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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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 8

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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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 20

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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...

yesterday 20

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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...

yesterday 20

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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...

yesterday 20

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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...

yesterday 20

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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...

yesterday 20

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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...

yesterday 20

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David Ramati

Consolidation is reshaping cybersecurity, just not everywhere

For years, cybersecurity buying followed a simple pattern of finding a gap and adding a tool. The result? Stacks filled with overlapping products,...

yesterday 20

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Michael Coen

Featured Post

Featured Post

I came to Israel with an open heart. As a Belgian citizen of Syrian origin, I traveled to Tel Aviv at the end of December out of solidarity and in...

yesterday 20

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Talal Hamchou

Carlsonmania

Much has been written and discussed about the recent debate between Tucker Carlson and Ambassador Mike Huckabee. This writer wants to “put in my two...

yesterday 30

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Uri Hirsch

Every Citizen of Israel Deserves to Live in Safety

Suppose you were in a neighborhood shopping area with your young children at 1100 in the morning and a young man on a motorcycle stops, pulls out a...

yesterday 30

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Sherwin Pomerantz

Volodymyr Yermolenko Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #318.2

Volodymyr Yermolenko, ukrainian philosopher, journalist editor in chief of UkraineWorld.org, published Ukraine in Histories and Stories, from...

yesterday 30

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Alexandre Gilbert

Israel to Send 117 Mobile Generators to Kyiv Region as Energy Pressure Continues

Israel to Send 117 Mobile Generators to Kyiv Region as Energy Pressure Continues

On February 24, 2026 — the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — Israel announced a practical and timely step of...

yesterday 30

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Alexander Lutsenko

Featured Post

Featured Post

The past week has been a wake-up call for those of us who care deeply about Jewish Peoplehood, the future of Israel-Diaspora relations, and Jewish...

yesterday 20

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Yizhar Hess

Vicarious Nostalgia

The other week we went to a concert at the Jerusalem Theater, produced and introduced by Astrith Baltsan, a well-known Israeli pianist and lecturer....

yesterday 20

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Avi Rockoff

The world is not against us

The world is not against us

After many years of engaging in bilateral diplomacy with successive US administrations and Congress, as well as public diplomacy with the American...

yesterday 20

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Nadav Tamir

How a Society Learns to Push Its Own People Out

A society can produce an Exodus without Egypt — not through borders and overt force, but by quietly altering the conditions under which someone can...

yesterday 20

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Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Japan’s Lure for Israel: Maybe Its Quiet

Japan’s Lure for Israel: Maybe Its Quiet

I can think of no better intro for my first Times of Israel Blog post than this: at the Avishai Cohen show at Blue Note Tokyo, everyone...

yesterday 30

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Melissa Uchiyama

A Blueprint for Adar Be Happy, You’ll Not Worry

As we move through the month of Adar—the season of Mishenichnas Adar Marbin BeSimcha (When Adar enters, we increase in joy)—we first need to...

yesterday 30

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Eliezer Simcha Weiss

The Kotel: National Holy Site of the Jewish People

The Kotel: National Holy Site of the Jewish People

Much has been said in the past few days, a rehash of what has been said, round after round, for years, about the Kotel, the Western Wall, and...

yesterday 20

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Shulamit S. Magnus

Ramadan Under Bombs: Pakistan’s Afghan Strikes Exposed

Ramadan Under Bombs: Pakistan’s Afghan Strikes Exposed

As I sit here in Europe, poring over reports from the rugged frontiers of South Asia, I can’t help but feel a familiar surge of outrage. For...

yesterday 30

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Michael Arizanti

The truth about DNC and progressives is coming out

So now, according to Kamala Harris and the DNC, Biden’s support of Israel after October 7, 2023, contributed to her defeat. These claims are not...

yesterday 30

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Jaroslava Halper

Is Europe’s Antisemitism Fueled by Al Jazeera?

