Jewish Journal

05/08/2026

Morton Schapiro was set to address Georgetown Law graduates after the university reviewed his Jewish Journal columns. Then students objected to his writings on Israel after Oct. 7, and Schapiro withdrew rather than let commencement become a protest target.

The speech he planned to give was was a call for dialogue, humility, gratitude and the rule of law.

Read “The Commencement Address I Was Supposed to Give at Georgetown Law”

Georgetown asked for my talk in advance, and I was about to send it to them on the day I discussed the petition with the dean. It draws on several of my JJ columns about humility, gratitude, and, ironically, the urgent need for dialogue in our polarized society.

01/28/2026

As we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it’s worth remembering not only how Jews died but also how Jews responded: not by wallowing in victimhood but by building and thriving.

Here’s my wish for Holocaust Remembrance: Just as we remember the Jews who perished, let’s also remember the Jews who stood up and rebuilt.

01/20/2026

Imagine the outcry if a group of Jewish public schoolteachers would announce a “Zionist teach-in” for MLK Day. Would Mayor Mamdani allow such a disruption of a national holiday?

Imagine the outcry if a group of Jewish public schoolteachers would announce a “Zionist teach-in” for MLK Day. Would Mayor Mamdani allow such a disruption of a national holiday?

01/20/2026

Given the state we’re in, King’s legacy has never been more essential. I can’t think of a better way to honor his legacy on MLK Day than to remember how he tried to bring our country together through the shared ideals expressed at our founding.

Ideals don’t change. It’s us who much change and never stop striving for progress.

https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/386462/kings-dream-was-an-american-dream/

01/16/2026

The butchers of Tehran love their own freedom to be butchers. What they can’t stomach is to give their people the same freedom to be human.

The butchers of Tehran love their own freedom to be butchers. What they can’t stomach is to give their people the same freedom to be human.

01/16/2026

COVER STORY: Soon we will know whether Iran’s newest uprising becomes another chapter in a long pattern, or the moment the pattern breaks. For one thing is already clear: this time, fewer people are asking for reform and more are asking for an ending.

Soon we will know whether Iran’s newest uprising becomes another chapter in a long pattern, or the moment the pattern breaks. For one thing is already clear: this time, fewer people are asking for reform and more are asking for an ending.

01/16/2026

In recognition of National Bagel Day, Debra L. Eckerling (The DEB Method) interviewed Sam Silverman of BagelUp and BagelFest 🥯

Taste Buds with Deb - Episode 138

01/13/2026

State Senator Scott Wiener Accuses Israel of ‘Genocide’ and Throws Palestinians Under the Bus

Even if we give Wiener the benefit of the doubt that he didn’t do this for political reasons and really means it, at least he could have done his homework.

01/12/2026

Breaking news U-Haul truck plows through crowd of peaceful marchers anti-regime marchers in Westwood. It occurred two blocks southeast of the federal building on Wilshire Boulevard.

No reports of any severe injuries.

The Jewish Journal’s Brian Fishbach was on seen to witness that there was one person inside the U-Haul driving and as it picked up speed driving north on veteran, a civilian jumped up to the driver side window and appeared to either break it or was trying to take out the perpetrator. The U-Haul came to a stop pointed northeast at the corner of Rochester and veteran.

01/09/2026

Why do some regimes spark protests while others meet silence? In this week’s cover story, Kathleen Hayes traces her own political evolution and argues that parts of the left condemn U.S. action on reflex while failing to reckon with repression in places like Venezuela and Iran.

Howls about Venezuela and silence over Iran. What led us to such a dogmatic creed at odds with humanity?