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In Support of Ukraine: Tel Aviv Rally Marks War Anniversary with Unity and Hope

In Support of Ukraine: Tel Aviv Rally Marks War Anniversary with Unity and Hope

On the evening of February 24, 2026 — the solemn fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — a powerful demonstration of...

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Alexander Lutsenko

Whose Children Are They?

Whose Children Are They?

Every time I walked into a classroom to teach, third grade, eighth grade, even university, I felt a familiar knot in my stomach. Part of it was...

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Barry Kislowicz

Spurning A Spear

Spurning his spear to kill his deadly rival, Saul, David contrasts most favorably with Hagen, who kills Siegfried in an attack in which Wagner’s...

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Gershon Hepner

DNA Doesn’t Lie: What Genetic Ancestry Tells Us About the Palestinian Question

In the conflict over Israel-Palestine, competing claims to indigeneity are wielded as rhetorical weapons. Both sides invoke history, archaeology, and...

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Vincent James Hooper

Weaponizing Goebbels — Iran?

When Iran Quotes Goebbels: The Real Target Isn’t Israel – It’s Iranians When an Iranian regime spokesman invokes Joseph Goebbels, he is not...

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Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

TETSAVEH: To Dress Up — Or to Dress Down

One of those curious ‘coincidences’ of our calendar is that Purim, the festival where vesture plays such a prominent role, is usually enwrapped by...

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Chaim Ingram

EU Steps Up Diplomacy to Halt Sudan’s War

EU Steps Up Diplomacy to Halt Sudan’s War

The war in Sudan has become one of the most devastating humanitarian tragedies of our time. What began as a political and military struggle has...

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Junaid Qaiser

L’Ecole des Beaux Jours

L’Ecole des Beaux Jours

Every year, when I’m in France, I try to read as much French as possible. That involves reading the weekly edition of the ‘Le Figaro’ newspaper...

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Spain’s Palestinian Recognition Demolished Its Gibraltar Position

Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Treaty Law, and the Elastic Standard Spain Cannot Contain Gibraltar is not a peripheral anomaly. It is the cleanest...

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Grant Arthur Gochin

Judicial, Legislative, Executive, & Educational REFORM

To Inspire OUR Instant National, Political, Social, and Cultural Maturation – Recall: Yosef, Moshe, and Esther → each in their historic moment ⇒...

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Chaim Meyer Scheff

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 2

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 2

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 2 If part one exposed the contradiction of empowering states that do not even recognize Israel, part two examines a...

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Sabine Sterk

We talk about empires like they are thunder. But much of history is jewelry

The Mamluks did not come to Jerusalem to Daven. They came with horses and steel and the discipline of men who had once been owned. Slave-soldiers who...

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Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Modi Comes to the Knesset: The Pipeline Washington Isn’t Watching

Modi Comes to the Knesset: The Pipeline Washington Isn’t Watching

Today, Narendra Modi will become the first Indian prime minister to address the Knesset. The coverage will likely focus on high-level symbolism: two...

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Elisha Baker

Unmasking a Persian Jew

“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing Light of your own Being.”                            ...

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Shanee B. Michaelson

How to Debunk a Lie That’s Better Than the Truth

How to Debunk a Lie That’s Better Than the Truth

Otherwise titled: Reducing the algorithmic advantage of conspiratorial antisemitism and antizionism. Trying to correct a viral antisemitic or...

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Craig Frank

AI and the Governance of Capital

AI and the Governance of Capital

For much of modern economic history, income has been tied to effort. Labour generated wages; capital generated returns; human judgment mediated risk....

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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Event Celebrates Tu Bishvat with Tree Planting in São Paulo

In partnership with the São Paulo City Hall and with the support of CONIB, Wizo, Beth-El, and KKL Brazil, a special event celebrating life — Tu...

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Silas Anastacio

After the Helicopters: The Next Moral Obligation

After the Helicopters: The Next Moral Obligation

I just watched the recently released clip of former hostage Eliya Cohen returning home by helicopter. As he landed at the hospital in Israel, it felt...

