From American Nazism to Humanity
For 25 years, Jeff Schoep was the commander of the largest neo-Nazi group in the United States. Today, he is involved in the Simon Wiesenthal Center and other organizations building bridges. This is his...
Is New York City’s Finance Industry Falling Apart?
When you say the words “New York City,” one of the images likely to spring to mind is something relating to Wall Street—that is, the finance industry. “Wall Street” isn’t just a cultural icon...
Threatening (The) Times // 300 writers pack a clown car
Brace yourself.
You won’t be able to read opinion essays by Rima Hassan or Elia Suleiman, or even Viet Than Nguyen, Vijay Prashad, Mariame Kaba, Mohammed el-Kurd, Dean Spade or Nyle Fort in The New...
Seeing Light in the Darkness
On Yom Kippur, October 2, 2025, tragedy struck the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation of Manchester in the UK, a close-knit community led by Rabbi Daniel Walker, who has served as its rav since 2008.
That...
Is Jewish America in Danger? The Mamdani Effect
“Zohran Mamdani says he wants to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe, but he refuses to acknowledge that ‘globalize the intifada’ is not a call for justice. It’s a call for violence. It’s incitement.”
—Ted...
Jason Teshuba // Mango Languages
我会说一点儿汉语。 (pronounced, Wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn er hànyǔ). It means, “I can speak a little Chinese.” It’s something Jason (Eitan) Teshuba might say, as he does, in fact, speak a little Chinese. That makes...
Pro-Choice Politics
Pending some major unforeseen happening, come January, New York will most likely have a mayor named Mamdani.
Many New Yorkers, whether because of Zohran Mamdani’s deeply disturbing bias against Israel or because of the wildly...
Hope Inside a Tunnel
The release of the remaining living hostages held in Gaza filled the Jewish world with happiness and a sense of relief after such long suffering. As Hamas slowly returns the bodies of hostages, some...
Ceasefire or Mirage?
“Fifty-nine countries are part of this. We’ve never seen anything like this. Now it’s all happening.”
—President Trump, speaking to CNN last week about the prospects of his peace plan for Gaza succeeding
Jews around the...
Tuli Guttman // Guttman’s Production & Event Planning
I must admit that speaking to Tuli Guttman was one of the most memorable Lunchbreak conversations I have had in a while, for two main reasons. The first is that Tuli is a sweet...





















