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Adam Borowski

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Reuven Chaim Klein

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Catherine Perez-Shakdam

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Steven Windmueller

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Kenneth Jacobson

The Moral Failure of German Media on Israel

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Michael Kuenne

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Grant Arthur Gochin

Time for Israel’s Haredim to Make the Real Aliyah—to Brooklyn or Lakewood

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Paul Mendlowitz

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Being In-between

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Hope Blecher

Syrian Violence Embroiled Israel

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Sheldon Kirshner

Bringing G-d Into Our Homes

There was a final census taken at the end of the forty years in the desert. The difference between this census and the one taken after leaving...

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Kenneth Cohen

Prevent the Prolonging of the War Now!

This is a message to the people responsible for the negotiations on ending the war in Gaza. It is a message to the members of the Israeli team (...

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Gershon Baskin

Loved, hated, respected, feared

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Steve Kramer

War Games Part 2: Let’s Make a Deal

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Nili Bresler

Taking it Personally

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Harriet Gimpel

A Broken Trust: An Educator’s Reckoning with a Post-October 7 World

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Cassie Schwartz

What phobias and utopias have in common

He is a self-proclaimed anti-Zionist, rejecting the right of Jews to their homeland. He firmly rejects the notion of Israel as a Jewish state,...

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Yonatan Beker

Blood Is Not Belonging: On the Theft and Reinvention of Identity

In every great historical dispute, there comes a moment when language fails—not from lack of vocabulary, but from excess. Words like “native,” “...

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Ivan Bassov

Ah bay gezagt

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Elaine Rosenberg Miller

Jews Under Fire: A Growing Threat

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Jeff Schindler

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Allen S. Maller

Solving the Palestinian Problem Requires Truth Not Misinformation.

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David S. Levine

My Faith Strengthens as My Body Weakens

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Ben Lazarus

Piers Morgan Falsely Fact-Checked me on His Show about German Civilian Casualties in WWII

Recently, I participated in a televised discussion on my friend Piers Morgan’s show, where I referenced the civilian death toll caused by Allied...

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Shmuley Boteach

Breadlines in NYC? Mamdani Exposed: Gregory Lyakhov – Viktor Frankl Podcast

Watch my latest interview with Daniel Schonbuch, where I expose the REAL danger behind Zohran Mamdani’s agenda—and how it threatens the future...

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Gregory Lyakhov

The Torah story I’ve always avoided — and why I’m rethinking it

I didn’t want to write a d’var Torah this week. When my husband asked why I was procrastinating, I hadn’t yet put my finger on it. But the real...

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Ruthie Hollander

Bibi repeats Shamir’s mistake

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Yoseph Janowski

Can We Moderates Win in a Partisan Age? (Pinchas)

When extremists flourish, how can moderates make a difference? A students asked me this question a few weeks ago. I was teaching a class on...

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Mijal Bitton

The simple, objective stats prove there never was a genocide in the Gaza Strip

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Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

The Druze-Jewish Covenant: A Unique Alliance of Fate and Destiny

In a world where the sense of belonging and identity is shaken and threatened, and where alienation and suspicion often replace solidarity and...

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Sophy Turkea Yurman

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Politics and the Bimah: Where to Draw the Line

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Paula Jacobs

“The Fifth Dimension” Parashat Pinchas 5785

I have long ceased to be surprised when I suddenly notice something that has been standing right before my eyes for over sixty years. People...

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Ari Sacher

Are We Jews Now Creating a Ghetto for Others?

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Sherwin Pomerantz

Relying on Trump is a Dangerous Gamble

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Nadav Tamir

Hebron, from Biblical origins to the denial of its Jewish identity

In 2017, the Palestinian Authority was given “Hebron/Al-Khalil old town” by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC). The WHC recognizes, in...

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Shimon Samuels

Israeli unis offer alternative amid antisemitism

American college campuses, once seen as bastions of free thought and inclusion, have become breeding grounds for antisemitism and anti-Zionism....

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Jonathan Davis

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Shay Gal

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Shimon Sheves

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Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

Pink confetti and yellow butterflies and fiercely living every moment

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The Air India Crash

Yoseph Janowski

What If Neuralink Could Hack Consciousness Like DMT and Rewrite Reality at Will?

Vincent James Hooper

Israel and the Moving Sands of the Middle East

Taha A. Lemkhir

Mental meanderings of geniuses

Adam Borowski

Bound by Borders – mitzarim, gevul, techum, s’far

Reuven Chaim Klein

The Middle East’s Enlightenment: Why Secularism is the Only Path to Salvation

Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Insights and Connections: Unpacking Donald J. Trump

Steven Windmueller

As Arab World Warms to Israel, Some Embrace Rejectionism

Kenneth Jacobson

The Moral Failure of German Media on Israel

Michael Kuenne

Laurent Joly Interview | Alex Gilbert #285

Alexandre Gilbert

Tisha B’Av and Lithuania

Grant Arthur Gochin

Time for Israel’s Haredim to Make the Real Aliyah—to Brooklyn or Lakewood

Paul Mendlowitz

A peace agreement for Gaza

Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

Being In-between

Hope Blecher

Syrian Violence Embroiled Israel

Sheldon Kirshner

Bringing G-d Into Our Homes

Kenneth Cohen

Prevent the Prolonging of the War Now!

Gershon Baskin

Loved, hated, respected, feared

Steve Kramer

War Games Part 2: Let’s Make a Deal

Nili Bresler

Taking it Personally

Harriet Gimpel

A Broken Trust: An Educator’s Reckoning with a Post-October 7 World

Cassie Schwartz

What phobias and utopias have in common

Yonatan Beker

Blood Is Not Belonging: On the Theft and Reinvention of Identity

Ivan Bassov

Ah bay gezagt

Elaine Rosenberg Miller

Jews Under Fire: A Growing Threat

Jeff Schindler

99 Names to Speak and One Silent Name to Love

Allen S. Maller

Solving the Palestinian Problem Requires Truth Not Misinformation.

David S. Levine

My Faith Strengthens as My Body Weakens

Ben Lazarus

Piers Morgan Falsely Fact-Checked me on His Show about German Civilian Casualties in WWII

Shmuley Boteach

Breadlines in NYC? Mamdani Exposed: Gregory Lyakhov – Viktor Frankl Podcast

Gregory Lyakhov

The Torah story I’ve always avoided — and why I’m rethinking it

Ruthie Hollander

Bibi repeats Shamir’s mistake

Yoseph Janowski

Can We Moderates Win in a Partisan Age? (Pinchas)

Mijal Bitton

The simple, objective stats prove there never was a genocide in the Gaza Strip