Posts Tagged: American Jews
Children Don’t Absorb Jewish Life Automatically — They Need to Ask Questions
In my work, I spend a great deal of time talking to students about being Jewish. And what I've noticed is that our community operates under...
A Warning From History: Conspiracies About Jews Never Stop There
I am a Jew, and I feel exhausted by antisemitism. How about you? Throughout my work in media, politics, advocacy, public speaking, and community engagement,...
Recognizing Shabbat Is Not Establishing a Religion
The backlash to President Trump’s “Shabbat 250” proclamation reveals something deeper than disagreement over a single president or a single ceremonial gesture. It reveals how uneasy a...
Are You Doing Everything You Can to Reach Out to Your Fellow Jews?
While Israel and the US have been fighting against Iran side-by-side over the past few months, I heard the story of an Air Force cadet...
‘Brazen Attacks’: Antisemitism Turns Increasingly Violent in the West
Across North America and Europe, antisemitism appears to be entering a new, more dangerous phase, with Jewish communities facing a growing wave of shootings, assaults,...
Antisemitism Exploding on the Far-Right: The Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Need an Event Anymore
In April 2026, Dan Bilzerian -- a social media personality with 29.6 million Instagram followers -- filed to run for the US Congress against incumbent...
Not Stupidity — Something Worse: Why the ‘Israel Controls America’ Myth Keeps Spreading
In a recent post, Donald Trump took aim at Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Joe Kent, calling them “low IQ” and “losers,” and asking...
The Era of Pointing Fingers Is Over: Jews Must Unite
For decades, the American Jewish community operated under an incorrect assumption: we were strong enough to remain siloed. The center-left focused on their spaces, the...
Before They Can Defend It, They Must Know It
Before Passover, I took my son to Borough Park to buy a new Haggadah, part of a small annual ritual and one more way into...
How Passover Impacted American Liberty
Passover is a Jewish national liberation holiday, which features Moses and the Exodus. The legacy of Passover deeply impacted the first American settlers and the Founding Fathers, and...
Lessons From the Classroom: By the Time We Try to Teach Democracy, It’s Already Too Late
Ronald Reagan warned that freedom is fragile -- that it must be taught, protected, and deliberately passed from one generation to the next. For years,...
80 Years After the Holocaust, Did Antisemitism Disappear? Or Did Anti-Zionism Replace It?
There is a comforting narrative circulating in Western discourse. It insists that the surge of anti-Israel activism we see today is nothing more than political...
Over 90% of American Jews Feel Less Safe After Recent Antisemitic Attacks, Survey Finds
Nearly all Jews in the United States feel less safe after a recent wave of antisemitic attacks, and the majority have changed their behavior over...
When Society’s Good Intentions for Jews Replace Equal Citizenship
A secular Manhattan school responded to October 7 by holding a Shabbat gathering. The head of school spoke with moral seriousness. Jewish families felt seen....
