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History Repeats Itself: The Urgent Need for Jewish Unity

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Michael Laitman

Ten reasons why renewing the war with Hamas is a terrible idea

yesterday 7

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Ron Kronish

Our Sacred Spaces – Terumah/Shabbat Shekalim 5785

yesterday 7

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Ben Einsidler

Dispensationalism, Christian Zionism, and Their Role in Antisemitism in the US

yesterday 6

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Ed Gaskin

Hamas Shows Its Gratitude for ICC

yesterday 6

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Gina Friedlander

Actions vs Words

yesterday 6

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Chana Yehudis Zahav

Exercise in foolishness

yesterday 6

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Jaroslava Halper

Parshah through the mediator’s lens: Tetzaveh

yesterday 6

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Ari Sliffman

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Shimon Sheves

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yesterday 4

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Hadeel Oueis

If We Understand That, We Need Wait No Longer

“You will command the Israelites to bring you clear olive oil crushed for the luminary, to kindle the lamp continuously.” [Exodus 27:20 ] Our...

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Steve Rodan

Ramadan thoughts about Abraham as a Friend of God

The Qur’an states, “You have an excellent example to follow in Abraham.” (60:4) and “Follow the way of Abraham as people of pure faith.”...

previous day 10

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Allen S. Maller

What are the odds God created humans?

What are the odds God created humans?

To estimate the likelihood of humans being created by God versus evolving through random mutations, I posed the following question to five...

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Yehudi Sabbagh

Revenge vs retribution: The case of the Bibas family

Revenge vs retribution: The case of the Bibas family. ‘Sorry, Shiri, Ariel and Kfir that no one was to protect you’, this was the sense of sorrow...

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Lazar Ersh

The Rabbi who must not be named- Rabbi Meir Kahane

It seems that for extreme liberal progressives, Rabbi Meir Kahane has become the “Rabbi who must not be named.” When Lizzy Savetsky, a pro-Israel...

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Alex Sternberg

Documenting October 7 for Posterity

When I first heard the horrific news from Israel on that fateful October 7th day in 2023, my thoughts immediately turned to Chaim Nachman Bialik’s...

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Paula Jacobs

Why Every Jew Must Vote in the World Zionist Congress Elections

The Jewish people will not be intimidated. We have survived millennia of hatred, and we will not allow history to repeat itself. But we cannot...

previous day 10

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Hadara Ishak

Cooking the Chronicle – Feb 21

Cooking the Chronicle – Feb 21

Some recipes are toddler friendly to make, and some simply are not. When I opened up this week’s paper, I was excited to see a basaari recipe,...

previous day 10

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Rachel Fauber

Life-changing line between skepticism and rudeness

I’m a skeptic who is willing to entertain any idea without accepting it. I was even in a group investigating the unexplained to see if there’s...

previous day 10

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Adam Borowski

‘How are you doing?’ The toll antisemitism takes on us

‘How are you doing?’ The toll antisemitism takes on us

Once upon a time, asking Jewish friends or family members how they feel would for the most part elicit responses of “Fine,” or “Doing well,...

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Wendy Kalman

Thoughtful ideas in Tetzavveh

The eighth weekly biblical portion, Tetzavveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10 ), deals primarily with the sanctuary, later called temple and still later...

tuesday 10

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Israel Drazin

The Trump-Zelensky Show: A Tragicomedy in Three Acts

Democracy. That fragile, outdated concept that once bound the so-called “free world” together before we collectively decided that authoritarians in...

tuesday 10

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Vincent James Hooper

Investigation of 10/7 ‘not looking at political leadership’ is illegitimate

37 armed Israelis failed to stop 3 terrorists from murdering 17 in Netiv Ha’asara ‘The army is not looking at policies set by the political...

tuesday 10

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Lou Sandler

Columbia University and antisemitism: (Expletive deleted) Around and Find Out

Columbia University and antisemitism: (Expletive deleted) Around and Find Out

Any decent university’s mission statement should be to help students think for themselves in a safe environment while declaring neutrality...

tuesday 20

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Tony D. Senatore

Why Isn’t Moshe Mentioned in the Parsha?

Why Isn’t Moshe Mentioned in the Parsha?

Parshat Tetzaveh is the only Parsha in the Torah which takes place after Moshe’s birth yet doesn’t mention him. The parsha begins with the words (...

tuesday 20

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Sharona Margolin Halickman

The Cost of Doing Business with President Trump

“If we become a vassal state, we will not survive,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared. Then he bent the knee to President Donald...

tuesday 10

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Mitchell Bard

Turkey: A Dangerous Shift in Middle East Dynamics

Turkey’s Potential Role as Israel’s Biggest Nemesis: A Dangerous Shift in Middle Eastern Dynamics In the ever-shifting landscape of the Middle...

tuesday 2

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Steven Rosenberg

How do we move forward?

