Sans the will to intervene militarily, the West lacks any real tools to alter this scenario. The focus needs to be on what happens next: to punish Russia for its actions, and prevent other countries from following in its footsteps by launching wars and conquests.

Americans don’t support the U.S. becoming seriously involved in the conflict and, at this point, strongly prefer sanctions and other forms of nonmilitary action to hurt Russia and help Ukraine.

The logic of mutually assured destruction that defined the Cold War still works, to some degree: Russia’s arsenal makes any direct intervention in Ukraine riskier than any rational American leader could tolerate.

Like many of our congregants, the Wise temple and school staff watched in horror as Russian forces invaded the sovereign nation of Ukraine last week… Many of you have reached out wondering what we can do. We have created a resource page for those in our community looking to help our fellow Jews and others in Ukraine.

The Jewish Federations of North America has an emergency mailbox for helping people immigrate to Israel, securing the local Ukrainian community and its institutions and maintaining critical welfare services, among other needs

Ukraine’s heroic fight for democracy should make us all proud, and no one should ignore the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians made refugees by the war. But one very honest answer to the question “how can we help” is that the most effective ways to do good with limited resources are still the same ones that existed before Russian forces crossed the border.

President Zelensky is not a romance hero. The sunflower woman is not a cute chalk drawing or an inspiring meme. The “Battle of Snake Island” is not a fun, moment-relevant T-shirt. You aren’t watching a movie starring plucky, quotable heroes rising up against evil forces.

Actually, it is good to be inspired by heroism, and it’s good to show your admiration for courageous people,

and this is what being inspired and showing admiration looks like in an Internet age.

This is the nature of modern conflict, and it’s the way that all wars will be fought now — on the ground and online. The revolution may not be televised, but it will be meme’d.

…who is left to champion global trade, which created the wealth that is now defending global security against the rockets and bombs of predatory Russian imperialism?

The problem, for Biden, is that so much of his economic agenda is pointed in exactly the opposite direction. In one breath, he complains about the lack of consumer choice driving up prices. With the next, he proposes to further restrict consumer choice.

President Biden’s proposed new “Buy American” pledge will upset many free market purists. They’re wrong and Biden’s right… Our allies have always recognized that free trade works only when domestic political needs are stabilized.

…the bottom line is an extremely important achievement for the battle against the families’ eviction. This is a joint Israeli-Palestinian struggle that has been ongoing for 13 years.

While they certainly did not intend for it to be the case, their ruling could provide a tailwind to terror. The Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday could encourage further attacks on Jews…

The framework imposed by the court is similar to a compromise floated by justices last year. Both the Palestinians and the Jewish group seeking to evict them rejected the deal. This time, the court did not ask for their approval.

Like my Nana Aziza, she would always serve tea with Baba Tamar, crispy coookies with a date filling. On Friday afternoons, she would have a big pot of Kubbah Bamia, okra stew with semolina balls stuffed with a ground meat filling. My uncles would sit in her backyard and enjoy several bowls of her delicious Kubbah.

In a small country like Israel, a chef can get famous by becoming a social media sage or by going on television. Granit isn’t on social media—not really, anyway; his Instagram profile has only five posts and fewer than 10,000 followers. And while he is on TV—as a judge on the popular TV show Game of Chefs—that’s not what he’s most famous for. Instead, he’s made his name as a member of the very exclusive group of Israeli Michelin star holders.

For my Ashkenazi ancestors, the towers of meat you can find at the Jewish deli were nonexistent. Instead, their kitchens would be full of fresh, regional and seasonal vegetables, an assortment of pickles and, if they were lucky, some dairy. Meat and fish were expensive rarities until the industrialisation of meat production in the early 20th Century.