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Tamar Sternthal

Feb 28, 2023, 10:43 AM

The New York Times’ Jesus problem

Accuracy about biographical details of a historical figure central to a leading world religion shouldn't be too hard

Elizabeth Karpen

Mar 4, 2023, 2:24 PM

The new Jewish American Girl dolls are Jewish enough

Isabel and Nicki Hoffman (American Girl)

The Hoffman twins, who observe Hanukkah and Christmas, offer a relatable storyline for interfaith and non-Orthodox girls

Vladislav Davidzon

Feb 26, 2023, 1:45 PM

The war that turned Volodymyr Zelensky into a Ukrainian Jew

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with Israeli investigative journalists Ilana Dayan and Itai Anghel in Kyiv, in an interview aired on October 31, 2022. (Yaniv Shabtay, Ronen Mayo - Uvda)

One year after Russia invaded, a modern Ukraine has emerged with ideals that are liberal, democratic and inclusive

Aviad Houminer-Rosenblum

Mar 3, 2023, 4:45 PM

After Huwara, we must say kaddish for Judaism itself

Settlers pray the evening service, as cars and homes torched by settlers burn in the West Bank town of Huwara on February 26, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

A generation of Orthodox Jews has been raised on hate. We must reject this feral, anti-Torah approach, and return to tradition

Sharon Weinstein

Mar 1, 2023, 1:04 PM

My counter-protest

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There is just one word that I – a right-wing, religious voter who supports judicial reform – would chant at a protest

Mar 2, 2023, 10:13 AM

Will Bibi’s legacy be a new constitution for Israel or civil war?

Demonstrators rally in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's overhaul of the judicial system, on February 18, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

We need to incentivize the prime minister to ensure changes to the Basic Laws require a super-majority - for the sake of the country

Mar 2, 2023, 9:47 AM

Why Scott Adams is wrong about Blacks

The recent widespread reaction over Scott Adams, the creator of the cartoon character Dilbert, makes me think about an issue that I frequently discuss with my wife and daughter: the role of Black Americans in American society. Since the...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Mar 4, 2023, 10:08 PM

When the oppressor plays the victim

The oppressed have not disappeared or been liberated Oppressions like sexism and racism and every other one under the sun are more than objectionable, personal feelings. They're systemic. That means, for instance, engraved into society in laws, policies, norms, stereotypes,...

Feb 28, 2023, 1:20 PM

Huwara could open Israel to war crimes charges

A Palestinian man walks between scorched cars in a scrapyard after a settler riot, in the town of Huwara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, February 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

If the authorities don’t launch an investigation into Sunday night’s rampage, the International Court may do so instead

Leon Wiener Dow

Mar 2, 2023, 3:49 PM

The parents of Israel

A message to the many Jews across the world concluding that they must divorce themselves from the State of Israel

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