When the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her young sons Ariel and Kfir, z”l, were returned to Israel as part of phase one of the ceasefire agreement, I...

tuesday 10

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Shuly Rubin Schwartz

Humility and Impact (Tetzaveh)

This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is the only one after Moshe Rabbeinu’s introduction that does not include his name. That absence is not an...

tuesday 2

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Menachem Creditor

The Keystone of Global Peace

In an era of rising authoritarianism, America’s robust military might and unflagging resolve form the linchpin of global stability. Dictators—from...

tuesday 2

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Samuel Stern

Ukraine and Israel: A Reply to Timothy Snyder’s ‘Interview with David Horovitz’

Ukraine and Israel: A Reply to Timothy Snyder’s ‘Interview with David Horovitz’

Since the “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine and the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, Timothy Snyder has been publishing widely and well on ongoing...

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Jeffrey Herf

Mistaken Identities and Marital Mysteries: Sanhedrin 79

79 Mistaken Identities and Marital Mysteries: When Who You See Is Who You Get Continuing the discussion of indirect or less intentional forms of...

03.03.2025 1

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Simcha Feuerman

The case for a dispassionate study of terrorism

Hardly a day goes by without some fresh act of terrorism being reported in the Israeli media. The country is at war with people who proclaim the...

03.03.2025 2

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Harold Behr

TheJewessPatriot: Oscars Prove Teach Real Zionism

TheJewessPatriot: Oscars Prove Teach Real Zionism

Jews made history at the 97th Academy Awards in the acting categories.  Both of the major acting award winners are Jewish. Adrien Brody won his...

03.03.2025 2

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Cindy Grosz

An Israeli National Treasure Turns 90

An Israeli National Treasure Turns 90

Today, one of Israel’s national treasures turns ninety. Gidon Lev was born on March 3rd, 1935 in Karlovy Vary in former Czechoslovakia. His family...

03.03.2025 2

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Julie Gray

Why Does Israel Protect Domestic Abusers Instead of Women?

Alright, let’s talk about something Israel doesn’t want to talk about. Something that gets buried under headlines about war, security, and national...

03.03.2025 1

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Kyley Michele

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Over the past seven years, I’ve had the privilege of heading the Glocal Program for International Development, an international MA Program at the...

03.03.2025 1

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Reut Barak Weekes

Fists

Fists

Well, I kept my promise to my son. I raised my clenched fist and yelled out my bedroom window, “Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner.” Why? Blake’s...

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Mort Laitner

Heroes and Zeroes, Life, Death, and the Image of God

There is a horrible, unspeakably awful battle going on by families of the hostages who remain in Hamas hands to bring prominence to their hostage....

03.03.2025 2

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Shulamit S. Magnus

A Visit to Nir Oz

A Visit to Nir Oz

The first sound that assails you Is the chirping Likely of Mockingbirds In the tree tops That shield you With a soft breeze From the sun’s rays...

03.03.2025 1

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Zahava Bauer

Artificial Organic Intelligence and Spontaneous Inspiration

Artificial Organic Intelligence and Spontaneous Inspiration

By 2025, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made remarkable progress, primarily through systems called neural networks. These networks mimic the...

03.03.2025 3

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Yehudi Sabbagh

Liberation audacity levels

Every level is important Better than knowledge is awareness. Some Introductory Comments Oppression is the one-way undeserved mistreatment of group...

03.03.2025 2

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Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

What is Prayer?

Prayer is not always easy. Not only can the language sometimes be challenging, not only can prayer’s concept of a caring and present God feel...

03.03.2025 5

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Menachem Creditor

On the Road Again

When my family made aliya, roughly twenty years ago, my primary responsibility was caring for our children. Blessedly, those boys and girls have...

03.03.2025 1

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Kj Hannah Greenberg

Our Daughters, Our Sons, Our Torah: Shekalim

Shavua tov! This is the first of occasional posts on my new Times of Israel Blog. I expect to write about the nexus between secular and religious...

03.03.2025 4

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Rebecca Sassouni

The Joy Dissonance of Adar 2025

In Tractate Ta’anit, it is stated: “Just as during the month of Av we decrease in joy, so too, during the month of Adar we increase in joy.”...

03.03.2025 6

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Reuben Modek

The Messiah’s Dawn: No Mercy for the Damned

Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir, three Jewish souls that will remain engraved in the hearts of the nation forever. Many have been killed by the Hamas devils...

03.03.2025 1

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David Lemmer

A Change in Thought and Direction

At this critical juncture, with the lives of the remaining hostages in grave danger and the looming threat of Israel’s capitulation through...

03.03.2025 1

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Yoel Bin-Nun

A Real Pain — An Academy Award Contender

Two American Jewish cousins embark on a road trip in Poland, their ancestral homeland, in the quest to connect with their family roots. This is the...

03.03.2025 1

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Sheldon Kirshner

Trump’s ambush of Zelensky

Like big game hunters, President Trump, assisted by his vice president, JD Vance, waited for the prey in their lair — the Oval Office — and then...

03.03.2025 1

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Berl Falbaum