Everyone has an opinion about Israel. Almost nobody looks at the map.

Anti-Zionism increasingly depends on pretending that Israel and the Jewish people are two unrelated things.

Conflict is not proof that something has failed. Oftentimes, it is the beginning of transformation.

For too many Jews, defending Israel now begins with a disclaimer or, even worse, an apology. It shouldn’t.

The idea that Jews can end antisemitism by changing their politics is one of history’s oldest lies.

They have no shortage of supporters. What they lack are friends willing to tell them the truth.

Peter Parker is probably a good Jewish boy from Queens.

Israel is expected to answer for its worst extremists, Palestinians are often excused from theirs, and violence elsewhere is purely ignored. Welcome to the double standard of being a Jew.

The old demand was assimilation. The new one is ideological surrender.

I thought the question was whether to hold on or walk away. Judaism taught me the deeper question is whether I am willing to evolve before I try again.