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The West funds its own executioners in ideological war it barely realizes it is fighting - opinion

Institutional capture, ideological conformity, and foreign-backed authoritarian movements are challenging the individual freedoms that once formed the core of Western civilization.

A fullmoon rises over the Temple of Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the seas, in Cape Sounion, east of Athens, Greece, July 8, 2017.
 Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism conference on May 31, 2023

Banning anti-Zionist rabbis is the enlightened and liberal position - opinion

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My Word: When pride meets prejudice - opinion

People wave Iranian flags and signs condemning the war on Iran as they march past the Eisenhower Executive Building during a protest in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2026.

Iranian expats face the same awakening Jews felt after October 7 - opinion


The awakening of the Fifth Sector in Israel - opinion

Some call it the State of Tel Aviv and assumed that it has more loyalty toward Silicon Valley, the editorial stance of The New York Times, and post-modern ideas than Israel.

 A PROTEST against the government’s planned judicial overhaul takes place in Tel Aviv, in March. Did Prime Minister Netanyahu underestimate the response of the Start-Up Nation?

Two of UK’s progressive Jewish movements announced a merger

Reform Judaism sees itself as a movement that is traditional but up-to-date with modernity. Liberal Judaism in the UK is quite similar but has become more radical and modern.

 Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy.

Liberal American Jews, you need to support dialogue in Israel - opinion

Relations between American Jews and Israel have also been subjected to these rising tensions when compromises seem unachievable and the concept of the common good is eroded.

 A DEMONSTRATION takes place outside the US Embassy Branch in Tel Aviv against the government’s judicial overhaul and in support of President Joe Biden’s criticism of the plan, on Thursday.

Conservativism vs liberalism, past vs present wrongs - opinion

Liberalism takes the past more seriously than conservatism.

 THE US and Israeli flags fly at Ben-Gurion Airport ahead of President Joe Biden’s arrival in July. The writer asks: ‘How will young Americans view Israel’s relationship with the US – a strategic asset, or a threat?’

Progressives, liberals alike perpetuate evil with moral ambivalence - opinion

See no evil: In what universe is there a moral equivalency between ramming a vehicle into people standing at a bus stop and a young person losing his life in a crossfire with terrorists?

 AFTER THE funeral, a mourner crouches at the grave of six-year-old Yaakov Israel Pally, killed in a car-ramming attack in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Chikli: I’m the right person to promote dialogue with the liberal movements of Judaism

Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli said he was the right person to deal with antisemitism and promoting Jewish discussion.

 Israeli Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022.

Political orientation can be predicted by brain activation, synchronization differences - study

The political sphere has become highly polarized in recent years. Would it be possible to identify the neural mechanisms underpinning such processes?

 MKs Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich (center right behind Arye Deri) applaud at a special session of the Knesset to swear in the new government on December 29, 2022.

There is no democracy without liberal values

A regime – no matter what its name –  that does not define human dignity as its supreme value is not just undemocratic and illiberal, it is also inhuman.

 Thousands of Israelis demonstrate for democracy and against the new government’s judicial reform plan, in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square on January 7.

Don't worry, diaspora Jewry is not suing for divorce from Israel - opinion

Liberal Jewish leaders need to stop claiming that relations with Diaspora Jewry are at risk.

 The flags of Israel and the US are seen at a table during a meeting between officials from the two countries.

Toss that word salad: Political correctness changed our words - opinion

That’s how “double mastectomy” becomes “top surgery” or a “chest-masculinization” procedure. It’s how what was once called a “sex change” is now a “gender-confirming” operation.

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