Friday, July 3, 2026 – י״ח תַּמּוּז תשפ”ו וְכָל תּוֹרָה שֶׁאֵין עִמָּהּ מְלָאכָה, סוֹפָהּ בְּטֵלָה וְגוֹרֶרֶת עָוֹן. (אבות ב:ב) “Torah which is not combined with a worldly occupation, in the end comes to be neglected and causes sin.” (Avot 2:2) This week, we marked the 1000th day since the world changed on that fateful Simchat […]

Friday June 26, 2026 – י״א תַּמּוּז תשפ”ו This was a week that clarified more than it resolved. This week did not create the fault lines running through American politics on Israel. It exposed them—simultaneously, on both sides of the aisle—and forced a question liberal Zionists have been wrestling with for years: What does it actually […]

June 19, 2026 – ד׳ תַּמּוּז תשפ”ו Last month (May 29, 2026) marked thirty years since Benjamin Netanyahu was first elected Prime Minister of Israel in 1996. Few leaders in the democratic world have exercised power for so long or shaped their nation’s foreign policy so profoundly. Across three decades, Netanyahu has navigated relationships with […]

By Rabbi Lindsey Danziger After a beautiful evening at a playground in Tel Aviv with my three kids, I came back to our rented apartment in the city center and got everyone ready for bed: teeth brushed, showers taken, pajamas on. I threw in a load of laundry and climbed into bed with a cup […]

Friday, June 5, 2026 – כ׳ סִיוָן תשפ”ו When American Jews hear the term “anti-Zionist,” fairly predictable images come to mind: a campus protest, a keffiyeh, a chant about the river and the sea. The anti-Zionism that dominates our communal conversation is the kind that comes from outside — from the progressive left, from Islamist […]