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Why do we repeatedly make the mistake of thinking that if we use more military force, we will achieve more security? Why do we repeat the same mistake...
Last Sunday afternoon, I wondered if a terrorist attack by a Palestinian citizen of Israel warranted a blog. It happened nearby, but closer to the...
Since October 7, we have been treated to a relentless lecture. Israel, we are told, has lost the world. It has squandered international goodwill. It...
Last weekend, members of the Chaverim organization took part in a visit to the Catavento Museum in São Paulo, in an activity with the institution’s...
On June 27, 2026, the eighty-fifth anniversary of the Lietūkis Garage massacre will be marked in Kaunas and by Lithuanian diplomats in Israel and...
Not the silence that follows a scream. Not the silence after a protest has been crushed. But the silence that greets you before you even begin, the...
Has Iran constrained Israel’s freedom of action in Lebanon? That’s the burning question observers have asked following Israel’s latest clashes...
History, Trauma, and the Search for Perspective (Part II) No community carries history quite the way ours does. For understandable reasons, Jews often...
The first time I went to Israel, I was 20 years old. My older brother David was 27. We visited Sharm el Sheikh. We trekked through Sinai, which today...
At one level, the phenomenon is unsurprising. Jeffrey Epstein has become the ultimate symbol of elite impunity. A wealthy man with extraordinary...
Photo caption: Screenshot from an Indian television/video segment. On the right is my article published in The Times of Israel, and on the left is a...
How the international debate over Judea and Samaria often ignores the expulsion of Jewish communities between 1948 and 1967 Imagine telling the...
I have lived in Israel for twenty years. Long enough to know the particular silence that falls over this country when the sirens stop — not relief,...
Watching the World Cup opening ceremonies, the Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC) had another fever dream, to wit: Imagine a world where the...
Admiral John Wikoff’s two-day visit to Algiers last week, culminating in meetings with Defense Minister-Delegate and Army Chief of Staff General...
A new staging of Brecht’s Mother Courage in London is being read as a parable of capitalism. It is also, more quietly, a Jewish story, and a warning...
Blockchains as Religions: The Other Side of the Analogy In Part I and Part II of Religions as Blockchains, we explored how religious traditions and...
The United States of America, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union In preparation for your upcoming...
I have heard it countless times. People tell me I am paid by CIDI. Others claim I am paid by Mossad. Every possible accusation has been thrown at me...
The Swedish Academy’s rules won’t allow it – but I suggest giving the next Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology to….Drosophila melanogaster...
How does it look from Jerusalem? Sometimes Russian Z-propaganda, in all its arrogance and stupidity, creates a clearer picture than any opposition...
Guest therapist Chaya Lester analyzes the episode of the spies based on a Midrash which makes an interesting psychological distinction: When the spies...
The Euractiv exclusive article, titled “Exclusive: Kallas Israel Apartheid Remarks Deepen EU Foreign Policy Crisis,“ speaks about her recent...
These are the books I’m reading and listening to: Anatomy of Exile, by Zeeva Bukai Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege, by Melanie...
A few weeks have passed since the confetti was swept from the arena floor in Vienna, which hosted the 70th Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s...
This week, I walked into a hospital room that did not feel anything like the hospital room I had spent several days in last week. Last week, I spent...
In yet another sign of conservative politicians and clergy attempting to discredit and eliminate the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month, Florida...
This Keren Hayesod Sacrifice Bond certificate represents more of a sacrifice than a bond. Issued in 1922, it was part of a fundraising initiative...
Since the Islamic Republic came to power in Iran in 1979, the United States has had nine different presidents. Each one has faced the same basic...
On Wednesday evening, the New York Knicks made a record-breaking comeback against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals! People celebrated...
How real threats can distort the way we see danger (Part I) For many Jews today, antisemitism feels less like a massive wave heading directly toward...
Last Sunday, sixty thousand people filled Bathurst Street in Toronto — parents and students, Holocaust survivors in wheelchairs, clergy from...
Why the West Misreads Iran’s Resilience: The Onion Structure of Power For nearly half a century, Western capitals have predicted the collapse of the...
Nearly three years after October 7, it is still too early to summarize, but not too early to see patterns. Wars have no winners, only those who lose...
On this week’s Unholy podcast (Keshet), co-host Yonit Levi ventures that “the charedim have moved to the right. “Well, if you listen to the...
When the Centre Is Not Taken but Revealed The camp still breathes the accumulated tension of the desert. Not a calm silence — something heavier,...
Hezbollah’s greatest victory is convincing people that every crisis it creates proves why it is needed. The claim that Hezbollah is Lebanon’s...
After October 7, Israel does not need polished sorrow. It needs the kind of accountability that begins repair. Years ago, I sat with a couple who had...
The EU’s recent diplomacy towards Israel has consisted mainly of lectures on international law and proportionality. The failure of Brussels to...
Antisemitism has been rampant in Canada since October 7, 2023. In 2025, B’nai Brith Canada documented 6,800 incidents of antisemitism, which is by...
Lately I have been thinking about the 2026 Super Bowl ad that raised awareness about antisemitism in schools and how much I disagree with it. While I...
A recent report published by Euractiv has raised troubling questions not only about European Union (EU) foreign policy but also about the future of...
In early January, the Islamic Republic was reeling. It was attempting to survive a burgeoning protest movement emanating from Tehran’s bazaar,...
Justice is the cornerstone of any free society, and it is in fact the cornerstone of humanity itself. Action and consequence govern our lives and...
My cat Petunia is yellow where she should be pink. I wish I could tell you that this week’s thoughts on Parashat Korach emerged from deep Torah...
A Good Man Is Dead. Are We Taking Hate and Extremism Seriously Enough? An opinion piece — the way I see the situation. The death of Toronto Police...
Have you ever heard of aibohphobia? You cannot afford to “suffer” from this phobia in this week’s parsha, Shelach (outside of Israel). In the...
More than 50 years ago, I was lucky enough to witness and root for one of the greatest basketball teams of all time – the 1969-1970 New York Knicks....
When did the moral integrity of the candidate you vote for stop meaning anything? Democrats who say they will hold their nose and vote for Graham...
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