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,…
Jewish Resilience: Taught By Our Tradition and Tested By Our History
BY ADIN LINDEN The over three thousand years of Jewish history has often been uneasy and tumultuous. Crisis has never been too far from the Jewish people. At times, those…
Reframing the Debate Around Israel’s Obligations to Gazan Civilians
BY JACOB SHAYEFAR “Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your…
Jewish Resilience in Times of Persecution and Prosperity, From Our Forefathers to the Present
BY JUDAH MARCUS Resilience is a virtue that has been associated with Judaism for countless generations. Throughout Tanakh, there are a great number of stories about our ancestors demonstrating strength…
Ashkenazi Migration to London: Building a Jewish Community in the East End
BY EMILY BUNDER When my ancestors left Ukraine during the 1905 Kyiv pogrom, my father’s side fled to Brooklyn, New York and began a life there. However, my mother’s side…
Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor on the Surge in Online Anti-Semitism and Its National Security Implications
BY ESTHER LUVISHIS Social media is a significant part of everyone’s life in the twenty-first century, especially for the young. From X, formerly Twitter, to Instagram and Facebook, there is…
Maintaining Jewish Unity Without Uniformity
BY ELIE DOUER In the months before the October 7 attack, political tensions in Israel were at an unprecedented high, with intense polarization over the proposed judicial reforms. Studies show…
The Six Elements of Resilience Inherent in the Jewish Tradition
BY RAANAN VANDERWALDE There is no denying that Jews are resilient. Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world. For over 3,000 years, Jews have been persecuted, killed,…