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As the Law and Antisemitism Conference gets under way at the Cardozo School of Law, the first ever textbook on this subject has created the foundation...
Orthodoxy in a World Built to Change There is a deep tension at the heart of religious orthodoxy, and it becomes most visible when we take creation...
In October 1986, Israeli Air Force navigator Ron Arad bailed out of his aircraft over southern Lebanon after a technical malfunction during a combat...
Tucker Carlson, referring to President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Iran, said that “a demonic spirit has been...
Just like there are all kinds of trouble, there are all kinds of tired. This morning, I am the kind of tired that comes after six – count them, six...
There are moments when you read the news and think: no, this is too much even by the standards of modern geopolitics. And then it turns out to be...
Eran Rolnik published “Freud in Jerusalem” (Éditions de l’Antilope), about the reception of psychoanalysis in the early years of Zionism. How...
The story of Purim in the Scroll of Ester takes place about 2,400 years ago. At that time the Persian Empire was the greatest empire in the world,...
According to President Trump, the primary goal of the war is first and foremost to force Iran to sign a nuclear agreement that would dismantle its...
In every security escalation, the same public message resurfaces: “Be strong.” It is an important message. But at times, it quietly turns into an...
As the shadow of war spreads across Iran, the Islamic Republic appears to be turning a tactic long used by its regional proxies inward: the...
A recurring idea in modern political discourse is that antisemitism exists primarily because of Israel. According to this narrative, if Jews would...
The killing of Iran’s Supreme tyrant leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has sparked protests against Israel and the United States in several countries,...
The bunker that once housed Ayatollah Khamenei is rubble. Iran’s ballistic missile array — the crown jewel of the mullahs — lies shattered after...
The Word “War” Is Doing Too Much Work What matters most in the present confrontation with Iran is not the old question of whether this is...
The number 42 has fascinated people for generations. In modern popular culture it is famously known as “the answer to life, the universe, and...
Operation Epic Fury has done more than devastate Iran’s ballistic missile infrastructure. It has detonated the strategic assumptions underpinning...
Unhealed Trauma Becomes Ideology: Why Reconstruction Fails Without Psychological Repair Wars rarely end when the guns fall silent. They continue...
A historic United States–Israel alliance confronts Iran’s terror empire – and may reshape the Middle East for a generation “To our steadfast...
“Anti-Zionism is justified antisemitism, finally within everyone’s reach. It is the permission to be democratically antisemitic.” Vladimir...
A couple of thousand years ago, in ancient Persia—today’s Iran—a sinister, greedy, and unscrupulous man sought to exterminate the Jewish people...
Most immigrants coming to Israel from Russia and Ukraine in recent years are not Jewish by Orthodox religious law, but they are eligible for Israeli...
A week ago Saturday, the world entered a new era. With the elimination of the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, the long-simmering “shadow war”...
Lithuania has weaponized criminal law to protect Holocaust perpetrators and prosecute those who name them. The mechanism is not theoretical. It is...
In 7th grade my best friend was an Iranian refugee. If you were in Jewish day school in the late 80’s and early 90’s you may have had a similar...
The United States and Israel may soon stand on the verge of a strategic breakthrough against the regime in Iran. After decades of...
Two of the clearest demonstrations of biblical war strategy in modern history were carried out by men who probably never saw a page of Talmud....
In Ki Tisa, the Torah interrupts big leadership with small, stubborn truths: you have worth before you produce, limits before you collapse, and...
The world shouts befuddled and brainwashed jargons. They all evade the truth. While our loyal and dedicated people, our soldiers in Israel, our USA...
In the summer of 2006, Israel absorbed more than 4,000 rockets fired by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon. For thirty-four days, the north of the...
To warn of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles, the Israeli Home Front Command sends an advance alert to your cell phone, in Hebrew, Arabic or...
How Semantics Fueled Decades of Confusion Much of the global discussion about the Israel–Palestine conflict begins with a quiet assumption: that two...
That question follows our history everywhere. Empires believed they would shape the world permanently. Some tried to erase us along the way. They...
On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Families were burned alive in their homes. Children were...
According to The New York Times, The Guardian, and even the Forward, California governor Gavin Newsom “likened Israel to an apartheid state”. The...
There is a specific kind of magic that happens at bedtime. The lights go down, the world gets quiet, and for a few minutes, anything is possible....
Drinking Poison in the Horn of Africa: Somalia, Somaliland, and the Cost of Non‑Recognition The phrase “resentment is like drinking poison and...
The American and Israeli bombardment of Iran is now entering its second week. The intensity of the firepower directed at Iran during the first week...
For a decade, I have warned sectors of the Jewish community about profound changes in the Middle East. Today, what we are witnessing goes far beyond...
How Israel–Somaliland Cooperation Could Transform Food Security in the Horn of Africa Food security remains one of the foremost challenges in the...
A war can be badly argued and still be strategically necessary. The administration may be fumbling the explanation, but the strategic case for...
So, a Christian Nationalist regime with their Jesus on their side, allied with a Jewish Nationalist regime with their HaShem on their side, have gone...
Israel’s air force and intelligence services, working in tandem with their American counterparts, have dealt a series of devastating blows to Iran...
Israel regards Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, as one of its closest friends. But on March 2, as the United States and Israel intensified...
A Tradition of Defining Terms Some words should slow us down. That is why the Talmud lingers over terms others might pass by. Tractate Kiddushin opens...
Now that the whole world is talking about the Third Temple in Jerusalem, let’s go there. I am a Jew, a Chabad’nik, a Rabbi, so you can trust what...
A Long History of Threats More than one million Americans live in the Middle East today. They reside, work, and raise families in a region where the...
My mother being a piano teacher and my sister an accomplished pianist, I grew up to the sound of classical piano music. However, my own attempts to...
(In case you don’t follow my podcasts, here’s one on the theme of the war and Purim: What Can YOU I Learn From ʞǝlɐɯ∀?) The language of...
When “What’s Your Cancellation Policy?” Means Something Different A few days ago, my wife sent a simple email to a Pesach program in the United...
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