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Palestinian terror should not be rewarded with a state
The fires of Kibbutz Be’eri, Kfar Aza and Nahal Oz eviscerated the last vestigial support for a grand bargain with the Palestinians. Decades of terror had already shrunk the peace camp in Israel to a small core of true believers. Last year’s mass anti-judicial overhaul demonstrations made clear that a culture war was far more...
LA’s Academy Museum to revise exhibit on Jewish founders after criticism from Jewish Hollywood figures
An exhibit about Jews in Hollywood that launched at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles following an outcry from Jewish critics is now getting a revision — following another outcry from Jewish critics. The museum opened its first-ever permanent exhibit, a deep-dive on the Jewish pioneers that laid the groundwork for Hollywood,...
‘What Do I Do With All This Heritage?’ A new play celebrates Asian Jewish America in all its diversity
+As four other performers took their seats behind her, an actor dressed in all black stood at the bima at Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles. “I’ve got a lot to hold,” she sang. “The question’s age-old: ‘Am I just parts of a whole?’” Over the next hour, these five Asian American actors jumped from monologue...
AOC: ‘Antisemitism is an assault on our values’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, said in a livestream on Monday that the rise in antisemitism is an assault on American and progressive values, and acknowledged that there had been instances where criticism of Israel has crossed the line into the spectrum of antisemitism. “Antisemitism is an assault on our values as...
Benny Gantz walked out. Will Netanyahu survive?
So, what happened over the weekend? Benny Gantz, a longtime rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, resigned from the war cabinet on Sunday, eight months after he joined the cabinet to manage the war in Gaza after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. Gantz and seven of his colleagues will now join an organized push...
How designer mezuzah covers and Torah pointers are putting the ‘Jew’ into ‘Jumanji’
Jumanji, Zathura, and The Polar Express don’t exactly scream Jewish culture. Written and illustrated by two-time Caldecott Medal recipient Chris Van Allsburg, all three children’s books have been adapted into major Hollywood productions. In particular, The Polar Express (and its 2004 film adaptation helmed by Robert Zemeckis) is widely regarded as a perennial fixture of...
Israeli battlefield commanders explain why they are breaking IDF rules to solicit donated gear
Micha Shtiebel wasn’t expecting to be called back to duty so soon. Nor did he expect the army to deploy his brigade — normally stationed along the border with Lebanon — to Gaza, where they would experience a type of dense urban combat they weren’t used to. But in late May, the time had come...
One of the most Jewish elections in the country is in Northern Virginia
WASHINGTON — Eileen Filler-Corn was the first Jewish speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. State lawmaker Dan Helmer is the son of an Israeli father and the descendant of Holocaust survivors. Now they’re running against each other in a Democratic congressional primary, and each is making Jewish identity a central piece of their pitch. ...
Behind a dramatic election in France, the rise of a new Jewish leader — and also antisemitism
In the wake of yesterday’s election for candidates to the European Parliament, everything and nothing has changed in France. Nothing changed insofar as pollsters had long predicted an electoral slam dunk by Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement national (RN), or National Rally. Led by its president, the 20-something Jordan Bardella, the party won slightly over...
Thousands protest Biden’s Israel policies outside White House
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied outside the White House, accusing President Joe Biden of not enforcing a “red line” to keep Israel from harming civilians in Gaza, a harbinger of continued anger on the left with U.S. policy toward Israel in a general election year. Protesters unveiled a massive red banner on Saturday and wore...
Benny Gantz quits war cabinet as Israeli government’s unified front crumbles
Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz quit Israel’s three-person war Cabinet, repositioning himself as a potential replacement for his longtime rival Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the unity that defined Israel’s initial response to the war against Hamas is crumbling. Gantz’s departure from the coalition Sunday, along with that of Gadi Eisenkot, a minister without portfolio...
42% of Jews have felt unsafe wearing Jewish symbols in public since Oct. 7, study finds
Since Oct. 7, more than 40% of American Jews have felt unsafe wearing Jewish symbols in public and more than a quarter have chosen not to mention their Jewish identity when they meet someone new, according to a new survey. The survey, commissioned by the American Jewish Committee and published Monday, reports many of the...
With Gantz resignation, Netanyahu loses centrist partner at pivotal moment in the war. Will anything change?
The Israeli government and the Biden administration on Sunday lost a key moderating and unifying figure with the resignation of senior war cabinet minister Benny Gantz. This development could complicate the Biden administration’s efforts to broker a possible hostage-and-ceasefire deal, and might also lead to early elections in Israel later this year. Gantz, who turned...
A new movie about fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg explores legacy of her mother’s Holocaust experience
Diane von Furstenberg’s design business was stagnating in the 1980s when she got a call that her mother had had a nervous breakdown in Europe.The breakdown, her mother’s companion said, may have been triggered by hearing German men speaking loudly. Her mother was cowering under a hotel concierge’s desk. Von Furstenberg, newly divorced and worrying...
Ohio court bars Hebrew Union College from selling rare books amid financial woes
Ohio’s attorney general obtained a court order this week prohibiting the financially strapped Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion from selling off books from its Cincinnati library, which holds a significant collection of rare and precious items from throughout Jewish history. Attorney General Dave Yost’s request for a temporary restraining order came in response to...
‘Bring them home’ means different things to Israelis and American Jews
Last Sunday in New York, thousands marched in the annual pro-Israel parade, less a celebration this year than a rally for the hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7. The parade’s sponsor, New York’s Jewish Community Relations Council, said its goal was “sending an urgent message to the world: ‘Bring Them Home Now!’” — raising...
The hostage rescue is a joyous distraction. A deal is still key
I share every bit of the joy and relief all Israel felt at the news of the IDF’s daring rescue of four hostages after eight months in Hamas captivity. How could anyone not rejoice at the emotional reunion of Noa Argamani with her father? But the astonishing mission reaffirms, rather than negates, a fundamental truth:...
The hostage rescue brought unity to Israel — and underscored a great paradox about the country
Videos of megaphone-wielding lifeguards announcing the news that four hostages had been rescued, sparking the exultant cheers of beachgoers, summed up an “only in Israel” moment on a scorching summer day. The exuberance — of a kind Israelis have not felt in a long time — was soon tempered by the announcement that Arnon Zamora,...
Israeli operation rescues 4 hostages from Gaza, including Noa Argamani
Israeli forces rescued four hostages held since Oct. 7 in the central Gaza Strip, including Noa Argamani, the festival goer who was filmed as she was carried away by terrorists on a motorcycle. In addition to Argamani, 26, the army said in a statement that Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrey Kozlov 27, and Shlomi Ziv,...
‘They are the real men of Israel’: My cousin was held captive with hostages who died in Gaza — hear her words
Every day, family members of hostages — like myself — wake up to face a ticking time bomb. We check the news with a lump in our throats: What will today bring? Earlier this week, that daily news made my heart stop. In just one day, we learned that four male hostages — Chaim Peri, 79, Amiram...
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