April 14, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES Never Again Means Now: Holocaust Memory Under Siege April 14: Holocaust & Heroism Remembrance Day The living survivors and liberators to the Holocaust – one of history’s greatest crimes against humanity – are passing away, silencing the few voices left to […]
April 7, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER Who Controls What We Believe? Wikipedia and AI Alter Reality Wikipedia is one of the most trusted sources of information in the world – and it is consistently manipulated. What appears to be neutral, crowdsourced knowledge often is shaped by a small number […]
On behalf of the leadership of MERCAZ USA, we wish you and your families a Chag Kasher V’sameach. The Hagaddah reminds us each year that it is our task to feel as if we ourselves experienced the exodus from Egypt and were taken from slavery to freedom. Sadly our world continues to be one in […]
March 31, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS Passover: Freedom Still Has a Steep Price “Why is this night different from all other nights?” Jews ask at every Passover Seder. This year, the answer is not symbolic – it is real, immediate and still unfolding. From rocket […]
These and These We read in the Babylonian Talmud: “For three years the House of Shammai and the House of Hillel debated [a matter of ritual purity]. These said, “The law is according to our position,” and these said, “The law is according to our position.” A divine voice came and said, “These and these […]
March 24, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS Ancient Hate Fuels Today’s Anti-Jewish Violence Anti-Jewish narratives have boiled over from fringe spaces and online chat rooms to political campaigns and public conversations – without shame or constraint. Vile and violent antisemitic messages are spewing from across the […]
An Antidote to Fear Parashat Vayyikra begins with the words “And He called to Moses …” Rashi defines the verb vayyikra, “He called,” as a term of affection, closeness, and love. This call is heard from within the mishkan, the traveling Tabernacle, a place built after the great crisis of the golden calf, perhaps as […]
March 17, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS The War Comes Home: Jewish Communities Under Attack An Islamist terrorist rammed a truck filled with fireworks and chemicals into a Michigan synagogue’s main entrance before exchanging gunfire with security. Armed guards at Temple Israel stopped the attacker from […]
March 10, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – VOICES – STORIES Week 2 of the Iran War | Myths and Libels America and Israel are currently fighting against the Iranian regime on behalf of much of the world; Iran has murdered or maimed civilians from Bulgaria to France and from […]
March 3, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS Iran has Waged 47 Years of Aggression Against America Decades of Iranian Hostility Against the United States The U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran’s terrorist regime followed decades of Iranian attacks on Americans and an escalating risk to U.S. civilians, […]