I have just concluded a trip across several major European cities. What I witnessed disturbed me deeply. In home after home, the television was tuned...

yesterday 30

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Soraya M. Deen

Muslim immigration into the US and its Impact on US Jews

Recently Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL discussed the troubling rise of antisemitism in America on Dan Senor’s Call Me back podcast. Mr....

yesterday 20

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Daniel Rosen

Shalom, Achi: PM Modi’s Visit and the Strategic Logic Binding India and Israel

Shalom, Achi: PM Modi’s Visit and the Strategic Logic Binding India and Israel

Personal trust, expanding defense cooperation, and shared geopolitical purpose define a partnership entering a pivotal new phase; framed by the...

yesterday 20

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Eliezer Avraham

Several of Allah’s 99 Names Describe Human Characteristics and Traits

The Qur’an 17:110 states: ”Call upon Allah, or call upon The Merciful; whichsoever you call upon, to Allah belong the most beautiful Names,” and...

yesterday 30

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Allen S. Maller

From Critique to Construction in the Jewish Community

From Critique to Construction in the Jewish Community

A local community activist in Los Angeles who funds their own pro-Israel campus work recently told me, “We don’t need more whistleblowers. We need...

yesterday 20

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Karen Klein

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 1

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 1

The Board of Hypocrisy Part 1 When global powers speak about new peace structures and international boards, the language sounds responsible and...

yesterday 30

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Sabine Sterk

The Magical Cherubs

The Cherubs, or כרובים, that were placed on the Aron Kodesh, poses certain questions. The main question was that we were not to have any form of...

yesterday 30

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Kenneth Cohen

In Search of Morality: The Ongoing attacks against Israel, Zionists and Jews

In Search of Morality. Welcome to the world of what can only be termed anti-Israel, anti-Zionist and Antisemitic derangement. There is nothing moral...

yesterday 30

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Michael J. Lewis

It’s all the Community – T’rumah 5786

A few weeks ago, I got sick and decided to do all the tests — RSV, flu, COVID — nothing special… just enough to flatten me for days.  I had my...

yesterday 30

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David Lerner

Jerusalem’s opportunity in Latin America

Jerusalem’s opportunity in Latin America

Several years ago, the thought of the president of Argentina coming to stand in Jerusalem and saying he would move his country’s embassy there would...

yesterday 30

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Yaroslav Mar

The UAE Can Help Protect the Next Generation

The UAE Can Help Protect the Next Generation

The UAE Can Help Protect the Next Generation from Extremism The future of the Middle East will not be decided only by military strength or political...

yesterday 30

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Mansoor H. Laghari

When Humanity Was Graded

If civilizations can be ranked, so can people. In the previous column, we examined how historical sequence hardened into civilizational replacement....

yesterday 30

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Ed Gaskin

The Kotel Belongs to All of US

The struggle over the Kotel has never really been about stones. It has always been about us — about who belongs, whose Judaism counts, and whether...

yesterday 30

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Steven C. Wernick

Break Iran’s Axis – Rebuild the Middle East Order

Break Iran’s Axis – Rebuild the Middle East Order

The debate is over. Iran’s nuclear and missile programs are not a future threat—they are a present strategic reality. The real question,...

yesterday 30

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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Volodymyr Yermolenko Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #318.1

Volodymyr Yermolenko, ukrainian philosopher, journalist editor in chief of UkraineWorld.org, published Ukraine in Histories and Stories, from...

yesterday 30

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Alexandre Gilbert

Israel 2026–The Reawakening

On February 12th, we landed in Israel, and although many others have noted this over the last few weeks, we felt a significant sense of relief—mixed...

yesterday 30

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Joshua L. Schonfeld

Team USA Olympic Hockey Victory Good For The Jews

Lest anyone think I am uncharitable as a Canadian, I want to wish Team USA  a sincere and hearty Mazel Tov from Canada on their Olympic gold medal...

yesterday 40

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Joanne Cohen

Tel Aviv as a Diplomatic Signal

Tel Aviv as a Diplomatic Signal

A state visit ‘with several drawers’ is not a simple protocol sequence. It is a powerful tool: a movement that is intended to be used as a message...

yesterday 30

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Gilles Touboul

Meritocracy and Social Mobility: Empowering Somaliland’s Future

Meritocracy is a governance and social system in which authority, roles, and rewards are allocated based on individual skills, effort, and...

yesterday 30

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Mohamed Osman

Can it be proven in court that antizionism is antisemitism?

Can it be proven in court that antizionism is antisemitism?

Jewish advocates are treating a recent decision as a repudiation of Jewish civil rights in America. See, e.g., The Anti-Zionism Exception: A court...

yesterday 40

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Mark L. Javitch

Four Years: Cain, Cold – What Else?

Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), Ukrainian writer who left her literary career to document war crimes and was killed in a missile strike in Kramatorsk...

yesterday 60

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Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel