Judaism isn't generic. Judaism is specific.
Hanukkah isn't about "light" and "freedom." It's about reclaiming the temple in Jerusalem.
Tisha B'Av isn't about "resilience." It's about the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.
Passover is about the exodus from Egypt to Israel.
Rosh Hashana, Sukkot, and Shavuot are holidays of pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Don't accept the sentiments of people who will only deliver them devoid of their specific context. If they don't accept the context, they do not wish you well.
Tisha B'Av commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples, located on the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem, Israel. You know, historic and current Jewish territory. Thanks for your best wishes.
At 6:29 a.m. on October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a murderous attack on Israeli civilians - men, women, and children. It was the deadliest act of terrorism and antisemitic violence against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Among those murdered, burned, raped, and slaughtered were Israelis and Americans; Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
No one can rewrite history and turn the aggressor into the victim. Nothing can obscure the atrocities committed by this abhorrent terrorist organization against civilians in their homes, in their own country.
The people of Israel will stand united against any attempt to do so.
In the face of terrorism and the darkest forces of hatred - which New York City knows all too well from the horrors of September 11 - truth must always prevail.
The remarks by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are a reckless distortion of the truth. They are pure antisemitism, with no basis in fact. They are dangerous, inflammatory, and have no place anywhere - certainly not in 2026.
At a time when populism is on the rise and some leaders count on the public having a short memory, we will not allow anyone to question the right of the people of Israel to live in security in their own country. Nor will we accept any attempt to equate despicable terrorist organizations with the Israel Defense Forces - our safeguard. The IDF operates according to clear values and in accordance with international law, with a deep conviction in the justice of its cause.
💥Meghan McCain🤯
"I have had a relationship with Trump in this administration — which is the last thing I EVER expected."
"He has reached out ... with Lindsey Graham's passing. I'm SHOCKED by it, given my family history with him. He's been very kind."
In his 30 years at the pinnacle of Israeli politics, Benjamin Netanyahu has vanquished many rivals — but none quite like his current main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot.
In style and personal biography Eisenkot is in many ways the "anti-Netanyahu." And he's leading in the polls ahead of the October election. My story @FT https://t.co/zGCJbqhiD8
The goal of my entire career as an historian was to ensure that citizens learned the lessons of history—including the vital lesson that antisemitic rhetoric can be translated into genocidal reality if it is adopted by a modern state. Yet today, as AI permeates social networks, anti-history is spreading like a cancer. The Holocaust is either denied or derided. I have to admit: I failed utterly.
Why does no one ever mention the fact that Iraq is currently a stable, parliamentary Republic, with Constitutional protections for speech, religion, and the press?
Took a while, but Dubya vindicated in the end....