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Critics of Israel had decried the screening, organized by Gal Gadot and other Hollywood insiders, as a “Zionist trap.”

The rally aims to show that even as American Jews have become increasingly polarized, a broad spectrum of Jewish organizations and their supporters can still unite behind an overarching message of backing Israel and opposing antisemitism. 

Chances are you’ve heard the ghostly cries of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke singing, "I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo," whether on the radio or from some angsty teenager’s headphones. The multi-platinum, massive hit captured the zeitgeist at the perfect time to bring an unknown band like Radiohead to the front lines of rock music. The […]

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Why They Rip Down the 'Kidnapped from Israel' Fliers by hersh

Antisemitism has the power to override every norm and decent impulse.

Why the "From the River to Sea" Chant Is Antisemitic by hersh

During the Israel-Gaza war, you may have heard the phrase “from the river to the sea” being chanted. Learn why it’s not a freedom call – it’s straight up antisemitism.

Israel has long succeeded in spite of its leaders, not because of them.

Lacking freedom, Jews once developed an ethic of martyrdom. Now, they don’t need martyrs, they need to stand and fight.

What the anti-Semitic fulminations of the Pink Floyd lyricist tell us about the intersection of art and toxic politics

The two-fold tragedy of a soldier's unnecessary death. And for a taste of sanctity on the eve of Shabbat, profiles of the soldiers tasked with identifying the nearly unidentifiable dead.

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Social justice” is a foundational biblical value. But its ancient meaning has little to do with the modern catchphrases and ideologies that are part of contemporary social justice discourse, like socialism or “equality of outcomes.” Instead, the Bible gives us a much more complex vision of “justice and righteousness” to describe the ideal social order. […]

There is no one “kosher” Jewish approach to social justice, just as there is no single authorized Jewish response to any of the challenges we humans encounter and create for ourselves. Jewish texts contain a multitude of opinions, enough to support the presuppositions and political persuasions that almost any seeker could bring to them. One […]

As a wave of anti-Jewish violence tore through New York in December 2019, Christian clergy across Boston gathered to compose a powerful statement, asserting their shared responsibility to combat antisemitism. Ministers of all races and denominations drafted the statement collaboratively, inviting a handful of their closest Jewish partners to provide feedback to ensure that the […]

To commemorate the first day of Black History Month this year, 170 Hollywood industry leaders announced the formation of the Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance, aiming to “bring our two communities together in solidarity” against racism and antisemitism. This initiative harked back to the era when black and Jewish groups coalesced with labor, churches, and liberals to […]

To say that Freedom for Humanity left little to the imagination risks giving the impression that its creator nonetheless possessed some talent for subtlety.  Painted on a wall in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets in 2012, the mural depicted six finely attired men seated around a Monopoly board resting atop a passel of […]

Imagine you’ve just been accepted to college. You open your welcome packet. It contains the bestseller all first-year students are expected to read: Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility. You flip to a random page and read, “Only whites can be racist.” You flip to another page where you read that to deny being racist is itself […]

As with so many of the world’s big ideas, social justice — the term denotes the fair distribution of wealth, power, opportunity, and status within society — is a concept with deep roots in Jewish tradition and, at times, disquieting consequences in Jewish life. Take many of the most prominent contemporary social justice movements, and they are shot through […]