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What a psychological, spiritual and moral wrestling match we Jews are having. If our struggle weren’t so daunting and serious, it would almost resemble Tevya’s struggles and conversations with God.

In 1964 Norman Rockwell painted "The Problem We All Live With", an iconic image of a black child going to school surrounded by four US marshals...

Debra Markell Kleinert and Nadine Sebag face discrimination at work, highlighting issues of bias and retaliation based on race and religion, questioning fairness and equality.

While the loss of children is a tragedy, responsibility for these deaths does not lie with the United States or Israel.

Where President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take this war remains a state secret, literally.

This week, Ticker highlights political tensions regarding Jewish issues, featuring assemblyman Brown's attempt to address antisemitism with Mayor Mamdani, alongside controversial statements from Rep. Fine and actions in Belgium.

Trump's recent demand for Israeli President Herzog to pardon Netanyahu raises concerns about his understanding of legal systems, both domestic and international.

The Israeli left has significantly shifted from its initial support for Jewish settlements post-1967, reflecting changes in ideological perspectives and external influences.

This past week, we were given a stark reminder of the link between classic Nazi ideology and today’s Palestinian related anti-Semitism as expressed by a senior representative of the United Nations.

Stefanie Mendell, a former Raleigh city council member, highlights discontent within the Democratic Party regarding its anti-Israel stance, prompting concerns among American Jews about their political future and alliances.

Some important new statistics about the Arab-Israeli conflict were released this week by Rescuers Without Borders, an Israeli NGO.

New York City’s new mayor faces two initiatives aimed at precluding any of his actions that Jewish leaders fear might harm Israel or their fellow Jews in the Big Apple.

Alongside the Democratic Party veering into open anti-Semitism and opting to end bipartisan support for Israel, there has also been a parallel shift and erosion of support for Israel among young Republicans that needs to be acknowledged.

Critics of Israel, in the media and elsewhere, don’t seem to notice what this sort of news does to their arguments. If Israel was trying to commit genocide, why did it allow 100,000 of its intended victims to leave?

The pro-Arab mob habitually employs all kinds of mean-spirited tactics to bash Israel and its supporters, among them comparing Israel’s attacks on Gaza to the Holocaust.

“Had I been a double agent for Israel? Was she kidding?” the governor wrote in his forthcoming book "Where We Keep the Light." “I told her how offensive the question was.”

I have attended many performances of Fiddler, including seeing Zero Mostel in the original in NYC.

This may be a first for me. I agree completely with Bruce Ticker.

“At no time were they yelling that they wanted to kill people,” says Carlos Nieves, an assistant commissioner in the NYPD in October 2023. From Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah: “Armed struggle is a moral and legal right of the colonized and the brutalized.” So goes the unchecked influence of distorted language that routinely accompanies anti-Israel protests.

Democratic support for pro-Israel candidates is dwindling, with primary challenges intensifying for representatives like Daniel Goldman, as party members express increasingly critical views on Israel amid rising antisemitism.

Dr. Raphael Medoff critiques a New York Times article for employing biased techniques that misrepresent Jewish community opinions and downplay the impact of controversial actions.

Monday’s Bibi-Donald summit in Palm Beach produced hardly any news, but it spotlighted a lovefest for the leaders of Israel and America.

On January 1st, 2026, the Boulder Daily Camera published a front page article describing the June 1st, 2025 firebombing of the Run for Their Lives hostage advocacy group in downtown Boulder, as the most important event of the year in Boulder.

Perhaps New York Times columnist M. Gessen will be as afraid to see a movie about Matilda as much as the movie about Hind Rajab.

Truth often helps reduce fear, and it obvious that Adam Eisenberg has allowed a mendacious mainstream media to stoke his fears.