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Nostalgia . . . and looking forward

As I bit into a Kossar’s bialy for the first time in more than a decade, my teeth and jaw straining at the chew, I had to ask myself that uncomfortable question when...

A ‘moving’ situation

There are certain interactions in life that you go into already tense, anticipating a confrontation — and just knowing, from experience, what is going to happen. Going...

Two-minute siren

As I stood still and absorbed the blaring Yom Hashoah siren that pierced and engulfed Jerusalem, that engulfed all of Israel, so many thoughts raced through my mind....

There is no academic freedom

Once the pride of American society, academia, or much of it, has squandered its reputation and stature. Putting aside the abysmal moral unclarity of the presidents of...

The worst

The worst element in the anti-Israel demonstrations and mobs is the refusal to engage.

Why should I go South?

“Why should I go to the South?” So went the voice in my head when hearing about Diaspora Jews taking 20% of the time on their solidarity trips to tour Israel’s...

Yom Hashoah — Leap to Life

I cannot write a review of this Holocaust memoir. I cannot write a review of a single chapter. I cannot even review a single page. That is because a couple of sentences...

The dog isn’t Palestinian

Why does the anti-Israel movement continue to dominate certain segments of society when no other issue has done so over the last decade? Even the marches following...

Protesting for . . . terrorism?

This month, my oldest son will graduate from a college in the US. There has not been any indication that his graduation ceremony will be disrupted or that it will become...

Eric Adams steps up. Biden and Trump could take a lesson

It is not enough to condemn anti-Semitism. The message has to be unambiguous. New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks without ambiguity; he speaks with action.