The honey isn't a prediction. It's an aspiration.
I cannot promise my children a sweeter world in 5787, but I must promise them that we will not surrender our place in it. Jewish hope is not optimism, optimism says things will get better.Opinion.
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Zack Polanski wants to be an MP:
Don’t repeat the Corbyn mistake
Holborn and St Pancras is more than a by-election. It is a test of whether those who recognise what is happening in British politics are actually prepared to do something about it. Opinion.
Repairing a world that hates us
As catastrophe strikes Nepal, Israelis have once again travelled thousands of miles to help strangers. Real Tikkun Olam demands that we perfect the world God rules - and what better way than to try repair a broken world, even when parts of that world despise us.
Gary Lineker, Mark Ruffalo and the Antisemitism they cannot see
Two global stars, millions of followers and the same question: when Jews identify antisemitism, why does everyone else get to tell us we’re wrong? Opinion.
Kol Hakavod (kudos):
To those who refuse to disappear
Apparently Jews being somewhere they are not wanted is a recurring problem. Op-ed.
The three words my son refused to whisper
I heard my 11-year-old son Eli shouting across an otherwise tranquil resort pool: “AM YISRAEL CHAI!" Loudly, very loudly. And at first, I was worried.
Kol Hakavod:
To those who show us who we are
Antisemitism tells the story of what others choose to do to Jews, it does not tell the story of the Jews. Opinion.
Worse than you thought:
The real Andy Burnham
If you want to know where Britain's new Prime Minister is taking the country, don't listen to his speeches, watch who he empowers. Opinion.
Shabbat Shalom:
To those who offer hope
This week’s Shabbat Shalom is dedicated to four reasons why, even now, we should continue to choose hope.
When headlines become history
The false accusations that reshaped the world's understanding of Israel and the evidence that the oppoite was true that struggled to catch up. Opinion.
Drawing a line in the sand with new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham
Britain suffers from a broken moral operating system. I want to suggest one treatment entirely within our own control. Opinion.
The World Cup united the world
For one glorious month, football brought nations together. It also revealed what still unites them. Opinion.
Why Andy Burnham started his campaign with Israel
His first major foreign policy speech wasn't really about the Middle East. It was about the coalition he needs to win power & the moral operating system that has now reached the heart of government. Opinion.
Why Entebbe wouldn't be celebrated today
From celebrating the rescue of Jews to questioning whether they should have been rescued at all. Opinion.
Shabbat Shalom:
To those who carried the principles when institutions failed
Every week there are people who restore a little of our faith, not always in institutions, but in humanity.
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The inversion of Reality
We are increasingly teaching children to interpret the world through the binary of oppressor and oppressed, enforcing a framework which concludes that power before principle, identity before behaviour and grievance before responsibility are defining principles. Op-ed.
The Institutional Playbook
How moral cowardice became cultural leadership. Opinion.
The Fall of Kier Starmer
What Britain's Jews saw first about a Prime Minister who never learned to lead. Opinion.
Shabbat Shalom:
To those who had the courage to say no
Jerry Seinfeld, Iranian expatriats, Jews of Edgeware and the Court of Appeals - kudos for courage (in stark contrast to President Trump who has folded under pressure).
The curse of the Useful Idiot
How a generation learned to mistake belonging for truth and why the price will be paid by everyone else, Opinion.
How hate travels
From 'All Eyes on Rafah' to riots on British streets, amplification has become a substitute for understanding. Opinion.
Shabbat Shalom:
To those who stand taller
Futures are built through achievement, through education, through leadership. Through the willingness to stand proudly and publicly as who we are. These people did just that.
Am Yisrael Chai: London, June 2026
A scroll, a street, and a promise
Less than two miles from where Jews were recently stabbed and Jewish ambulances were set alight, a community chose pride over fear.
No Shabbat Shaloms
Only a plea to be braver than the people in this column.
Stuck in the middle
The far left and hard right thrive on the same fuel: grievance, division and permanent outrage, Opinion.
Between a river and a lie
How the Greens abandoned Britain’s environment for a cause many of their supporters cannot even define. Opinion.
Two fires and a Press Conference
One burned to destroy. One burned to endure. The third spoke, but said too little too late. Opinion.
Jewish Education is no longer optional
When our children are asked who they are and they will be, our responsibility is to ensure they do not hesitate, do not shrink, and do not apologise, but answer with pride. Op-ed.
At last, the words we have been waiting for?
The Prime Minister’s response to the Golders Green attack sounds like leadership. But listen carefully, it says far more than he intends. Opinion.
Shavua Tov:
To those who refuse to cross the line
Different lives, different arenas, the same decision to draw the line.
Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzma'ut:
Before the Celebration, the Cost
The link between sacrifice and statehood is not historical, it is immediate, and it remains widely misunderstood.
