Laziza Dalil

Interview | Laziza Dalil on Teaching Moroccan Jewish Heritage

The vice president and cofounder of the Mimouna Association, which started as a club on her university campus in Morocco, on the importance of shared community. ...
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Interview | Dr. Zeina Barakat on Palestinian Views of the Holocaust and Reconciliation

Some Palestinians ask, “How can we not compare the Nazi atrocities in the Holocaust to the mass killings of civilians and children in Gaza? ...
Mohammed Dajani, an olive skinned man with white hair and stubble wearing a collared shirt and a black down vest, smiles at the camera in front of a stone building with a green door.

Interview | Between Missile Strikes, Activist Mohammed Dajani is Still Dedicated To Peace

"If you want to talk to me, talk to me about the future, about what is next." ...

Opinion Interview with Dina Porat | Do Israelis Want Revenge?

As chief historian at Yad Vashem from 2011 to 2021, and now the institution’s senior academic advisor, Dina Porat has the chops—the moral authority, if you will—to poke into dark and troubling corners of the Israeli national psyche. ...
An illustration of Earth breaking apart in front of a light blue background. Pictures representative of the world order, such as politicians, are superimposed on both planet and background.

Interview | The Perilous State of Our World Order

It’s a truism of geopolitics that disorder somewhere breeds disorder elsewhere. ...
An Arab family attends a Free Palestine rally in Columbus, OH. Photo credit: Paul Becker. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

Interview | Let’s Say Israel Can Destroy Hamas. Then What?

If you want to end the Israeli Palestinian conflict, you need four things. You give me two of these things and I'll give you a fighting chance to succeed. ...
Hezbollah fighters

Danger on Israel’s Northern Border: An Interview with Hanin Ghaddar About Hezbollah and the Failed State of Lebanon

A look at the evolution of Hezbollah inside Lebanon's fractured political system and Iran's growing influence throughout the Middle East. ...

Son of Hamas Hostage: ‘This fight is about light and dark’

"What has helped me is to see the spirit of the Israeli people. It's amazing to see the citizens who work together, who leave the arguments they may have had before and stand with you." ...
A masked white woman holds her hand up in front of the camera lens. On the street behind her, doxens of people march, some with Palestinian flags.

Interview | How Israel’s Allies Are Addressing the War On Campus

"How can Jewish and Israeli students feel safe on campus when it's considered acceptable to justify or even celebrate the death of Jewish children? " ...
The face of a bespectacled George Santos superimposed on a map of NY-3 congressional district

George Santos, Seeking Re-Election, Still Claims He’s ‘Jew-ish’

Having left a number of messages for Santos I was surprised when, in the midst of the most recent government funding showdown in the House, he actually called me back. ...

Interview | Beyond Bagels & Lox

Allegra, you’ve described your work as post-ethnic, post-deli Judaism—“Jewish life beyond Roth and Bellow, Woody Allen, and bagels and lox.”

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Boychik in Blue: An Interview With the NYPD’s Chief Jewish Chaplain

I don't carry a gun, and I don't go out and do police work. The job of a police officer is to serve the public. My job is to serve police officers. ...