Opinion Articles
Dear Democrats: Stand with Iranians against mullah dictatorship
An estimated 40,000 Iranian protesters were murdered during the Iranian protests for a better life in their country.
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Democracy
Democracy
Palm Sunday Ban Triggers Church Outrage
When freedom of worship is not upheld—especially for minorities—even when doing so clearly serves the state’s own interests, something is profoundly wrong.
Antisemitism
Antisemitism
An antisemite could be France’s next president
France’s municipal elections preview a 2027 showdown as the center weakens, the far right advances and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s radical left gains ground; alliances with his anti-Israel movement further normalize political antisemitism
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
What Do We Tell Our Children About This War?
The questions our children ask us may seem simple. But the answers they require are not purely strategic or political. They are, at their core, theological.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
Shelf by shelf, Europe is forgetting the Jewish world
When a bookseller highlights one work, places it beside others or decides not to stock it at all, the store quietly steers the intellectual journey of its visitors.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
I Promise You: This Will Not Be the Last War
We may be able to win this war – in Gaza, in Lebanon, and against Iran. But when we are surrounded by fundamentalist enemies that, like cancer cells, keep growing back, the promise of a "last war" is probably just wishful thinking.
Religion and State
Religion and State
Shas fills local rabbi posts with loyalists, sidelining community choice
Shas moves quickly to fill rabbinic vacancies, sidelining candidates who fit their cities.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
How religion and faith shapes the Israel-Iran war
Even in an age of advanced weapons and secular institutions, many of the world’s most consequential decisions are still made and understood under the shadow of God.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
Israel doesn’t have a resource problem. It has a culture problem
Can Israelis rise above their casual 'It'll be OK' attitude and achieve excellence? One exception proves they can.