Shabbat Shalom:
To those who continue to build
The story of the Jewish people has never been simply that we are still here. Op-ed.
Yom Hashoah:
This day is not for everyone
Why Yom Hashoah cannot be universalised and why that matters now more than ever. Opinion.
The same old story, still being told
A history of disproportionate contribution and disproportionate blame. Opinion.
Moadim Lesimcha: To those who lead when it matters most
Different arenas, the same instinct, to step forward, to speak, to stand firm, to refuse to bow, to cower, or to wait.
The Haggadah:
The questions that keep us alive
The future of Jewish life will not be secured by persuading the world, but by inspiring our children.
Shabbat Shalom:
To those who run towards the fire
Each Friday I try to end the week by saying Shabbat Shalom to those who have made a difference over the past few days, those who have stepped forward when it mattered most, often quietly, often without recognition. Every week the names change, but the idea remains the same, to recognise those who run towards the fire.
United Kingdom 2026;
They burned ambulances. What more do you need?
What happens when a society no longer recognises the moment it has gone too far. Opinion.
To the carriers of memory
There is a line I come back to often when trying to explain what it means to be a Jew.
From Cable Street to Al-Quds Day
How the coalition that once stood with Jews against facism, now marches beside those calling for their destruction. Op-ed.
The old hatred In a new war
When Jews stand on the front line against tyranny, the tyrants become the victims, the Jews the villains. The reaction to the confrontation with Iran shows just how predictable that pattern has become. The Iranian people, however, understand perfectly well who their enemy is. Opinion.
Shabbat Shalom:
To those who refuse to be intimidated
Courage has a way of spreading and when we recognise it, celebrate it, and shine a light on it, we make it easier for others to find the strength to do the same. Opinion.
You are defined by your enemies, not your friends
When the modern-day iteration of fascism is confronted, the real test is not who applauds, but who rushes to condemn, and why. Op-ed.
The survivor brand Is no longer enough
Why British Jews must redefine themselves in a post-October 7th World. Opinion.
Positivity:
Shabbat Shalom to The Mighty Few
On courage, clarity and recognising those who refuse to bend. Op-ed.
The political orphaning of British Jews
Labour’s drift, Palestine Action’s reprieve and the quiet recalculation already underway. Opinion.
Blue-square politics will not save Jewish children
The truth many are afraid to say out loud is that the blue-square antisemitism campaign is not helping young Jews. It is actively harming them. I am a Jew, I am a Zionist, and I walk in that name in freedom because Israel exists. It is this that our children need to hear Opinion.
At Woolrich Crown Court:
The jury looked away. Society will pay the price
This verdict will be remembered not as an act of mercy, but as a moment of moral abdication. Opinion.
The BBC’s crisis isn’t bias, it’s cowardice
Holocaust erasure, cultural capture, and the slow collapse of institutions that no longer believe they should lead. Opinion.
The moment we refuse to forget:
Without the ribbon. Without the bracelet. Not without the fight
The hostages are home. The symbols have come off. The responsibility has not. As he drove off to fight, Ran Gvili said just one thing to his father: “I have no choice. I won’t leave my friends to fight alone." That is the whole story. Opinion
Cool runnings, cold reality
Bobsleighs, boycotts, and the quiet defiance of Jewish sport. Opinion.
When diplomacy becomes complicity
How the world keeps sacrificing Gaza, Israel, and Iran’s people to avoid the truth. Opinion.
Antisemitism today:
When baseline decency feels like progress
Antisemitism, institutional failure and the quiet shame of being grateful for what should be automatic. Opinion.
The West and Iran:
Silence is the final lie
The people who haven’t stopped shouting about injustice since Oct 7th 2023 suddenly cannot find their voices on Iran. But from Moses to Joseph, From Iran to Britain, the price of refusing to speak never changes. Opinion.
Hanukkah after Bondi:
A flame the killers couldn’t put out
A message to the Jewish Community and others who care: The miracle of Hanukkah was never really about oil. It was the refusal to let the light go out.
The Gala of Delusion:
Al Jazeera sponsors press freedom event- irony at its best
A celebration of press freedom that honours its true enemies. Opinion.
The Greatest Fallacy of All:
The Silent Majority will save us
The righteous were remembered because they were few, the rest were silent. Now history is doing what history does, it's repeating itself. Opinion.
What PA children learn at school:
The textbooks of hate
When you read what the Palestinian Authority is teaching the next generation, one thing becomes impossible to deny: They hate my children more than they love their own - and the West, with its selective silence, has become their enabler.Opinion.
The lie Is over
The Prescott Report proves what we’ve always known - and I’m done hiding from your myths. Opinion.
How anti-Zionist are you?
The unholy alliance between the progressive Left and Islamist fundamentalists - and the ancient hatred that binds them. Together, they’ve built a movement whose foundations are the rubble of reason. Opinion.
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