A New Psychology for the American Military
BY MEIRA LUTCH In 2024, America’s military is projected to reach its smallest size since 1940. One often-cited reason for this contraction is the requirements that must be met in…
The Importance of the Arts
BY RAFI UNGER What distinguishes humans from animals is our capacity for creativity and generating new ideas. In essence, the unique creativity of humans separates us from other creatures. Unfortunately,…
The UN’s Impotence Goes Well Beyond Its Obsession With Israel
BY ETHAN GARCIA ROJZE The United Nations has long been unable to enforce its own rules. And instead of addressing this failure, countries use the UN as a venue to…
Preserving Progress: Safeguarding Saudi-Israel Normalization From Disruption
BY ZACH LUKEMAN Following the tragic events of October 7, a profound surge in tension between Israel and the Arab world has resurfaced. In light of the horrifying attack orchestrated…
One Sky, One People: The American Jewish Response to the War in Israel
BY MATEA FREIBER My great-grandfather, Chaim Frieber, arrived in New York from Krakow as a young man at the turn of the twentieth century. Recently, my mother shared with me…
The New York Times: A Bias Analysis
BY ADIEL RAMIREZ The New York Times is one of the most trusted news sources in the world. It is the newspaper of record in the United States. Any reputable…
From the Beginning to the End
BY ARI UNGER It doesn’t always make senseBut it doesn’t always have toI guess that’s the beautyOf lasting so longOf having little holes in your storySo it sounds like a…
The “Neighborhood Bully” Returns
BY EMUNA NAIDITCH What happens in the Jewish state affects each and every Jew. As poet Yehuda Halevi famously said, “My heart is in the east, but I am at…
Zakhor, or Where Is Our History?
BY MAYA TRATT For all the talk about how Jews are the “People of the Book,” there is a chapter that seems conspicuously missing—where is Jewish history? A ubiquitous facet…
I.L. Peretz’s Legacy: Challenging Jewish Passivity
BY BENJIE KATZ If any American has heard of the shtetl, the little market towns where a significant portion of Jews in Eastern Europe lived until the early twentieth century,…