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“That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.” – A.E. Housman, “Into my...
Seeing my portrait placed on the wall of past presidents and chairpersons made me pause. Leadership roles eventually pass, titles move on, and the...
There’s something uniquely insulting about a phone quietly pointing out that you’ve been moving less. Not louder. Not dramatic. No blaring alarm...
The moment Israel and the United States struck Iranian targets on February 28, the world experienced a remarkable legal awakening. International law,...
Over the past decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has played a significant role in intensifying great power geopolitical competition and...
After two weeks of sustained airstrikes, the expectation that the Iranian regime might collapse quickly has begun to fade. Despite the scale and...
Today, something happened that helped me understand what Israel is really about. For the first time since making aliyah, I decided to walk from my...
The Toronto Blue Jays are about to begin their 50th season, but they actually turn 50 on March 20, 2026. It was on this day that Major League...
Every time Israel enters a war, I immediately receive messages from a few close friends, my siblings and the odd family member outside of Israel. All...
Not many people know this, but I was a child who was bullied on a playground for years. My lunch was ripped from my hands, my backpack thrown in the...
Third Gulf Regional War: The Strait of Hormuz Held Hostage, an Essay in Geopolitics The Strait of Hormuz, twenty-one nautical miles wide at its...
History is replete with revolutions and coups when military forces ousted a ruling government and took control of the reigns of power. From Julius...
The final words of the Hebrew Bible do not come from a prophet of Israel but from the mouth of a Persian sovereign: “Thus says Cyrus, king of...
Two weeks ago, on Shabbos morning, I received a phone call that immediately changed the day. “Moshe, come to the base as soon as possible. We need...
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How do our people respond to loss, pain, and inexplicable tragedy? Sadly, I was privy to witness it from up close. In just under two years, my...
What is breaking in America is not just the balance between republic and oligarchy. What is breaking is the unity of the state itself. One body...
I have been learning from the news that many Diaspora Jews in the United States are strongly opposed to the war with Iran. Some of this may stem from...
The US’s relationship with the Republic of Cuba is a model for regional hegemony that can tolerate hostile regimes In April 1961, the United States...
For years, we were fed the myth of the brilliant Iranian “chess master.” Commentators and analysts praised Tehran’s leaders as grandmasters of...
For generations, many Jews living in democratic societies have held a quiet belief: “It can’t happen here.” After the horrors of the 20th...
A war of necessity or a war of choice, preemptive or defensive, militarily savvy or strategically and diplomatically reckless – Israel’s war on...
The Psychology of Accusation: Projective Identification and the War Over Israel Socrates warned that “the unexamined life is not worth living.”...
A recently released Gallup poll based on surveys taken during February of this year, indicate a landmark transformation of the American political...
When Hatred Is Tolerated, It Spreads I regularly post on a large pro Israel Facebook page. What I see there shocks me to the core. Under posts...
The very long Parshiot of Vayakhel and Pekudei, seem to be a kind of taking inventory in connection with how contributions were allocated. A very...
Oil prices maybe easing because Saudi Arabia has started bypassing the Strait of Hormuz? [https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/] Instead of shipping...
The Fire at the Door: Why Attacks on Synagogues in the West Must Alarm the Entire World Across the Western world, the warning signs are no longer...
Sefer Vayikra opens with a quiet, measured order—an unfolding sequence of offerings brought to the Altar. Bulls, sheep, birds, and even a humble...
On the first day of the month of Nissan, fifteen days before the Exodus, G-d said to Moses, “This month, you and I will be redeemed, for we will be...
This series explores the spiritual discipline at the heart of the Shema: listening. In Hebrew, sh’ma means more than hearing words—it means...
Israeli-American rapper Kosha Dillz on being attacked at a Khamenei vigil in New York, the power of showing up, and why the real fight against...
For those of you who claim the reason you do not support the war the United States and Israel are waging against Iran, is because President Trump has...
In the literature on extended deterrence, there is a concept known as the cascade problem: the phenomenon by which a concession made in one theater,...
In the hidden theater of global power, China positioned itself to dominate without serious contest, outpacing every rival on the board. Kamala Harris...
Reports tell us that the U.S. is considering plans for occupying Kharg Island and the Iranian half of the Persian Gulf shoreline. Good for our policy...
I don’t speak until I trust the words. I hold back. I edit myself. I miss my moment. I stay quiet even when the cost isn’t mine alone. Don’t...
In April 1818, a synagogue dedication in New York did not remain within the walls of the synagogue. The address delivered at the consecration of the...
For many secular Jews, the idea of the Third Temple is often dismissed as a purely religious dream. It is usually associated with messianic beliefs or...
In this episode, stairway to heaven, and beyond, to the Vatican. The Eternal Jew’s Tale Messiah Tractates, a Montage Shlomo Molkho’s Traum, 2 Just...
A Week of Escalating Terror This past week, we witnessed a terrifying escalation in the relentless tide of antisemitism. From three separate synagogue...
We left Las Vegas at three in the morning. The city was still pulsing behind us, a blur of neon and noise fading in the rearview mirror as we merged...
What was pitched as a two-to-four week kinetic operation intended to “finish the job” and produce rapid political effects has, by Day 15, lost...
It never gets old. The excitement on the plane was palpable as we caught site of the coastline. Little did we know that we were on one of the last...
On Wednesday evening, February 25, 2026, the Embassy of Israel in the United States hosted a special dinner in South Florida, organized by Consul...
On Thursday afternoon, March 12, an attack targeted Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan. It happened five minutes from my children’s Jewish...
Saturday morning headline: war for uranium destruction. Other unattainable objectives no longer serve politicians’ justifications for war. Saturday...
The kidneys are vital organs that essentially act as the body’s filtration system, ensuring that toxins are removed from the blood. They are thus...
There’s a falafel shop in South Tel Aviv that answers customer inquiries at 2 AM. The owner, a 58-year-old man named Moshe who still hand-rolls...
Last Friday, Cornell University’s Student Assembly voted to sever its partnership with the Technion, Israel’s leading technology institute....