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On the Day I Make Aliyah
As he leaves Britain to begin a new life in Israel, author Ben M. Freeman — founder of the modern Jewish Pride movement — reflects on Jewish identity…
 • Ben M. Freeman
Jonathan Sarna on American Jewry’s Past — and Its Uncertain Future
From the American Revolution to rising antisemitism, the foremost historian of American Jewry explains how American Jewish life reached this moment …
 • Avi Mayer
59:05
Temple Israel Rabbi: We Are Not a People Who Cower to Terror
Hours after the attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, I spoke to the synagogue's Rabbi Jen Lader about the day's harrowing events
 • Avi Mayer
11:04
When Fear Stopped Working in Iran
Iranian-born human rights activist Marjan Keypour Greenblatt describes how a regime built on martyrdom lost its hold on a new generation
 • Marjan Keypour Greenblatt
From Critique to Contempt: Ireland, Israel, and the Normalization of Antisemitism
Former Irish justice and defense minister Alan Shatter writes that extreme anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment has gone mainstream in Ireland — with…
 • Alan Shatter
The Bondi Beach Massacre – and the Failure to Stop It
An urgent Jerusalem Journal Podcast conversation with Australian Jewish communal advocate Joel Burnie about the antisemitic climate that produced the…
 • Avi Mayer
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Inside Ireland’s Antisemitism Crisis: A Conversation with Rachel Moiselle
Rachel Moiselle is one of Ireland's most visible activists against antisemitism and anti-Israel hate. Hear why she thinks international pressure is the…
 • Avi Mayer
28:25
The Mamdani Moment and the Future of American Jewry
The election of an openly anti-Zionist mayor in the most Jewish city in the world may mark the start of an uncomfortable new chapter in American Jewish…
 • Avi Mayer
A Nation Holds Its Breath
There will be many tears in Israel in the coming days. Some will be tears of joy. Others will be tears of anguish. All will be characteristically…
 • Avi Mayer
I Joined the Genocide Scholars to Prevent Atrocities. Here’s How They Failed
Genocide scholar Sara E. Brown, Ph.D. writes that, by allowing their work to be weaponized against Israel, her colleagues have cheapened the term…
 • Sara E. Brown, Ph.D.
College Campuses Have Gotten Scary. They Don't Have to Be
Charlie Kirk's assassination on a college campus was shocking but not surprising, given the increasingly violent discourse in many academic…
 • Avi Mayer
Letter to Jewish College Students: You Are Not Alone
Hillel CEO Adam Lehman encourages Jewish students to embrace Jewish wisdom, values, and community, enriching themselves and those around them
 • Adam Lehman
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