Gil Troy

Israel mustn’t become Super-Sparta, featuring muscle-bound warriors with coarsened souls, and paralyzed consciences.

Martin Buber urged individuals to cultivate profound, expansive, I-Thou relationships with others – and with broader phenomena like God.

Abandoning the term “Zionism” hands victory to Israel’s critics and undermines Jewish identity, history, and the ongoing mission of the Jewish state.

A synagogue attack in West Bloomfield was thwarted, thanks to brave responders and effective security measures.

Iran’s threats won’t end quickly, but Israel and America’s strikes are already reshaping the Middle East's future.

An estimated 40,000 Iranian protesters were murdered during the Iranian protests for a better life in their country.

From Times Square to major newsrooms, moral confusion over Israel and Trump is muting outrage at Tehran’s repression, terror, and slaughter of its own civilians.

In legitimizing high-brow and low-brow antisemitism, he strengthened the ideological foundation triggering today’s multi-dimensional Jew-hating storm, uniting anti-Zionism with antisemitism.

A loud minority shouldn’t define the debate around Israel; respond to anti-Zionist hysteria with clarity, boundaries, empathy, and proud Zionism.

American Jewish leaders, teachers, rabbis, and parents must go back to basics – learning what Zionism means, then teaching it to the next generation.