The Atrocities: Perpetrators, Onlookers, Victims

The Particular and the Universal: She was Just Like Us

October 16, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Years ago when I was working at the ...

October 16, 2025

When Today Is Repeating the Past

September 25, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen When Today Is Repeating the Past This story, ...

September 25, 2025

September 2025 Statement

September 25, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen In September, we again saw a variety of ...

September 25, 2025

When the Price is too High

September 17, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Is there a price too high to pay ...

September 17, 2025

Deaths of Journalists in Gaza

August 27, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Many of us around the world have been ...

August 27, 2025

Confronting Antisemitism in Today’s Cultural Events

July 29, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen In an earlier statement, we referred to the ...

July 29, 2025

Antisemitism Escalates in the U.S.: From D.C. to Boulder

June 2, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Our previous statement released just a few days ...

June 2, 2025

Antisemitism in America: From Rhetoric to Violence

May 28, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Antisemitism should not be viewed as a singular ...

May 28, 2025

Eurovision and Antisemitism – The Backlash Against Israel

May 27, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen If I had to give this text a ...

May 27, 2025

Pearls of the Torah Portion – Tazriah-Metzora

May 1, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Leviticus 12:1-16:33 (Haftorah: 2. Kings 7:3-20) This week’s ...

May 1, 2025

Pearls of the Torah Portion – Shemini 5785 (2025)

April 24, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen Leviticus 9:1-11:47 (Haftorah: 2. Samuel 6:1-19) Shemini, the ...

April 24, 2025

Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day

April 22, 2025 – Dr. Susanna Kokkonen On each January 27, the world observes the ...

April 22, 2025