Adam Hummel

Dear Jews: Grow a spine!

The publishing industry Jews helped build has now decided that we’re the liability. Here is a way to fight back. Op-ed.

The Jewish question has changed, again

Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik wrote of six knocks. We still hear them today, but they are not only knocks of gratitude. They are also knocks of mourning, of anger, of exposure. The Beloved, however, is still knocking and outside the door.

Why we fight and fast: Evyatar and Rom

How can we consider food when Evyatar and Rom starve, imprisoned, suffering beyond imagination? They are why we fight on. Op-ed.

Dear New York Jews

As a citizen of Toronto, all I can say is: Welcome to the club.

Walk With Israel 2025:

They hate us 'cause they ain't us

A perfect summary of this year's Walk with Israel: A family, one by one, never giving up, forever staying on the map. Op-ed.

Eurovision 2025, a tragedy in Basel

Herzl wrote "At Basel I founded the Jewish State," and this Saturday night, the Eurovision song contest takes place in Basel and Yuval Refael will perform for the State of Israel. But a lot has changed since then. Opinion.

Diaspora Youth and Israel

Everything old is new again. Op-ed.

A very modern pogrom - coming to a stadium near you?

Is this is what multiculturalism looks like? Opinion.

We don't beat our chests

We don't beat our breasts over Hezbollah and Hamas losses nor do we gloatingly beat our chests. We must take care to be both humble and vigilant. Op-ed.

We are Jewish. And proud of it

Adversity is often nothing more than a call to action. When we get knocked down, it is time to get back up, but stronger. A UJA event in Toronto made that clear. Op-ed.

Pain

Sharp, dull, throbbing, burning, Op-ed.

The trial of Yahya Sinwar: An opening statement

Death is not good enough for Sinwar. Let us hope he is captured and put on trial in Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital. As the Eichmann Trial was used to shed light on Nazi crimes, so too should a Sinwar Trial be used to shed light on Hamas barbarity. Opinion

The world has lost its damn mind

On condolences and arrest warrants. Opinion.

Help mark Shabbat Tkumah

This Shabbat, the time between Yom Hashoa (Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day) this week, and Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for IDF soldiers and terror victims), followed immediately by Yom Haatzmaut (Independence Day) next week, says everything about the Jewish People.

A critique of power

People take notice, for better or for worse, when someone dares to be different, and what we are going through today is simply 2024’s iteration of our daring to be different. Our strength is not determined by their might. Opinion

Moving the goalposts

The history of never enough. How what we must do to satisfy others is always different. How nothing we ever do is good enough. The rug is always pulled out from under us. Op-ed.

A Purim letter to my daughters

Every Purim, we celebrate strong Jewish women. This Purim, we celebrate their ability to make a lasting impact and to bring comfort, strength, resilience, and peace to our people. Letter.

A painful historical reminder: The Srebrenica massacre

ISIS, Islamist terrorists and the threat of Jihad have obscured the genocidal tragedy Bosnian Muslims sufferered at the hands of the Serbs.