Jewish Exponent

12/31/2025

In Washington, debates about Israel are often conducted through maps without people and arguments without sensory experience. But governing responsibly requires more than secondhand briefings and filtered narratives. It requires presence.

Explore the significance of the Iron Dome missile defense system in the U.S.-Israel defense partnership and its development.

12/31/2025

After 15-plus years working in public diplomacy and journalism, patterns become impossible to ignore. One of the most persistent and damaging is the belief that superficial “positive messaging” can substitute for serious engagement with the profound moral, political and historical questions surrounding Israel.

Explore the nuances of Israel's public diplomacy and the impact of superficial messaging on serious engagement.

12/31/2025

As anti-Jewish and anti-Israel attacks skyrocket in the United States, their targets are increasingly synagogues. It should come as no surprise that nearly all high-profile attacks on shuls reported by mainstream media since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, were orchestrated by so-called “Free Palestine” mobs.

Explore the alarming rise of attacks on synagogues in the United States and their connection to recent anti-Jewish sentiment.

12/31/2025

Back in February, the respected Justice Info website published an article titled “Thinking about the death of the ICC and what comes next.” If not quite in the morgue, the International Criminal Court is definitely in the intensive care unit.

Explore the challenges facing the International Criminal Court amid sanctions from the United States and Russia.

12/31/2025

The Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs is halting the operations of more than three dozen humanitarian groups in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders.

Israel suspends humanitarian organizations from Gaza, impacting groups like Doctors Without Borders and affecting aid distribution.

12/31/2025

Looking to shed a few post-holiday pounds? Here are a few recipes that will maintain the high standards demanded by your taste buds but register low on the calorie counter.

Explore Bubbe's Kitchen for delicious low-calorie recipes that satisfy your taste buds while helping you lose weight.

12/31/2025

Like many of you, I have been watching Ken Burns’ six-part documentary on the American Revolution. It is a magnificent narration of the origins of the United States.

Explore the intricate layers of Jewish history and its connections to the broader narrative of world events and identities.

12/31/2025

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞
Renaming theaters and websites is unserious. Distorting military priorities to satisfy presidential vanity is not. National defense is not a branding exercise.
➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://www.jewishexponent.com/editorial-trump-monument-syndrome/

12/31/2025

𝐀 𝐇𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
History — and Jewish memory — are unforgiving to movements that decide antisemitism is tolerable so long as it is politically useful or rhetorically fashionable.
➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://www.jewishexponent.com/editorial-a-hemorrhaging-conservative-right/

12/31/2025

𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲
Diplomacy is not a light switch. Relationships, trust and influence are built through presence and continuity — and they are lost far more quickly.
➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://www.jewishexponent.com/editorial-diplomacy-by-vacancy-is-not-a-strategy/

12/31/2025

𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡
Israel needs a commission that can compel testimony, preserve evidence and publish conclusions without fear or favor. It needs a commission Israelis across the political spectrum can trust.
➡️ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://www.jewishexponent.com/editorial-a-commission-designed-to-fail-the-truth/

12/30/2025

Tribe 12 held their Chanukah celebration with over 250 people in attendance to honor Jason Holtzman, Rabbi Nathan and Caroline Kamesar, and Miriam Steinberg-Egeth