The Blogs: Almost Too Much Wonder | Peter Himmelman
We’d just finished the mix of a new song. Sitting between the speakers, listening to the crescendo at…
The Blogs: I Want Israel to Be a Guy from Oklahoma | Jessica Ghitis
In the first few months of 2020, I dated a Regular Guy from Oklahoma. Or Wisconsin. He may…
The Blogs: A silence still heard | Sarah Kendis
By now, one has either heard of the extensive sexual violence committed against women in Israel by Hamas,…
The Blogs: Where does US aid to Israel actually go? | Simon Kupfer
Every year, the United States sends billions of dollars to Israel – money, critics say, that would be…
Remembering a true leader and spokesman for American Jewry: Abe Foxman
Whenever Abe Foxman came to Israel, we met at the Inbal Hotel. Once a year, sometimes more. The…
The Blogs: When a Word Isn’t a Word: (A Letter to New Olim) | Stephen Horenstein
To Whom it May Concern: I am a veteran Israeli musician/composer since 1980. I made Alyia in that…
The Blogs: UNHYPHENATED: Waking Up to Antizionism | Rachel Wahba
Spellcheck has not kept up with the times, it keeps putting the hyphen in antizionism. Before 1948, “anti-Zionism”…
The Blogs: Israel & the Diaspora Moving Apart: Déjà Vu All Over Again | Sam Lehman-Wilzig
The relationship between Israel and world Diaspora Jews, especially American Jewry, has been deteriorating these past few years.…
The Blogs: Explaining Why American Jews Are Not Emigrating to Israel in Large Numbers | Richard Diamond
Remembering the Lessons of Babylon After October 7, after the campus chants, after the harassment and the synagogue…
The Blogs: ‘We Don’t Hate Jews, Only Israel’: The Argument That Backfires | Brian Racer
Anti-Israel politicians and voices are giving the Jewish people an unintended gift. They keep insisting their problem is…
The Blogs: When Academic Boycotts Target Jewish Culture | Amy K. Milligan
When I was 8 years old, I asked for tickets to see Itzhak Perlman perform with the Philadelphia…
The Blogs: Israel vs. ‘Israeliness’: Why It Matters Now | Tamar Pross
There is a sentence I have been hearing for two years now, in different accents, in different rooms,…