Groundswell: Alon Eliran on Forest Cities
Dr. Alon Eliran is a member of CityTree, a Tel Aviv based knowledge center focused on forest cities, urban ecology and climate resilience.
Moment Debate | Is the Filibuster Good for Democracy?
Democracy entails more than merely majority rule. It implies concern about minority rights.
The Ghosts of the Khan of Ajjur
I immediately understood that I was being confronted, face-to-face, with the uncomfortable scenario that hangs over every Israeli who today lives in a formerly Arab-owned house.
Opinion | ‘Replacement Theory,’ Mainstreamed
White replacement theory, the repugnant racist trope that claims America’s white population is being displaced by people of color, is once again receiving a wide audience among those feeling malnourished by Donald Trump’s absence from their social media feeds.
How Republicans Talk to Jewish Supporters
There’s an easy—yet inaccurate—way to describe the current relationship between the two political parties and their Jewish voters: Democrats win Jewish votes on all issues relating to domestic affairs, including antisemitism, and they lose Jewish votes when it comes to their policy toward Israel. On the flip side, Republicans win over Jewish voters thanks to their stance on Israel, but they have a blind spot for antisemitism that works against them.
Groundswell: Abby Bresler on Climate and Disability Justice
Abby Bresler is a senior at Dartmouth College and the coordinator of the Jewish Youth Climate Movement.
Opinion | A Small Religious Revolution
It is easy to list the many things that the relatively new and highly diverse Israeli government cannot do. Example: It cannot advance a peace process with the Palestinians, nor an annexation in the West Bank.
Opinion | The Summer of 1942
On July 1,1942, Cairo was about to fall to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s German and Italian forces.
Visual Moment | Judy Chicago’s Revolutionary Art
Judy Chicago always wanted to be an artist. “From the time I was a child,” she writes in her 2021 autobiography, The Flowering, “I had a burning desire to make art.”
Groundswell: Rabbi Dev Noily on Following Indigenous Leadership
Rabbi Dev Noily, cofounder of Jews on Ohlone Land, on why climate activists need to follow indigenous leadership.
Groundswell: Jamie Margolin on Shifting Culture
Jamie Margolin is a cofounder of the youth-led climate action group Zero Hour. She is the author of Youth to Power: Your Voice and How...
Beshert | My Mother’s Love Song
Penny and Peter first met on a kibbutz in Palestine, where they both moved to escape the second World War. They were separated when she moved to England, only to be reunited years later, after he had become a famous singer in Israel.