The Future of Jewish

Fire, mysticism, and survival collide in a holiday that slipped out of mainstream Jewish consciousness, especially in the diaspora.

Long before the 20th century, ancient Jewish texts recognized what much of the modern West still refuses to accept: Not every enemy can be reasoned with.

It’s worth asking whether criticism on its own is as meaningful as many people believe it to be.

A government effort to combat anti-Jewish hatred collapses when those shaping it platform anti-Jewish narratives, misdiagnose its sources, and ignore the forces driving it.

Most people mean well, but good intentions aren’t enough. Here’s what actually makes a difference for your Jewish family members, friends, and colleagues.

One cannot make the argument that Israel is "colonial" in good faith. It can only be made by deciding, in advance, that certain people — namely Jews — do not count.

When leaders hold the Jewish state to standards applied to no one else, moral posturing becomes a mask for something far uglier.

Left-wing media outlets habitually stir up outrage and polarization, and then act dumbfounded when it produces real-world consequences like violence, shootings, and death.

The fracture is internal, the pressure is financial, and the outcome is only a matter of time.

No political camp is going to end the Jewish condition. Every coalition contains the logic by which Jews can be useful, suspect, defended, and discarded in rapid succession.

What looks like distancing is actually forcing Israel to accelerate its independence, strengthen its defenses, and become more self-reliant in ways decades of alliance politics delayed.

For Jews far beyond Israel’s borders, Yom Ha’atzmaut has become a reminder that, somewhere in the world, there is still a place which will welcome them in.