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Jewish pilgrims to Uman not allowed to connect in Moldova

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Thousands of Israeli pilgrims traveling to the burial site of a revered rabbi in Ukraine ahead of Rosh Hashanah next month will not be permitted to connect through Moldova and will be rerouted via...

YouGov poll: Support for Israel fell since Oct. 7, while Palestinian sympathy rose

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YouGov released a poll this week conducted in partnership with The Economist showing decreased advocacy for Israel among Americans. The group’s research suggested that since a high of pro-Israel sympathies at 48% on Oct. 14—one week after the Hamas...

Our misunderstanding of freedom emboldens authoritarian regimes

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I recently had the freedom to rush to my bomb shelter as Iranian drones and missiles targeted Israel. As Israel’s defense systems and help from its allies protected me and millions of others, I was...

Israel should do even when Biden says ‘don’t’

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After Iran attacked Israel last weekend, the White House leaked that President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Tehran. “You got a win. Take the win,” Biden reportedly...

Congress should cut Israel aid loose from Ukraine

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This past weekend’s Iranian missile attack on Israel was, among other things, a wake-up call for Congress. More than six months after Oct. 7, a bill that would provide supplemental military aid to the...
Migrants, mainly from Venezuela, gather at the Mexico-U.S. border, seeking asylum before Title 42 ends, May 13, 2023. Credit: David Peinado Romero/Shutterstock.

US aid to Israel is vital, but so is addressing the border crisis

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One of the standard tropes of American politics since World War II is the complaint that domestic concerns are being slighted while Washington funds either foreign aid or military commitments abroad. Since the United...
A Chanukah menorah display on a car in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Oksana Kuznetsova Dnepr/Shutterstock.

Menorah car parades set to light up cities worldwide

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Chanukah celebrates light, religious freedom and—a theme less often emphasized—the potential of young people. This year, Jews around the world will take that celebration to the streets more powerfully than ever. Last December, as Kyiv...
Peter Savaryn. Credit: Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

Canada apologizes for lauding another soldier who fought for Nazi unit

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A week after Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, resigned over its parliament honoring a Ukrainian man who fought in a voluntary Nazi unit, another highly decorated member in the Waffen-SS Galicia Division has come...
Anthony Rota resigns as speaker of Canada’s House of Commons on Sept. 26, 2023. Source: YouTube/CP24.

Canadian official resigns, Poland seeks extradition of Nazi veteran honored by Ottawa

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Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons who apologized on Sunday for honoring a Ukrainian man who fought in a Nazi unit, has resigned, the Associated Press reported. "Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered...
Jews arrive in the Ukrainian city of Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 14, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

22,000 pilgrims arrive in Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah

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More than 20,000 Jews have arrived in the central Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah amid tightened security due to the war with Russia, local authorities said on Thursday. Tens of thousands of...