Hourly Roundup 20:00 Israel · 23 Aug 2026
Stories in this hour
- Half of faculty at Israeli universities signed petitions accusing IDF of Gaza war crimes - studyAccording to the report, 96.9% of the identified signatures traced back to a single document issued by the Black Flag initiative in May 2025
- Antisemitic incidents, anti-Israel hostility on rise in New York City public schools, report showsThe report claimed that in many cases, school administrations or district officials failed to act effectively, allowing hostile conditions to persist across multiple school years
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- In his desperate search for a Middle East victory, Trump confuses tactics with strategy - opinionHardly a day goes by without Iran thumbing its nose at Trump, declaring that Tehran, not Washington, controls the international waterway of the Strait of Hormuz
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Torah perspective
When school administrations look the other way as antisemitic hostility festers, they are not neutral. They are choosing. The Torah's command 'do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor' applies with special force to those entrusted with children. A teacher who ignores a Jewish student being harassed has already taken a side. The silence of authority is louder than any slur. What makes this report so damning is not the incidents themselves but the pattern of inaction across multiple school years. That is not a failure of policy. It is a failure of moral courage. And moral courage, the sages teach, begins with one person refusing to look away.