
Dispatch from Crown Heights: Two Universes, One Neighborhood
As Devorah Halberstam, a prominent local activist, drives through Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood in her white 2017 Acura, she grows increasingly animated.
Opinion | How Israel Is Failing Its Ethiopian Citizens
This July, thousands of Ethiopian Jews participated in sit-ins, blocking main roads all over Israel with burning tires. More than 100 police officers were injured and more than 136 demonstrators arrested.