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In the early 1990s Benedict Anderson proposed a concept, long-distance nationalism. The politics of communities who stay attached to a territory...
This week, two notable things happened that have stayed with me. First, my daughter completed her basic training in the IDF. Watching her stand...
Last week, reports emerged that men and women in Bnei Brak would be directed to use separate sidewalks in certain areas of the city. Signs were placed...
Twenty-six years later, I can still picture myself counting my campers on the bus. In the summer of 2000, I led the oldest camper division at Camp...
In 2014, Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter led a Jewish History tour in Europe with a group of American Jews. It was June 6th, D-Day, and a member of the...
After the Final Whistle: What Are We Really Playing For? From the FIFA Final to Tisha B’Av For the past month, the world has revolved around one...
This is why Hamas does not approach negotiations in the same way that a conventional nationalist movement might. Hamas has at times held elections,...
Do not fool yourself. Much of the opposition to Israel’s war against the Islamist terror axis—Iran and its proxies, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the...
Not knowing something used to be considered the first step toward learning. Today, it feels more like disgracing seven generations of your family....
The Covenant Is the Answer God told Abraham how to handle antisemitism 4,000 years before the philanthropists arrived. Every few months the Jewish...
(Reflections on the Haftorah for Va’etchanan) “Comfort, comfort” in the midst of trying times, Needs deep faith, rooted in lived belief. It...
A few summers ago, just before the Tisha B’Av fast day, a woman came to our legal aid center. Her husband was abusive, and he was refusing to grant...
Can Medieval Wisdom Guide Israel through a Contemporary Challenge? Israel’s debate over military service is often presented as a choice between two...
Judaism is meant to be a joyous faith. 334 days, 94% of the year, it is a spiritual duty to be besimcha, spiritually joyous. And then there are 21...
This month, all over America, 10-year-old girls are packing bug spray, stationery, flashlights, and a stuffed animal smuggled past the “one comfort...
The movement of history. In memoriam Jean Pierre Faye (1925-2026) Leonore Bazinek est philosophe à l’Université de Rouen Normandie, Laboratoire...
The Nine Days leading to Tisha B’Av are among the most emotionally complicated days of the Jewish year. They culminate in the ninth day of Av,...
This is a suggested address by President Herzog to the nation on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the King David Hotel A brief note: I live in...
I have a lot of chocolate babkas in my freezer. 13 to be exact. They’re all from my favorite place, Coffee Redefined, in Brooklyn. It takes me over...
The Church of England’s General Synod voted this month to commend Kairos Palestine II to its congregations for study. To a lot of people, that will...
This morning Keir Starmer went to Buckingham Palace and gave up the job. A little later Andy Burnham arrived, kissed hands, and became the 59th prime...
At a terrifying and horrifying presentation in Sag Harbor, Long Island yesterday by a woman who survived the Holocaust, co-author of the book “The...
Our daughter Tova, of blessed memory, would have turned 39 years old this coming week. It occurred to me recently that it has been a while since...
I would love to meet the genius who came up with this idea. Let’s flood Americans with SMS messages. Let’s ask them the most burning question we...
When we talk about skills we’ve built, or knowledge we’ve gained, we know that we have to use it, or we won’t maintain the ability. Learning a...
And More Importantly, How Will You Fare? This moment reminds me of the film title “Who Will Write Our History?” If you haven’t seen it, I highly...
Part 1 — Why This, Why Now. There are 57 streets, squares, and parks named after Ze’ev Jabotinsky in Israel — more than Theodor Herzl (52) and...
TO SEE THE WORLD ANEW. TO GIVE YOURSELF THE TRUTH. TO TURN AWAY FROM LURES. WHO ENTICE YOU TO BE FOOLED. THERE IS ONE SOURCE, DO NOT BE GRUELLED. FEEL...
I watched the World Cup final on Sunday evening – Spain suffocating Argentina 1-0 on a Ferran Torres strike deep into extra time, Messi ghosting...
I just voted in the primaries of the Democratic Party of Israel headed by Yair Golan. This hopefully is “the beginning of the end” of the Bibi...
The horizon of the so-called technological “Singularity” has long been the domain of futurists and science-fiction writers. But now, as the...
On Saturday 18th of July 2026, Husam Zomlot walked at the head of the National March for Palestine through London. If a serving ambassador leading a...
Braden Eric Peters, who performs as Clavicular, landed in Tel Aviv. Within hours, the people who perform the fight against antisemitism were not...
Britain’s Parliament has devoted an extraordinary amount of attention to Israel and Gaza since the 2024 general election, driven in part by a group...
This is the first in what I hope will be an ongoing series of articles that describe people who are taking action to help Israel in this time of...
הִנְנוּ עַצְמְךָ וּבְשָׂרְךָ אֲנָחְנוּWe are your bone and your flesh.— 2 Samuel 5:1 There was once a country...
In October I will board a plane from Germany to Israel for a journey lasting barely four hours. I will be traveling for one reason only: to cast a...
The Witness has always believed that history begins long before history books. It begins at bedtime. Long before children understand politics, they...
Our personal mission. A friend or relative comes to visit, not on an organized trip – we have a day trip planned. First time, late spring 2024. We...
American capital may finance Israeli power. It must not command it. Shay Gal, former IAI Vice President and Chief of Staff to its Chairman, who helped...
Hidden behind one of the oldest nicknames in Judaism lies a profound lesson for society. Sefer Devarim is also known as משנֵה תורה (Mishneih...
Thirty years ago, our son was diagnosed at a child development center with pervasive developmental disorder (autism) and we were told that “he would...
In just two days, we will sit on the floor, dim the lights, and enter the quiet grief of Tisha B’Av. We will recite Kinot (lamentations) and mourn...
One of the most intellectually dishonest habits in the modern conversation about Israel is the way people speak about the word Palestine as though it...
The Twin Pillars of Peace Two structures were supposed to carry the region past endless war: the Board of Peace, authorized under UNSC Resolution 2803...
The Jewish world is fighting antizionism in a room the movement never enters. A defector’s map of outside, and the case that it’s gentile’s...
Modern science has discovered that the universe is governed by precise laws. These laws determine how matter behaves, how stars form, how atoms...
Frank Gehry died recently. Obituaries celebrated the architect behind the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and...
The period of the “nine days,” and Tisha B’Av itself, is a period where we recount all of the suffering of the Jewish people, during our long...
Ever since the massacre of October 7, I have found myself repeating the same mantra everywhere I go: let’s bring more Jewish children into the...
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