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In the geography of time, as we move from Nisan into Iyar, we arrive at a landscape not of arrival, but of becoming. If Nisan was a sudden burst of...
As a fragile set of ceasefires tentatively holds across Gaza, and the wider shadow conflict between the US/Israel and Iran, a narrow but critical...
This week’s double parsha, Tazria–Metzora, speaks about tzaraat—an affliction that appears on the skin, on clothing, even on the walls of a...
There is an intriguing passage of scripture in the 35th chapter of Isaiah that, in my opinion, is a prophetic admonition to a people other than...
Starting in the Hellenistic period, more than 2,000 years ago, the Talmudic verse “It is known that Esau hates Jacob” has been in force. Our...
The Architect of Disaster: Unpacking the Netanyahu Legacy For decades, Benjamin Netanyahu presented himself as “Mr. Security”—the indispensable...
Readers may recall that some time ago I wrote about a young reservist called David,(not his real name), who was struggling somewhat with his faith...
The headlines across the Israeli press this week have been nothing short of rapturous. We are told, in varying shades of hyperbole, that the Long Arm...
As I sit down to write this, the air in Israel is thick with the complexities of a prolonged conflict. Yet, on April 14, 2026 (Baishakh 1, 2083), the...
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, inside a room filled with technologists, founders, and community leaders, one message became unmistakably clear: the...
Messerschmitt Bf109. Heinkel He 111. Junkers Ju 88. Junkers Stuka. These names are lost to history, except for military scholars of Second World War...
Remember when medical tests came wrapped in a certain kind of mystery? You went to the lab, rolled up your sleeve, watched the vials fill, and then…...
Yesterday we gathered in learning and in testimony for Yom HaShoah veHagevruah, the Day of Holocaust and Heroism. But that day does not stand alone....
There is a fundamental civilizational disconnect in the Islamist war waged against the non-Muslim West (kafirs). Islamists do not fight within the...
This title expresses the idea that the activity called SEFRAT HA’OMER carries greater meaning than just the process of counting the days and weeks...
After October 7, Jewish communities everywhere discovered something unsettling. For decades we’ve viewed security as a physical problem. We thought...
Three British prime ministers – Keir Starmer, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair – joined mourners on Tuesday for the funeral of Phil Woolas, a former MP...
The moon has always captured the human imagination. Over the Passover holiday, astronauts broke a new record. On April 1, as we were beginning our...
Calling for a negotiated settlement to end the Middle East conflict at this moment in history carries roughly the same practical weight as a...
Just a few weeks ago, the idea of Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors sitting down together would have seemed far-fetched. Yet, on Tuesday, they did just...
This essay is a reflection on the limits of understanding and the absence of final consolation in human life. It is not a prescription for a happy...
My dad, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Drazin (1906-1976), was a brilliant man. Unlike virtually all other rabbis, he not only earned rabbinical ordination at...
“But war is something that cries,” wrote Tirza Atar in 1975, “and I cry in silence.” We have known many wars since then, but none have been...
One of the first questions I ask someone who comes to me struggling to fall asleep is “What thoughts are keeping you awake?”. Because more often...
We are in a stretch of the Jewish calendar that, if you take note, tells us exactly who we are. We have just completed the celebration of Pesach,...
At a recent dinner, the conversation turned, as it often does these days, to Israel, identity, and what it means to be part of the Jewish people in...
The Torah [Vayikra 12:3] commands that a male child be circumcised on “the eighth day”. Why not any earlier? Perhaps this is a biological...
This morning instead of taking our dogs for a jog on the boardwalk along the Haifa shore, I took them straight out of our home and up the steep street...
JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL 921. The Great Hebrew Calendar Controversy: When Jews Celebrated the Holidays on Different Days In...
“And then, suddenly, the sirens stop. Though the ballistic mid-air explosions didn’t get the memo right away.” For almost two months, life in...
The parliamentary elections in Hungary on April 12, 2026, have done more than just end sixteen years of illiberal rule; they have dismantled a...
By sunrise on Simchat Torah, the skies over the Gaza envelope were streaked with smoke and the orange of distant fires. The sirens quieted, but the...
In 2025, Robert Spencer authored a provocative book called Antisemitism History & Myth¹. Reading the book is both enlightening and difficult. The...
How is it possible that Viktor Orban was voted out after 16 years in power in Hungary, and his rival, Péter Magyar, won by such a large margin that...
I have been a supporter of the United Nations since its inception, given that I believe, despite all its shortcomings, it remains a somewhat neutral...
The real crisis of our age is not just misinformation. It is the collapse of the moral and intellectual discipline required to resist it. We are...
On 12 April 2026, Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power came to an end. The people of Hungary voted against authoritarianism, against populist...
At 10 AM April 14, 2026, sirens sounded throughout Israel. Instead of running towards the closest safe room Israelis stopped whatever they were doing...
The ongoing American-Israeli confrontation with Iran has placed the Egyptian state in a position where continued equivocation is no longer tenable. A...
With the announcement of a ceasefire with Iran, many commentators—especially public figures who see themselves as potential alternatives to the...
A friend has mentioned to me a couple of times that I should be writing more in the satire vein. I enjoy good satire – Monty Python, Oscar Wilde,...
On March 25, Connecticut College’s hosted the 16th installment of its “Understanding Israel/Palestine” series, featuring Professor Maha Nassar...
Talk about a reversal of roles. First blame the other guy, and then do it yourself! How did it happen? How did Trump steal the idea from Iran? Simple...
A zoo is a place families go on a Sunday afternoon. Parents hold their children’s hands. They point at the animals. The children laugh. It is...
So we may safely disregard them and their pitiful obfuscation. Where then to find reliable reporting and prognostication? The media perhaps? Alas. ...
Why Peace Keeps Failing Peace between Israelis and their neighbors has been attempted so many times that the pattern itself has become impossible to...
I have dedicated my professional life to strengthening the US-Israel relationship and am very aware of how critical it is to the national security of...
As government sought to fit Britain’s yeshivot into a regulatory framework designed for schools, an unexpected defender emerged in the House of...
Once again, the BBC is pursuing its antisemitic, woke agenda and attacking the Jewish State. This time its focus is on the beleaguered, suffering...
President Trump’s growing frustration with NATO members’ refusal to join U.S. efforts to either unblock or block the Strait of Hormuz has become a...
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