February 17, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS Qatar, Charities and Campus Activists Fuel Dangerous Lies Qatar Funds American Universities and Promotes Hate The Qatari government contributed $1.1 billion in funding to American universities in 2025, according to new U.S. Dept. of Education data. Over the years, it has […]
Songs and Stars When I was a girl in France, I discovered Mati Caspi’s songs, which became the threads that wove my connections to Eretz Yisrael. His words were the first ones in modern Hebrew that I wanted to understand, and his melodies charmed me — and stay with me even now. “How can it […]
February 10, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS Exposing Hate: A Super Bowl Ad and an Israeli Olympic Team Sports events are intended to be where politics can be set aside and shared values, grit and teamwork take center stage. Events like the Super Bowl and the […]
An End and A Reckoning At the end of the day on which Ran Gvili z”l was returned to Israel, I came home and took off the yellow ribbon I had worn for two years and three months. Not ceremoniously, and without a prayer. I simply took it off. I did not feel relief, nor […]
February 3, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS Jewish Doctors, Patients, Teachers and Students Face Rising Hostility A growing number of medical professionals, teachers and local labor leaders are tolerating conduct that has made workplaces hostile for Jewish patients, students and employees. Documented cases – including discrimination […]
A Song for Tu B’Shvat “When you come into the land, you shall plant every tree first / and the tree shall yield its fruit and the land its produce / a time to plant trees, a time to plant and to build.” (Popular Hebrew song for Tu B’Shvat) A time to plant and to […]
All of the hostages are home. Those are words we feared we would never have the chance to say. And now, finally, after 843 days we say again, all of the hostages are home. Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, z”l, whose body was the final one still held in Gaza, was located yesterday in a mass […]
January 27, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS Holocaust Remembrance Is Under Threat International Holocaust Remembrance Day honors the 6 million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany and confronts the historical realities of the Holocaust. Amid alarming trends, this commemorative day preserves historical truth in the face of […]
Boundaries, Not Walls A people is born! Tens of thousands of slaves are called to demonstrate: to slaughter a lamb, to smear its blood on the doorway of their home, and to roast it whole. This action is also an expression of their readiness to leave their familiar home and set off for the unknown […]
January 20, 2026 STAY INFORMED – TALKING POINTS – ACTIONS TO CONSIDER – STORIES MAKING NEWS Activists Distort Civil Rights to Justify Anti-Jewish Hatred On the day that honors the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., some anti-Israel activists have exploited his memory to promote their own political agendas – many that […]