
Jewish Blood on the Streets of Jersey City
The targeted killing of two Jews in a kosher supermarket is only the latest incident in a slow-motion pogrom. And it could have been a lot worse.

The Real Dangers to Jews
Twitter-fueled partisan insanity is preventing society from keeping Jews safe—at exactly the moment it’s most needed

Election Watch: The Jewish Women Leading the Fight Against Anti-Semitism in Britain
The Labour Party’s Queen Esthers are fighting gales of abuse while hoping to save their island on Thursday from Jeremy Corbyn and his army of anti-Semitic trolls

Hate Knocks on the Door
What to do when your synagogue is vandalized?

Tucker Carlson’s New Crush
The Fox News host goes full anti-Semite in his latest rant, a love letter to Henry Ford

Red Yellow Journalism
When it comes to covering Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism, mainstream outlets are having a hard time telling the truth

The New Journalism
When the media turns everything into Russiagate, anyone can be guilty

What Happens When Everyone’s Trying to Get Nukes?
Israel’s ‘Begin Doctrine,’ a commitment to prevent rival regional powers from acquiring nuclear weapons, risks becoming unenforceable—but it’s not clear what comes next

Want to Keep Jews Safe? Criminalize Marijuana
A French court ruled that Sarah Halimi’s murderer—who shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ while holding her captive—can’t be held responsible because he smoked pot before killing her

The New MMA Hotbed: Israel
A father passes the fighting torch to his prodigal son, and a new generation of combat athletes makes a name for the Promised Land

Campus Anti-Zionism Seen Through the Eyes of a Syrian Refugee
I was about to find out that Canadian students at a top school like York University could hold protests just as serious and menacing as those I had seen in the Middle East

The Blindspot in Bernie Sanders’ Anti-Semitism Manifesto
Bernie has been America’s greatest truth-teller on economic inequality, so why can’t he be truthful about anti-Semitism?

Can the U.S. Flip Iran’s Internet Back On?
Iran’s government effectively shut down the country’s internet to repress a popular protest movement. But how long can that last?

How Boomers Ruined American Judaism
And whether the damage can be undone

Israel’s Rights in the West Bank Under International Law
Understanding law and justice in the world’s most disputed territories

Malley in Wonderland
How Obama’s ‘progressive’ foreign policy vision—to backpedal away from the Middle East, fast, while kicking our former allies in the region to the curb—became consensus in D.C.

Metamorphosis in Prague
On the 30-year anniversary of the Velvet Revolution ending Communism in Czechoslovakia, notes on how to transform a one-party state into a democracy in a matter of weeks

Imagined Communities: From ’60s Street Fights to Progressive Listservs
In our divided society, with few unifying assumptions among different groups, politics has abandoned concrete proposals for the vague spiritual ideals of an administrative ruling class

Can Bernie Sanders Fix America’s Broken Anti-Semitism Conversation?
The presidential trailblazer just took a historic first step toward national dialogue about anti-Semitism. But its success will depend on whether he’s willing to confront some hard choices.

The Chuppah Advantage
In an era of declining marriage, American Jews show surprising resilience. Why?

On the Anniversary of Kristallnacht and the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Remembering East Germany’s Jews
‘We really were naive, I suppose. More than I like to admit.’

The Perils of Forgetting
On the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a historian shows how the ignorance and abuse of Holocaust history fuels the global resurgence of anti-Semitism

The Lost Tribes of Spanish Jews
Torn between leaving or staying in chaos, Venezuelan Jews turn toward Spain

When ‘Finance’ Becomes a Code Word for Jewish
The idea that there’s something wrong—and Jewish—about finance has a long, ugly history that’s been making a comeback and distracting from necessary reforms of the financial industry

The Revolt Against Iran
Iran’s plans for regional hegemony depend on being seen as the protector of loyal Shiite Muslims—but those are exactly the people leading mass protests against Iranian domination in Iraq and Lebanon

In Pittsburgh, Hard Questions Unsettle a Somber Commemoration
The community’s leaders wanted the ceremony commemorating the Tree of Life massacre to be free of politics and conflict. One rabbi, and many congregants, felt differently.

A Year After Pittsburgh, Time for Action
Here’s what Americans, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, can do now that the period of mourning is over

If Michael Doran Were on Wall Street, He’d Be a Billionaire
But being right in Washington has a price