Jacob Sivak
ARTICLES BY: Jacob Sivak
Is Being Jewish an Ethnicity or a Religion? The Jesuit View
It was just reported that the California legislature passed a bill making it the first state to recognize Jewish identity as an ethnicity, as well as a...
There Were Centuries of Jewish-Christian Coexistence in the Holy Land
I recently read that the public will soon have access to an ancient Galilean synagogue excavated at Huqoq, 12.5 kilometers northwest of Tiberius, Israel. The fifth century...
Twenty-Four Million People Will Live in Israel in 2100
Earlier this year, Statistics Canada reported that Canada’s total fertility rate for 2024 had dropped to a new "ultra low" of 1.25. Total fertility rate (TFR) is...
Why Does Joe Rogan Think There Are 500 Million Jews in the World?
I am not a fan of podcasts, mainly because they can be very time consuming. But when a friend recommended one, I decided to have...
Why Did Only One Jewish Holocaust Survivor Testify at the Nuremberg Trials?
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials organized by the four Allied powers (Britain, France, the US, and the Soviet Union) to hold senior Nazis accountable...
How the Jewish People Can Unite: A Lesson From Yavne and the Mishnah
On May 13, at a national conference in Jerusalem dedicated to repairing Israeli society and building a shared civic future, Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, warned that division...
The Jewish Bund Was Popular — But It Couldn’t Save Lives Like a Jewish State Could
If you are a fan of klezmer music, you may be familiar with a catchy up-tempo Yiddish song "Barikadn" (barricades), recorded by the popular band The Klezmatics. The...
A Growing Majority of the World’s Jews Are Israelis
A Jewish friend of mine made what I thought was an interesting observation the other day. We were chatting about world affairs, and he pointed...
Israel and Canada Both Use American Fighter Jets — But Politics Keeps Them Apart
After the attack by the US and Israel on Iran, Canada issued a statement recognizing that Iran is the main source of terror in the Middle East,...
The Surprising Origins of the Passover Seder
In his popular book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, the Israeli writer Yuval Noah Harari contrasts the universality of religions such as Christianity and Islam...
History and Archaeological Evidence Shows Jews Were Pioneers in Learning and Education
The opening of a new building for the National Library of Israel was one of the events overshadowed by the October 7 attack on Israel. The library, almost...
Jewish Survival Depends on the Existence of a Jewish State
“The past is never dead, it is not even past," a quotation from William Faulkner’s novel, Requiem for a Nun, is frighteningly apt today in...
Jewish Indigeneity in the Holy Land: Next Year in Jerusalem
The claim that Zionism is just a modern form of European nationalism is an argument used by anti-Zionist, pro-Palestinian groups to uncouple the connection between...
Australia’s Jewish History Might Have Unfolded Differently
The deadly pogrom that took place in Australia at a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach was the culmination of more than two years of hate...
