State of the Nation
How the Assassination of Charlie Kirk Broke the Conservative Movement in Two
Gabriel Haron
BY GABRIEL HARON Charlie Kirk’s assassination in September 2025 sent shockwaves through the American conservative movement. Tributes poured in from all sides of the Republican political spectrum. Whether it was…
Welcome to the Farm: All Equal, All Betrayed
Claire Ambinder Kanner
BY CLAIRE AMBINDER KANNER “Socialism only works in two places: Heaven, where they don’t need it, and Hell, where they already have it.” That was Ronald Reagan at his finest,…
Science, Technology, and Society
Who Controls the Cure? AI and the Future of Medicine
Miriam Siroky
BY MIRIAM SIROKY What if a life-saving drug could be designed in weeks instead of decades? For most of modern history, attempts to develop a single new medicine have taken…
The Science Behind Shabbat
Hodaya Harary
BY HODAYA HARARY “And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy—because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that God had done” (Genesis 2:3).
Poetry
Little Bird – ציפורה קטנה
Rita Setton
BY RITA SETTON – מאת רבקה סתהון Let your wings fly freeFly, flyAway, little bird,You, who has never knownThe cold of a cage, justThe warmth of a nest andThe love…
The Hero Tree – עץ הגיבור
Hannah Katz
BY HANNAH KATZ – מאת חנה אריאל כ”ץ There is a tree that stands alone atop a mountain.A heroic tree, yet a weak one.Once, the tree had many leaves,But on…
Arts & Culture
Why Hebrew Matters
Benny Marmor
BY BENNY MARMOR – מאת בני מארמער זאת המהדורה הראשונה של כתב העת סולומון שתכלול מאמר בעברית. קידמנו את היוזמה הזאת מתוך אמונה רבה בחשיבותה של השפה העברית לעם היהודי…
Undoing Reality Through Language
Sara Lim
BY SARA LIM “If thought corrupts language, languagecan also corrupt thought.” George Orwell, Politics and the English Language In the beginning, God spoke the universe into existence, establishing a…
Tanakh
Political Lessons from Tanakh
Ozzie Hollander
BY OZZIE HOLLANDER George Washington once observed, “To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.” Frederick Douglass similarly argued that “We have to…
Features
Captives of Longing
Adelaide Rubenstein
BY ADELAIDE RUBENSTEIN In one night, I became a “captive of longing” for my homeland. I walked the streets of Princeton on the night of Tisha B’Av, August 3, 2025,…
State of the Nation: Debate
The Language of Exclusion
Liad Geldwert
BY LIAD GELDWERT Language can both unite and divide, and an English-language proficiency requirement in the US citizenship process risks exclusion rather than inclusion. Requiring English for citizenship ignores important…
English Proficiency Is the Wrong Measure of Citizenship
Solomon Burgess Eisenberg
BY SOLOMON BURGESS EISENBERG Over the last year, Congress has pursued several efforts to raise the level of English proficiency required for naturalization. These efforts, coupled with changes the executive…
Citizenship and the English Language: A Pragmatic Perspective
Rachael Kopylov
BY RACHAEL KOPYLOV Citizenship is the common thread that connects all Americans. We are a nation bound not by race or religion, but by the shared values of freedom, liberty,…
Symposium
The Price of Free Speech
Akiva Levine
BY AKIVA LEVINE I was standing in line at an airport in Amsterdam when a man behind me noticed my kippah and said, “Free Palestine.” There was no discussion. No…
Beyond AB 715: Jewish Dignity and Free Speech
Simcha Rosenberg
BY SIMCHA ROSENBERG Since the Founding, Americans have strived to build a system powerful enough to protect citizens from abuse without becoming one that itself abuses power. After the Revolution,…
Upholding the First Amendment While Safeguarding Jewish Communities
Gabriella Davis
BY Gabriella Davis There is no question that unrestricted free speech has placed Jews around the world in great danger, particularly since October 7th. Protests with thousands shouting, “From the…
Lessons on Free Speech from the Hebrew Bible
Orly Berenson
BY ORLY BERENSON Although the concept of free speech did not originate in America, America’s commitment to free expression is what makes this country exceptional. Jews are familiar with the…