AJC Survey Finds Hatred For Jews Still A Severe Problem
According to a new survey, American Jews are far more likely to see antisemitism as a problem in the United States than non-Jews and are nearly twice as likely to […]
August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
Kedem & Kilimanjaro
I‘ve given a few different irreverent answers when people have asked why I’m undertaking this physically demanding (and not cheap) journey to climb Kilimanjaro. If you must know, there’s some […]
August 15, 2022
Amazon Removes ‘Gas the JEWS’ Holiday Tumbler
This story first appeared in the Cleveland Jewish News/cjn.org. Reprinted with permission As late as 9:38 p.m. Nov. 16, customers of Amazon could buy a “generic Jewish wine tumbler” bearing […]
August 11, 2022
Shabbat Weekend In Bulgaria
I prefer not to seem like a dumb American tourist, but I much more prefer not to be called a “Russian.” It took me a day to get a hold […]
April 13, 2022
For High Schoolers, Holocaust Museum Connects History To Today
WASHINGTON — Being in the crowded, confined space of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was uncomfortable for Kevin Smokyday. It wasn’t because of the photos and videos that he saw […]
April 1, 2022
May Their Memories be for a Blessing
Eleven people were murdered in Israel by terrorists marking it as the deadliest time period within Israel since 2006.
March 30, 2022
‘Jewish Geography Gone Wild’: How An Informal Network Of Russian-speaking Jews is Helping Ukrainians
In the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an Israeli friend contacted Jenna Mitelman and asked her to help two Ukrainian refugees. A single mother and her nine-year-old boy […]
March 4, 2022
Resources To Help Ukraine
One week into its war with Ukraine, Russia bombed civilians, hospitals, and historic city centers, reducing entire areas to rubble and creating a humanitarian crisis. One million refugees had already […]
March 2, 2022
A World Disappearing Before Our Eyes…
This piece originally ran on the blog of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota. Like many of us, I have been heartbroken to see […]
February 25, 2022
The Jewish Case For Supporting Ukraine
For much of my life, I hated Ukraine. As the son of Soviet Jewish immigrants, I grew up with stories of antisemitism, discrimination, and the Holocaust that gave the rationale […]