Opinion

Israel’s Debate Over the Separation of Powers

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Cliff Rieders | JNS The debate over the separation of powers is said to have originated in a proposal by the French political philosopher Montesquieu,...

Why I Laugh During Havdalah

Kylie Ora Lobell When Shabbat ends, we light a braided candle, look at our fingernails near the fire, bless a cup of overflowing wine, sniff...

Amir Ohana’s Homophobic Detractors Are the Abomination

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Shmuley Boteach | JNS Amir Ohana’s historic appointment as the first openly gay man to serve as Speaker of the Knesset is a symbol of...

ChatGPT Can Write Verse, But Is No More Alive Than the Golem of Prague

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Rodger Kamenetz | JTA ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot with remarkable abilities to mimic human language, has been making big news. One stunt that’s...

Blinken Visits Israel

There were a lot of moving parts that added complexity and diplomatic tension to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent trip to Israel, and...

Trial by Billboard

There was a skirmish last week in the Bay Area between the forces of Zionism and anti-Zionism. It took the form of messaging and,...

Letters to the Editor: February 10

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‘Green Line’ an Artificial Border With No Basis in Law, History or Judaism Susie Gelman of the Israel Policy Forum (Opinion, “Why the Pro-Settler Right...

Handing Down of the Ten Commandments From Sinai: Parshat Yitro

Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro (Yitro), who lives in Midian, hears the news of all the amazing miracles that G-d did for the Jewish people, and...

Why the Pro-Settler Right Hates Israel’s Justice System So Much

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government places the Israeli Supreme Court in the crosshairs, concerned supporters of Israel, from the Biden administration to...

As Antisemitism Rises, Gen Z Needs to Be Empowered With Jewish Knowledge

Tomer Schorr Kanye (“Ye”) West has thrown the discussion about antisemitism into the spotlight across social-media platforms. He sparked outrage with millennials and older generations...