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Students stage pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba on May 23, 2022. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Daniel Chamovitz

Lessons on campus protests from an Israeli university

When a pro-Palestinian rally at BGU posed a potential clash between free speech and public order, we set out rules of engagement

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard launch underground ballistic missiles during a military exercise, July 29, 2020. (IRGC via AP)

The next Iranian missile attack

The phenomenal success of the Israeli Air Force and its allies on the night of April 13 must not blind us to the danger ahead

People walk next to a seder table with pictures of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the terror group Hamas, in Jerusalem, April 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Naftali Rothenberg

Redemption without illusions: Our joy is not complete

In times of crisis, it is all too easy to realize that Passover is not quite the holiday of redemption, but that of preparing for future redemption

Benjamin Birely

Skunk water and Jewish unity

At a protest after Hamas released a video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Israelis clashed, conjuring the pre-Oct 7 era

Srebrenica massacre memorial gravestones, at the Potočari genocide memorial. (Michael Büker, own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia)

Menachem Rosensaft

The UN must recognize the Srebrenica massacre for what it was

Just as it is unconscionable to deny the genocide of Europe’s Jews, we cannot minimize the slaughter of the Bosniaks

Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023, in New York City. (SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

What side of history do you want to be on?

There is so much noise, it can be hard to discern the values you agree with. Here are some tips to help you determine with whom you stand

(StudioM1 via iStock)

Let’s talk about hope

Is dialogue possible after Oct. 7? Alumni of an Israeli international school are embarking on a project that answers yes

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Menachem Lehrfield

Apr 27, 2024, 7:33 AM

Do You Think They can Tell That I’m Jewish?

"Do you think they can tell that I’m Jewish?" a young 19-year-old asked her mother, her voice strained with fear. This conversation took place in 2024, not 1944. It's a question that carries with it the weight of Jewish history, a...

Apr 27, 2024, 7:31 AM

How Should We React to the Horrifying Calls for Our Extermination?

The calls for the mass extermination of Jews that we’ve seen across college campuses this week are nothing short of horrifying. The similarities to 1930s Germany are bone-chilling. To think that these Ivy League universities are supposed to educate and...

Purna Lal Chakma

Apr 27, 2024, 7:24 AM

Billion People Long For Their Beloved Home To Be Safe

Jerusalem Skyline-the most famous place in Israel (Photo: iStock Getty Images by Charles03)

Can you imagine a place so dear that it's considered home by over two billion people? What will the reaction be if this beloved home faces a threat? This home is not just a physical place but also a spiritual...

Apr 27, 2024, 7:21 AM

A Negotiator’s Perspective – Hostage Negotiations and How They Function

Guest Blog Post. A Negotiator’s Perspective Hostage Negotiations and How They Function - Examining the Israeli Hostage Crisis Scott Richards Threat Studies Group Unit Head. April 26th 2024 At the time of writing this, it’s been 30 days exactly since my colleague and friend, Luc...

Apr 27, 2024, 7:20 AM

Day 204 Of The War: Iran Hostage Crisis Revisited

As the situation with the hostages continues and there is no end in sight, I began thinking about the attack on the US embassy in Iran on November 4, 1979. At that time, we still lived in Tel Aviv,...

Apr 27, 2024, 12:10 AM

You’re Not Pro-Palestinian, Just Antisemitic

Everyone has had that experience when overhearing a joke that has just missed the line of being a joke. It is usually one of the classic lines relating to Jews and money, Jews and big noses, or Jews in...

Apr 27, 2024, 12:10 AM

Help your university invest in Israel

Picture of UF students donating an Israel Bonds investment to the University of Florida in 2004.

“I used to think our conservative friends were a little crazy, but now I see they were right… universities and institutions of higher education HAVE become a breeding ground for a scary new antizionism rooted in antisemitism.” My husband repeated...

Julian Schvindlerman

Apr 27, 2024, 12:07 AM

The Palestinians and 9/11: A Reminder to Columbia U. Anti-Israel Students

Photo: An anti-Israel protester on the campus of Columbia University in New York on April 25, 2024. (Leonardo Munoz / AFP). Source: The Times of Israel.

“Revolution until victory” reads one of the banners carried by the crowd on the campus of Columbia University in New York. “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” proclaims another. Keffyes, masks and Palestinian flags abound....

Apr 26, 2024, 11:40 PM

Will the REAL government of Israel please stand up

Judging by Israeli government statements since the brutal Hamas assault of October 7th last year, the real seat of power in Israel is not where most of us think it is. The non-Israeli cabinet ministers The Housing Minister of Israel is...

Richard Hammerman

Apr 26, 2024, 11:39 PM

Columbia U 1968 – 2024: The Protests Are Different

It is with a heavy heart that I acknowledge that the takeover of the bucolic lawns of the Columbia University Campus to protest suffering in Gaza has its origins in the anti-Vietnam Columbia protests of 1968. As a Columbia University...

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