U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the war between Israel and Hamas. “I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed ...
Alone against most of the world, yet wrapped tightly in truth and consequence. That was how it may have felt for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he watched nearly half of all U.N. General ...
Two years later, Oct. 7 remains a raw day. The murder of more than 1,200 people in shocking and horrific ways, and the kidnapping of 251 more, is not yet the past; it is still a present source of pain ...
In November 2023, I was a guest speaker in the small town of Spokane, Washington. The rabbi had organized a Friday night dinner, where I was due to address the issue of antisemitism. With only 1,000 ...
Fronting the Mediterranean Sea in this bustling Greek port stands a haunting monument to the city’s roughly 50,000 Jews who were rounded up by the Nazis in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz. Each year on ...
James Comey. (Photo credit: wikicommons/Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)) The indictment of James Comey is not a victory for justice but a cautionary tale about what happens when a president ...
The collapse of Mayor Eric Adams’ candidacy has turned New York City’s mayoral race into one of the most nationally consequential elections of 2025. On paper, the contest looks parochial: Zohran ...
Explore the reflections of Michael Balaban on the aftermath of violence and the resilience of the Jewish community.
Before I started learning about wine seriously, I was curious but confused. Wine labels seemed to conceal more than they revealed. I assumed Bordeaux and Chianti were types of grapes. I thought screw ...
Bari Weiss, the journalist who first rose to prominence for her campus campaign alleging antisemitism two decades ago, has been named editor-in-chief of CBS News, a stunning ascent that marks one of ...
On Oct. 10, 1930, the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent reported on a conference coming to the city on Nov. 2 that was intended to spur action by the United Synagogue of America and its regional ...
A government shutdown isn’t a crash; it’s a slow suffocation. The lights stay on but the gears grind to a halt. Emails bounce back, offices empty and authority evaporates. Each small failure becomes a ...