Ideas

Ideas

How Israel’s Independence Day connects us to Jews over generations

The Jewish calendar infuses the days and months with meaning inspired by different Jews across time and space, writes a scholar at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.

Ideas

Jews from Arab lands are the missing piece of the Israeli-Palestinian discourse

Recognizing an overlooked narrative could create a better future for all, writes an American Syrian Jew.

Ideas

’50 Completely True Things,’ a Palestinian-American’s call for compromise, strikes a chord on social media

Mo Husseini says his Medium post is meant to puncture ‘delusions’ on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

At a Manhattan synagogue, ‘normie’ pro-Israel liberals stage a last stand

I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word

I don’t want to attend college in a safe Jewish ‘bubble’

I’m not letting pro-Palestinian protesters decide my choice of college

My sister’s experience at Barnard has taught me to pick a college where I will feel safe

A history of a pivotal era in Palestine wins a top Jewish book prize

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators surround a Jewish man at a protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan, April 18, 2024. (Luke Tress)

An open letter to the Columbia University Gaza war protesters from a pro-Palestinian activist in Israel

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