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Joe Bergovoy

Space Aliens in Jewish Thought

What does Judaism say about space aliens? While the question might seem like the beginning of a Purim joke, the truth is that rabbis in every...

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Aaron Starr

Selling Sesame Seeds in Samarkand: A Cultural Grammar of “What If”

Selling Sesame Seeds in Samarkand: A Cultural Grammar of “What If”

Some sentences look simple but smuggle in whole philosophies of life. Take what linguists call a counterfactual conditional: a sentence that talks...

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Alexandra Ell

480 Years

We are now in the year 5786 after creation. We believe that we can prove by way of the Torah and Talmud, that this number is accurate. If we were to...

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Kenneth Cohen

Purim’s Uncomfortable Ending: What Do We Do With the Bloodshed?

Purim’s Uncomfortable Ending: What Do We Do With the Bloodshed?

We celebrate Purim with costumes and celebration, but the story told in the Megillah ends with a massacre. This violence, orchestrated by Mordechai...

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Shlomo Levin

When Scripture Stabilized Hierarchy

Once humanity is graded, hierarchy must be moralized. Intellectual systems alone do not sustain inequality. They must be justified. They must be...

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Ed Gaskin

Your Vacuum Cleaner is a Double Agent – The Zero-Day Exploit Sucks

Your Vacuum Cleaner is a Double Agent – The Zero-Day Exploit Sucks

Note: This article discusses a real vulnerability reported in popular media, but we do not name specific manufacturers or brands. Several companies...

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Yosef Eitan

The King and the Scroll: What Happens When Accountability Disappears

The Torah didn’t command the king to carry the law because kings are naturally inclined to follow it. It commanded it precisely because they...

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Bruce D. Forman

Recognition-First: Somaliland’s Strategic Playbook for 2026

Defining National Interest National interest is the guiding principle of a state’s foreign policy, encompassing its core objectives—security,...

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Mohamed Osman

Exclusive Interview: Victor Grinbaum Speaks Out

Exclusive Interview: Victor Grinbaum Speaks Out

Exclusive interview with Victor Grinbaum. In his profile, he portrays himself as a journalist without pride, a radio host on hiatus, a writer for...

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Silas Anastacio

Using AI to Analyze the Board of Peace: The Puzzle and the Players

By Joe Nalven Gemini I would like to write a happy article even though the world is not a happy place. But there are bright spots that can dazzle us...

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Joe Nalven

Leadership, Charm, and Ego

Leadership, Charm, and Ego

This week, coming out of watching the film Nuremberg, I found myself unsettled — not only by the horrors of history, but by the psychology of...

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Jeffrey Levine

The Danger Of Candidates Rejecting Aipac Funds

Over the last few days, hundreds of American citizens gathered to participate in the American political process – lobbying for policy and engaging...

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Stuart Weinblatt

What Makes Aliyah Unappealing to This American Jew

What Makes Aliyah Unappealing to This American Jew

A Wandering Jew’s Case for a Wider Israel I have been a wandering Jew within Judaism. Not in the romantic sense—backpack, prayerbook, and vague...

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Richard Diamond

A Mother’s Kindness in the Shadow of War

A Mother’s Kindness in the Shadow of War

I walked into that hospital expecting to see wounded soldiers. I did not expect to see the soul of Israel. The air was heavy with the sound of...

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Mansoor H. Laghari

Not Bone of My Bones: Genesis And AI Companionship

Not Bone of My Bones: Genesis And AI Companionship

On a wall in Jerusalem, three young people sit shoulder to shoulder on a bench. Their bodies nearly touch. Their faces glow in the light of their...

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Jonathan S. Hack

Editorial Cartoon- State of The Universe Address

Editorial Cartoon- State of The Universe Address
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Mira Scharf

Obama, Trump and Aliens

Well, we finally understand why Donald Trump believes he won the 2020 election. Some background first. Former President Obama, while being interviewed...

