At least 20 people were killed, and dozens injured in an explosion at an underground weapons depot in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, which occurred after a failed launch from the Houthis.
“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
They don’t check your lineage. They don’t ask which parent is Jewish. They don’t care if you fasted on Yom Kippur or lit candles on Shabbat. They don’t ask if you agree with Israeli policy or if you’ve even stepped foot in a synagogue.
And to those of you posting “#NotInMyName,” or in the Yeshivishe and Chassidishe chats, thinking that somehow your public disavowal of Israel will buy you safety or favor — understand this: The shooter doesn’t stop to ask who you voted for. He doesn’t check your Instagram for hashtags. He doesn’t sort out the Zionists from the anti-Zionists, the religious from the secular, the converts from the critics.
He sees Jew-ish — and that’s enough.. If your grandfather was Jewish — you were marked. And you were hunted.
That’s how antisemitism works. It doesn’t care about nuance. It doesn’t care about politics.It just cares that you’re Jew-ish. And no amount of hashtags will change that.
So if you’ve ever thought: “I’m Satmar, I'm Lakewood, I'm Neturei Karta, I'm not religious. This doesn’t affect me.” Or even, “I’ve distanced myself from Israel, so I’ll be fine.”
Think again.
This is your fight. It’s our fight. Because the people who hate Jews don’t distinguish between denominations, DNA, or degrees of observance. They don’t hate you for what you do — they hate you for what you are.
And while that truth is terrifying, it also holds a strange kind of power.
Because if being Jew-ish is enough to be targeted, then maybe it should be enough to stand up. Enough to speak out. Enough to say: if you come for one of us, you come for all of us. We live in a time where unity is no longer a luxury — it’s a matter of survival.We don’t get to choose how the world sees us. But we can choose how we see each other.
And maybe, just maybe, that’s where healing begins.
According to the administration, this move affects foreign students already enrolled at Harvard, who must now find a new college or university to attend or else leave the US entirely.
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote in a letter to Harvard, “I am writing to inform you that effective immediately, Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is revoked."
Earlier this month, the Trump Administration officially revoked $2.2 billion in federal funding previously allocated to Harvard University, citing the institution's failure to address antisemitism and alleged racial discrimination on campus.
In addition to the funding cuts, President Donald Trump has also advocated for revoking the university's tax-exempt status.
Last month, Harvard initiated legal proceedings in an attempt to lift the grant freeze. In its lawsuit, it says that Harvard is currently covering the lost funding from its $53.2 billion endowment but warns that this is unsustainable. "Without the federal funding at issue, Harvard would need to operate at a significantly reduced level," the lawsuit states.
Several weeks ago, Harvard published two internal reviews detailing incidents of discrimination against Jewish, Muslim, and Arab students during last year’s protests. The reports found that some students feared marginalization for expressing political views.
The attack has stunned the diplomatic and Jewish communities, taking the lives of two promising individuals who had dedicated themselves to building understanding and peace.
It’s hard to describe just what my husband’s return home has done for us. The last time he came home he wasn’t his usual self. He was filled with anguish and rage; he was affected by everything he’d endured. But this time it’s so different. He’s the man I remembered. Loving, tender, smiling, full of life and energy, and warmth.