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My Word: When pride meets prejudice - opinion

What began as a language dispute turns into a broader question of national pride, belonging, and resilience.

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People wave Iranian flags and signs condemning the war on Iran as they march past the Eisenhower Executive Building during a protest in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2026.

Iranian expats face the same awakening Jews felt after October 7 - opinion

Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir walks inside the Knesset, on the day US President Donald Trump delivers remarks, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025.

Moral, legal issues with Israel’s terrorist death penalty - opinion

An illustrative image of a reporter for Army Radio (Galei Tzahal) taken in 2019.

Growing contradictions at the heart of Israel’s liberal camp - opinion


Liberal democracy is not a Jewish value, nor should it be - opinion

Israel should be a law-abiding democracy but preferably not a liberal one.

Jeremy Corbyn with Rabbi Pinter, former Labour Labour councillor

Jewish public defender elected San Francisco district attorney

The son of jailed anti-war radicals, Chesa Boudin stood on a progressive platform

Voting booths are seen during the New York primary elections at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, April 19, 2016

Right From Wrong: What Trump doesn’t understand about Jews

U.S. President Donald Trump

Israelis more liberal on religion, views on equality more mixed - analysis

According to polling by the Hiddush organization, a religious pluralism advocacy organization, support for gay marriage has been steadily rising, with 78% of the Jewish public today supporting it.

Man holds a Star of David rainbow flag at the 2017 Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

The progressive case for AIPAC

I am an unapologetic Zionist and a proud supporter of AIPAC.

Workers set the stage at the AIPAC conference in Washington, March 2

Religious candidates in Labor make their pitch to liberal national-religious voters

There were numerous appeals to Biblical injunctions against the oppression of minorities, while “Kahanists” and Otzma Yehudit bore the brunt of the attack.

MK Revital Swid (Labor) speaking at a campaign event in Jerusalem, March 16, 2019

Jewish-American lesbian elected Michigan Attorney General

Nessel, who grew up attending the Reform congregation Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield Township, in the Detroit metropolitan area, traces many of her values back to Judaism.

Plaintiffs April Deboer (L) and her partner Jayne Rowse leave the Federal Court with their attorney Dana Nessel (R) following closing arguments on their trial that could overturn Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage in Detroit, Michigan March 7, 2014

Amos Oz on further reflection

In the early aftermath of Oz’s recent death, initial commemorations focused on his life’s most well-known elements: his fiction’s eminence and his ardent support for a two-state solution.

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The pathological animus of ‘The New York Times’

The paper is regarded as the bible of America’s intellectual classes. Yet for years, its coverage of Israel has been a disgrace.

The sun peaks over the New York Times Building in New York August 14, 2013

Top Jewish Democrat: Netanyahu, Dermer wrong to defend Trump on antisemitism

Ron Klein came to Israel to meet with government leaders and opinion settlers.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion airport on May 23, 2017