Kind: Reads

Ignoring the national aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis won’t solve their conflict.

The author of 'Call Me by Your Name' reflects on being a hidden Jew

When soldiers hide in hospitals, what is the morality of attacking them? This is the question Israel faces in its campaign against Hamas.

The police accused protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow of violence. The protesters said it was the police who were violent.

This, I think it is safe to say, did not age well: As recently as October 2022, the Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee (or at least Jim Jordan and his committee staff) thought that this was the new Trinity of the Right—a pantheon of stable geniuses and world-bestriding trolls who would bring the right into the shining future.

The billionaire affirmed the deadliest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory in recent American history.

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: Linda Sarsour has a theory about the Jews. Sarsour is the Democratic activist who rose to fame helping the campaigns of Bill de Blasio and Bernie Sanders, was written up admiringly by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and led the Women’s March to great fanfare in ...

Last year, I started increasing my observance of Judaism. I began keeping kosher, dressing more tznius, or modestly, and frequenting prayer services. I returned to college this fall with more confidence than ever in my Jewish identity: I labeled my sets of kashered silverware, I hung a mezuzah on the doorway of my dorm room […]

How Hate From the World Became Love From the Jews by David Suissa

The more hate the world has been giving to Jews, the more love Jews have been giving to one another.

How distorted frames make an already difficult situation even harder to solve

Many different opinions, motivations, thoughts on Israel, ways to be Jewish came together in the 290,000-strong crowd in the National Mall on Tuesday

Getting breakfast with a group from Chicago who drove 12 hours to get to the largest pro-Israel rally in the country in decades.

The Detroit Jewish federation said “a deliberate and malicious walk-off of drivers” prevented some of its delegation from getting to the march.

Plus: Congress's embarrassing Fight Club

In a speech to the conservative Federalist Society loftily titled “You Are the Last Line of Defense” Bari Weiss declares a clash of civilizations. “Of course that is what we must talk about tonight,” she starts. “The civilizational war we are in.” Substance is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.