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Andy Blumenthal

Jul 25, 2018, 3:44 PM

This is a fix for the editorial headline

This is a fix for the editorial underline

Jul 8, 2018, 5:46 PM

Why I’m Not Studying Abroad

Studying abroad junior year of college has become a bit of a cliché. Hypothetically, it’s a great opportunity for young people to learn about another country and themselves. I genuinely think that everyone should study abroad if they can....

Ianai Silberstein

Jul 8, 2018, 4:27 PM

SHI Revisited: What We ALL Can Learn

Having recently attended the Shalom Hartman Institute (SHI) Community Leaders Program (CLP) for the seventh time, it seems to be time to draw some conclusions. Considering that the summer programs cater exclusively to a North-American population (mostly the U.S.),...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 8, 2018, 3:50 PM

Erdogan ignores Qur’an and purges more workers ahead of his swearing-in

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for 15 years, has now dismissed another 18,000 state workers, including soldiers, police and academics. A TV channel and another three newspapers have also been closed. Since the failed coup attempt two...

Ben-Tzion Spitz

Jul 8, 2018, 3:49 PM

Pinchas: Secret Jews

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful, and we prefer the pleasures of illusion. -Aldous Huxley During my years in Uruguay, I met multiple people who had discovered, some quite recently, that they...

Jul 8, 2018, 3:25 PM

Israel is on fire

There were fields and fields of black. I was with a large group of 300 photographers on a trip to southern Israel to document the destruction caused by flaming kites and balloons. It seems the world doesn’t know, but for more...

Jul 8, 2018, 2:59 PM

Reflections From The 2018 ROI Summit

Throughout my professional journey in the past decade, moving from non-profits to Government, to private sector, from working with start-ups and entrepreneurs to large corporations, then back to “start-up land”, and above all – building my own business — I have...

Yehuda L. Oppenheimer

Jul 8, 2018, 2:56 PM

Is Roe v Wade really about abortions? The Supreme Court and the Three Weeks

By the time you read this essay, we will all know the name of President Trump’s second Supreme Court pick. One thing, however, we already know with absolute certainty. The person, whoever they will be, will be strenuously opposed...

Jul 8, 2018, 1:54 PM

Church on the Brink

PCUSA’s Parting Slander Against Jewish State

Jul 8, 2018, 12:42 PM

How I got over myself and become a true friend to Israel

I am a friend of Israel. I have been for a long time. And yet, it took these past two decades of experience and study to understand what that phrase truly means. In 1999, I was headed to Banias --...

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