Ari Hoffman
A tragic murder in Jerusalem reminds us: Jewish Israelis face deadly antisemitism every day
Israel is often reminded by its critics that its status quo is unsustainable. Like a procrastinator in shul at the end of Yom Kippur, time is running out for it to do the right thing: to withdraw from the territories, midwife a Palestinian state, dissolve itself into nonbeing . To figure out the problem of its own presence.
The Inquisition decimated Sephardic Jewry. We still haven’t internalized its lessons
On a recent warm night in Madrid, a young woman shared that she had travelled over 3,000 miles, leaving her husband and two young children in Montreal, to claim Spanish citizenship.
The lesson we should learn from Afghanistan
The disaster unfolding in Afghanistan is a tragedy we’ve seen before.
Debate | Should supporting Israel be a litmus test for participation in a rally against antisemitism?
We asked two Forward contributors to debate if supporting Israel is necessary to fighting against antisemitism.
Omar’s comments aren’t just about Israel— they threaten the ties of Jews and the Democratic Party
American Jewish Democrats should recognize the danger that these sentiments pose to the future of the party— and their place in it.
Israel’s new government teaches American Jews two important lessons
Just days after the rocket launchers have cooled in Israel and Gaza, news broke that after 12 years, the Netanyahu era is just about finished , in the most improbable of ways.
Wokeness goes to war
As rockets continue to crisscross the skies between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River, as horrific riots break out in cities from Lod to Ashkelon, a more far-flung front has opened up as a result of the violence in Israel: a war for public opinion here in the United States.
Debate | Should we use the term ‘apartheid’ in discussing Israel?
“I want to step back and think about the usefulness of the term ‘apartheid’ in thinking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
Every reason to celebrate Israel this Yom Ha’atzmaut
Israel’s overall performance during the pandemic creates, in some ways, a portrait of the country.
Biden is pushing us to rebuild society. Let’s take a cue from early Zionists, and do it.
Biden is trying to change something like the reality of life in America.