The Sit-Down Ideas Despite deep divides over Gaza, a Jewish leader seeks allies in defense of democracy “Being an ally doesn’t mean putting an Israeli flag on your front door,” says Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
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.
’50 Completely True Things,’ a Palestinian-American’s call for compromise, strikes a chord on social media
I’m a Jewish linguist, and unlike some in Congress, I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word