Cover Blown: Targeting ‘Zionists’ is Targeting Jews BACKGROUND – TALKING POINTS – IN MEMORIAM – ACTIONS – STORIES This week’s edition dedicated in memory of American-Israeli hostage Cpt. Omer Maxim Neutra, 21, murdered on Oct. 7, 2023. His body remains in Gaza. Amid a widespread climate of hatred toward Jews, particularly on university campuses, UCLA […]
“Do not reach out your hand against the lad.” (Gen. 22:12) We are living in an insane reality in which we wake up each morning in anxiety, fearful of hearing news media telling us they “are now authorized to make public” news of yet another casualty of war and terrorism. The Hebrew poet Hayyim Guri, […]
Selective Justice: The ICC’s Targeting of Israel Undermines Global Trust BACKGROUND – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS – DISPELLING FALSEHOODS – STORIES Strength in Adversity: What American Jews Can Be Thankful for This Year This Thanksgiving, American Jews have much to be thankful for, even amid increasing challenges. The Jewish community has shown remarkable resilience in […]
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The very heart of this week’s Torah portion, Ḥayyei Sarah, is the story of finding a bride for our forefather Isaac. It’s quite surprising to see the extent of the Torah’s attention to finding him a wife so close on the heels of the tale of his near-sacrifice (‘akedat Yitzḥak) and in particular so soon […]
Unrelenting Attacks Against Jewish Students Intensify on Campus BACKGROUND – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS – DISPELLING FALSEHOODS – STORIES Attacks Against Jewish Students Intensify Anti-Israel student encampments made page one headlines nationwide and led network newscasts last spring. Despite a lull in news coverage, hostility and violence against Jewish students continues to stoke fear and […]
Amsterdam 2024: This is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like BACKGROUND – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS – VOICES – STORIES Israel did not exist when the Holocaust brought death and destruction to Jews across Europe. Israel is now a nation capable of sending planes to Europe to rescue Jews in peril, and it recently did […]
This year, “after the holidays” doesn’t represent a return to normal. As long as our enemies are fighting us and our hostages remain suffocating in Gaza, there is no “return” and no “normal.” Even when we arrive in the promised land (the day after the war), we cannot return to who we were before the […]
Unwavering Alliance: U.S.-Israel Cooperation Benefits Both Nations BACKGROUND – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS – STORIES We value the feedback of our readers and invite you to please take 15 seconds to answer a few questions about this week’s edition by clicking the image right below the Actions to Consider section. In a time of global […]
“Noah” means rest, comfort. Consolation? .ותמלא הארץ חמס The land was overrun by hamas. Consolation? Does Hamas rest? The Midrash interprets hamas as theft. Theft of what by whom? Theft that justifies annihilation? In Genesis, God gave humans and animals “every plant and tree to eat.” He commanded the first human (“Adam”) on earth “to […]