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The phrase “a light unto the nations”—אור גויים—comes from the prophet Isaiah. G-d tells His servant that restoring the tribes of...
This primary season, we’ve watched DSA-backed candidates challenge established Democratic representatives who have served their communities with...
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My daughter‑in‑law’s Saba passed away last week. He may have been a true Israeli hero, but to Sigal and all his grandchildren and...
In today’s climate, many Jewish people are weighing the risks of openly displaying their identity, such as wearing a Star of David, a kippah, or...
The Sanhedrin’s written ruling is dated 6 Menachem Av. Hold that date for a moment before anything else. Three days before Tisha B’Av. Inside the...
How participation in Lithuania’s first killings produced units capable of murdering entire communities I was born in Riga. Most of what I know about...
Quantum computing is often described as a future technological breakthrough. It is already reshaping national security, digital trust, and...
The Watches and the Lute In Levi’s home in Rehovot, time appeared in two forms. It rested behind glass in rows of wristwatches, each mechanism...
Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof famously told G-d that if money is a curse, he would like G-d to smite him with it. This raises an important question....
Source: depositphotos.com Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease among children...
The India-Israel relationship is conventionally narrated through defense sales, intelligence sharing, and agricultural technology transfer. This...
I. The River That Ignores Us Some journeys are measured in miles. This one was measured in sentences — my father’s, which I had been carrying,...
Israel can live without American aid. But it must prepare to live without American resupply. After I published “Keep Your $3.8 Billion and Choke on...
In Moshe’s final address, he reminds the long forty year journey that they took in the desert. He tells them that the reason for this long journey...
Confronting terrorism and transnational organized crime increasingly demands cooperation among governments, experts, security institutions, and public...
On Tisha b’Av, the most sombre day in the Jewish calendar, twenty years ago, Michael Levin z”l, the only American/Israeli casualty of the Second...
The Faroe Islands have become known throughout the world for a remarkable engineering achievement: an expanding network of tunnels, many of them...
There is an idiom known as the Kishka test. It means, when someone, typically a politician, really gets Israel, really understands Israel, even when...
Not for the first time, Israel is the favorite punching bag for left-wingers and the far right. We remember how good it was to be Jewish in the...
For 78 years, “the Palestinian cause” has destabilized the region, fueling chaos, conflict, and confusion. What was once a regional issue has...
The Middle East does not lack peace plans. It lacks political supportability. For decades, diplomats have negotiated ceasefires, peace initiatives,...
Evening news. Hilltop Youth become adults. Other settlers. Terrorists in Palestinian villagers defend themselves. Then labeled terrorists? Throwback...
One of the oldest questions humanity has ever asked is also one of the most personal. Are human beings fundamentally good? Or fundamentally violent?...
Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of spending time with leaders from Jewish day schools, synagogues, foundations, nonprofits, and...
A few days ago, I was listening to the Commentary podcast when John Podhoretz quoted a remark Barack Obama made shortly after the October 7 massacre....
In Kabbalistic tradition, letters are never treated as mere linguistic tools. Among the twenty-two letters, Shin (ש) carries some of the most layered...
In 2018, I started a private Facebook group called Champagne Socialists. The description was one sentence: “We drink tonight. Revolution...
Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a novel about Eddie, an aging amusement-park maintenance worker who dies trying to save a child...
I often debate with myself the merits of the political center in Israel and whether there even is such a thing. To the extent that such a political...
For some time now, the Strait of Hormuz has dominated global headlines. Oil tankers have been left stranded, energy prices are fluctuating, and...
The U.S. media also reported that Trump is considering, or has ordered preparations for, a new phase of military operations against the Iranian regime...
Talking About the Weather: Parashat Re’eh and the Wisdom of Knowing When to Stop When Moshe Rabbeinu speaks to the Jewish people in Parashat...
How Jews Can Find Moral Certainty in a Demoralizing World Since October 7th, I have ping-ponged ideologically in my views of Israel, swinging between...
“Moshe, did you know that liberal American Jews are stuck in a quagmire?” “Are you talking about the pervert on Family Guy?” Mordechai asked....
Nearly a year after the Gaza ceasefire took hold, the fight over what Israel actually agreed to has resurfaced — and this time the argument is...
Michael Owen scored twice against Argentina in Geneva in 2005. It was a fine evening’s work. Twenty-one years later, from the safety of his sofa, he...
The Diaspora is not a branch of Israel. Israel is one historical configuration of Jewish endurance: powerful, consequential and tragic, but neither...
The current crisis on Spain’s southern border has once again put Europe’s deep migration policy cracks under the microscope. It exposes the...
The Holocaust did not begin with gas chambers. It did not begin with Auschwitz, Treblinka, or Sobibor. It began with words. It began with propaganda,...
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