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On May 2, 1968, my parents and my husband left me behind in Alonei Yitzchak to attend the IDF parade in Jerusalem for Israel’s 20th Independence...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for years, here’s a piece of information that shouldn’t come as a surprise: Russia hates Israel and...
Today, unfortunately, Spain is front of mind. For those of you unfamiliar with Spain, imagine Puerto Rico without the charm and culture. Its prime...
I recall a moment that has stayed with me. A senior Palestinian political figure — a man long associated with insistence on denying Israel’s right...
On anniversaries, narratives harden. They simplify. They seek moral clarity. But geopolitics rarely offers that luxury. As the first anniversary of...
Image: Anna Paulina Luna, a U.S. congresswoman leading efforts to promote greater transparency on UAP-related information. The growing public and...
They say power is the ability to act without considering the consequences to others. Wouldn’t that promote the idea of skipping traditional...
““And he alone, in all the world, must say Yes or No to that awesome, ultimate question, ‘Shall we drop the bomb on a living target?’”—...
There are things a person cannot honestly say he has forgiven. A friend once shared with me that the most difficult prayer for him is not one said in...
Realizing it was time He lowered His face To Abraham’s ear And whispered A promise To the worried father There will be More children Than you can...
Stop Funding What Isn’t Working Across the Jewish world, a rare consensus is emerging. This is not a community known for agreement. After all, two...
Mikvah Shoshanah, Portland’s women’s mikvah, is an exclusively women’s space. Within it, a woman can experience the blessing and serenity...
On the evening of April 15, CIP’s headquarters became a space of art, tradition, and reflection as it hosted the Theatrical Literary Café of Dibuk,...
The blood libel against Jews — that they used the blood of Christian children in Jewish rituals was promulgated in the 12th century. We are in the...
With Israel and Lebanon working towards a longstanding peaceful settlement and neutralizing Hezbollah’s terrorist machinery, the moment has arrived...
Ordinarily, I delete emails soliciting my shareholder proxy vote. As a small-time stockholder, what’s the point? But when the “Vote now!”...
Time, money, and sweat equity are all great ways for Diaspora Jews to support Israel, but falling in love with the language is a shortcut to the...
Lithuania arrives in Los Angeles the week of April 27 with three known meetings and one message. April 27–30: the North American Lithuanian Business...
Living in America, I cannot help being struck by the stark contrast between Yom Hazikaron in America and Yom Hazikaron in Israel. Yom Hazikaron in...
Just as Israel’s new racist, vengeful, unjust and dangerous death penalty law defiled last week’s observance of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial...
On Mourning, Dancing, and the Jewish Refusal to Choose Between Them Many have written about us. Twain. Churchill. Lincoln. Hitler. Each found us worth...
Not infrequently in the Torah, the people are enjoined to observe God’s commandments, often with a promise of reward. One verse, however, stands out...
Every December 16, India celebrates Vijay Diwas, the day in 1971 when Pakistan’s Eastern Command signed the instrument of surrender in Dhaka, and a...
The philosophy of Rav Kook is summarized by the following quote, that describes the Tzaddikim of this world: “The purely righteous do not complain...
Lithuania does not maintain its Holocaust narrative alone. It is helped by Jewish institutions willing to behave as if the evidentiary environment...
After October 7, during what Israel now calls the War of Revival, one difficult question followed Israel everywhere — in the media, in the streets,...
On Israeli Independence Day, the real question is not only what binds a people together, but what kind of moral language teaches the weaker side to...
This week in Israel is very different beginning with last night’s Yom-Ha’zikaron-Day of Remembrance. It is a night when the entire country stops...
“Should Stability Be Punished? The Case of Somaliland in a Rigid International Order” In international politics, stability is often praised as a...
Every year we have a Tekes (ceremony) organised by our amazing neighbours Chana and Gil Carsanti opposite our building here in Ramat Beit Shemesh...
There are moments in history when a single word, spoken at the right hour, carries more force than a thousand speeches, because within it one can hear...
My friend in Israel, whom I call The Nameless One in order to abide by his wish not to be named in print due to his work, offers a perspective shaped...
Translation of headline: the pope’s interpretation constitutes a bad legal ruling. I am writing here about old news at this point, namely, remarks...
Israel celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut this week, its 78th Independence Day. Since it comes so close this year to Yom HaShoah, one can’t help but think...
When a stage built for unity becomes a battleground, it risks losing not just fairness – but its very soul I have always loved the idea of the...
I love to walk. I feel fortunate to be able to walk along a tayelet (boardwalk) that winds along the beautiful and ever changing Mediterranean Sea....
Thanking God for the greatness of His salvation, praising Him for having made great the United States, is not the reason why on weekdays Jews say...
A good hate content policy on a social media platform means nothing if the platform does not have adequate enforcement mechanisms or the will to use...
I came to Eitan Rosenzweig the way you sometimes come to people who have already left — through their work, through other people’s grief, through...
Hasbara, from the Hebrew word “to explain.” So many of us are still racking our brains how to explain to ourselves, to our children, and to the...
Every day we act out our determination to survive and flourish in our homeland. Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, and others are determined to destroy...
We live in an era of “viral optics,” where a single frame can outpace a thousand truths. The recent social media post showing a soldier in an IDF...
When comparing and contrasting whether a human being with no musical, literary, or artistic background can create something comparable to a specialist...
On April 20, 2026, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Moshe Reuven Asman shared a story that, in wartime, carries far more weight than a routine communal visit....
Everyone knows that the ayatollahs’ regime in Iran was born in an act of hostage-taking, with the unlawful seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran...
Fair warning: this is going to start out a bit preachy. I promise you it gets better! When I was younger, there was an oft-told mashal (parable) about...
Not just of borders. Not just of roads and crossings. A blockade of breath. Of imagination. Of the heart’s ability to see beyond the next headline....
This year, transitions feel sharper than ever. We move from Zoom meetings to a ten-minute pause for the siren, and then back to Zoom. We wake up two...
As we approach Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut, we pause. We remember our fallen soldiers—those who paid with their lives so that we can live in...
I never thought that after leaving Israel, the holidays would be something I missed. For me, holidays were always synonymous with family. They smelled...
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