Last week, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream announced that it will halt sales to the so-called “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” meaning the areas Israel conquered in the Six Day War of…
Hervis Earl Rogers is a 62-year-old Black man who lives in Houston. Believe it or not, Rogers waited in line for more than six hours to vote in last year’s…
Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that prohibits Texas’ public-school teachers from discussing topics related to critical race theory in the classroom. Specifically, the new law,…
Miami Beach, Florida, April 1974. (Bernard Gotfryd Photograph Collection/Library of Congress) By Thane Rosenbaum (JTA) — Until a 13-story building inexplicably collapsed in the middle of the night, placing the…
Last Friday, June 18, less than 50% of Iran’s eligible voters elected Ebrahim Raisi, 60, the country’s hardline judiciary chief, to be its eighth president since the Iranian Revolution of…
Last week, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) yet again made shallow comments that reflect her limited grasp of the United States and Israel’s mutual geopolitical strategic interests. “We must have the…
As events move forward in Israel toward the likely formation of a new coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett, a former settler leader and stalwart for religious nationalists, and Yair…
Last Wednesday, May 27, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council launched a war crimes investigation into recent hostilities between Israel and Hamas. The probe is unprecedented by the UN body…
Larry Lefkof, 89, passed away May 13, 2021. The first words Larry Lefkof uttered every morning were from the Modeh Ani, a prayer that a Jew traditionally recites upon awakening,…
Though a cease-fire has quelled the conflict between Israel and Hamas, antisemitic incidents have proliferated across the United States since May 10, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has reported. While opinions…