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Berl Falbaum

When Silence Replaces Conversation, We Risk More Than Disagreement

Across dinner tables and in living rooms, something has shifted. Conversations about Israel that once felt natural now feel tense, fragile, or are...

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Hadara Ishak

What Trump will do

It’s obvious. Together with the gathering of all the armaments, and going by past experience — the previous bombing of Iran, and the abduction of...

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Yoseph Janowski

We Watched for Jihadists But Ignored the Christian Nationalists

We Watched for Jihadists But Ignored the Christian Nationalists

When discussing Christian nationalism, many conservative Christians react with evangelical fragility—an instinctive, emotionally fragile response...

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Andrew Jose

What Would Hadassah Founder Henrietta Szold Have to Say About Book Banning?

What Would Hadassah Founder Henrietta Szold Have to Say About Book Banning?

This is Part One of a two-part series on book banning. What would Henrietta Szold, the mother of Hadassah, have to say about books being banned? What...

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Hope Blecher

Modi in Israel Amid US Iran Tensions: The Axis, IMEC and the Path to Great Power

Image:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during Modi’s 2017 visit to Israel, marking a milestone in a...

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Rafi Glick

Thank Goodness for Tucker Carlson

For years, congregants, colleagues and friends would lambaste me for my affiliation with the Democratic party. As if wearing that pin of a donkey on...

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David-Seth Kirshner

Huckabee’s Comments, Trump’s Silence, and the Erosion of Trust

Huckabee’s Comments, Trump’s Silence, and the Erosion of Trust

The uproar surrounding US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s recent comments is not merely a diplomatic embarrassment; it is a revealing indicator...

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William Keenan

Purim: The Courage to Exist

Purim: The Courage to Exist

Purim Through My Eyes: Why This Jewish Story Matters to Me as a Muslim I was not born Jewish. I was born Muslim, in Pakistan, into a political family...

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Mansoor H. Laghari

Neo-Nazi Hate Groups Flourish in Ontario, Canada

While much of our attention is understandably focused on anti-Israel and far left pro-terrorist organizations advocating in Canada and marginalizing...

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Joanne Cohen

History On Repeat, from The Dayton Leader

History On Repeat, from The Dayton Leader

President Trump says Iran has approximately 10 days to reach a deal with the US or face an “unfortunate” outcome, as Washington intensifies...

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Justine Johnston Hemmestad

From Defensive to Proactive: Shifting the Paradigm for Combating Antisemitism

From Defensive to Proactive: Shifting the Paradigm for Combating Antisemitism

In every corner of our global society, a sobering reality is emerging: Antisemitism is no longer a distant or isolated prejudice. It is a pervasive...

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Jessica Feldan

Interviewing a Ghost: When Huckabee Met the New Tucker

Interviewing a Ghost: When Huckabee Met the New Tucker

You can’t debate 2026 Tucker with 1996 nostalgia. The Awkward Waltz There are awkward interviews. And then there are interviews where you begin to...

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Victor Satya

Two Boot Prints in the Snow

Two Boot Prints in the Snow

On my walk to the Agudath of Highland Park/Edison a few days after the recent blizzard in New Jersey, the kind the Northeast hasn’t seen since the...

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Bob Barocas

Blue and Yellow at the Western Wall: Massive Prayer for Ukraine Held in Jerusalem

Blue and Yellow at the Western Wall: Massive Prayer for Ukraine Held in Jerusalem

In a powerful display of spiritual and political solidarity, a massive 30-meter Ukrainian flag was unfurled on Feb. 22 at the foot of the Western Wall...

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Mikheil Khachidze

Jeremiah: His Life, Times, and Traditions

Jeremiah (born after 650 BCE in Anathoth, Judah; died c. 570 BCE in Egypt) was a Hebrew prophet whose ministry spanned one of the most turbulent...

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David Ramati