An open letter from Jonathan Jacoby to Jonathan Greenblatt, National Director and CEO of...
Jonathan Jacoby presents a viewpoint that within our diverse community, there should be space for people to hold and debate different political positions on Israel without being accused of antisemitism.
‘Backlash Effect’: Why the Middle East Conflict Triggers Hate Crimes in the US
In Voice of America, Masood Farivar explores a phenomenon known as the “backlash effect,” where events occurring anywhere in the world have a domestic impact in the US.
Jewish response to Hamas war criticism comes from deep sense of trauma, active grief...
The Conversation U.S. asked Dov Waxman, director of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, to explain why many Jews might feel that way.
How to Stay Sane in Brutalizing Times
New York Times’ columnist David Brooks asks: Will offering trust to others before they trust you change the people you are encountering? Who are you becoming in corrosive times?
What Should American Jews Do With Our Fear?
Emily Tamkin, author of author of The Influence of Soros: Politics, Power, and the Struggle for an Open Society expresses the I hope that Jewish Americans will “be careful not to let our fear close us off to others’ pain. ..."
When People Hurt People
Micah Sifry writes about how the Israel-Hamas war is polarizing Americans and the possibility of a different path.
