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If you want a ceasefire to mean anything after the cameras leave, you have to stop treating “aid” as a sacred word and start treating it as a...
If Israel Funded a Parallel “Arab Palestinian” Identity, It Funded Its Own Fracture A recent article titled “Exposé: Israel Invested Millions...
Iran is not a country in the conventional sense—it is a contained fracture. ‘Persia’ is held together not by cohesion, but by force, timing, and...
Lately, I’ve been hearing a painful and confusing message in Jewish spaces: that Holocaust education isn’t working. The idea became more prominent...
This Shabbat is Parshat Zachor. We have an obligation to hear the Torah reading that commands us to blot out the memory of Amalek. The question that...
Last week, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee “suggested” that Israel would have a legitimate claim to a good part of the Middle East because...
Growing up, I needed extra help academically, or at least a different strategy than what the typical yeshiva system was offering me. I was quiet and...
Imagine posting more than 1500 times a year about Israel. Sharing facts that are accessible, documented and verifiable. Facts about history. Facts...
Assessing the Threat of Political Islam Organizations in Austria and Their Implications for European National Security ## I. Executive Summary...
I have been thinking about him ever since. October 7th cracked something open in Jews across the world: those who had thought of themselves as...
Over breakfast one morning, a woman said to her husband, “I’ll bet you don’t know what day this is.” “Of course I do,” he replied,...
The sedra of Tetzaveh, as commentators have noted, has one unusual feature: it is the only sedra from the beginning of Shemot to the end of Devarim...
Where must we begin reading the Book of Esther in order to fulfill the mitzvah? Today, the question seems almost trivial. Halakhah is unequivocal: we...
Did you know that Purim is the one holiday that is Eternal? Among various reasons cited, the one that resonates is the eternal love between Hashem...
In the first part of this blog, we focused on the use of the term Kindertransport to mean rescue more broadly from 1934-1942. When the British...
Moses’s name is mentioned in every portion of the Torah from the time of his birth except for this week’s parsha, Tetzaveh. The Sages explain that...
Attending a recent panel discussion on book banning presented by Hadassah’s National Educator’s Council, where I serve as vice chair, struck a...
In a development that has sent ripples through both religious and diplomatic corridors, the Vatican recently confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will travel...
Before we begin, let’s look at the numbers: Iran ranks 10th on the Open Doors International list in 2026 among the countries that most persecute...
On this coming Shabbat we arrive at one of the most morally charged moments in our liturgical year: Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Remembering. The...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel – including the first address by an Indian Prime Minister to the Knesset – was a watershed moment...
“Hang ‘em high like Haman!” Such is the retort that death penalty supporters often sling at us, the thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews...
If Washington Confronts Iran, Iraq Will Be the First Shockwave As debate in Washington periodically returns to how far the United States should go in...
Pierre Laval, the prime minister of the Nazi-collaborationist French government based in Vichy during most of World War II, was evil incarnate. He was...
Rising tensions with Iran once again threaten Israel with the possibility of a large-scale attack — ballistic missiles, armed drones, rockets from...
Yesterday marked thirty years since one of Jerusalem’s darkest days: a suicide bombing on a city bus that tore through downtown life and left dozens...
Our clothes are communicative. When we wear them, we convey a message, be that subtle or explicit, to those who see us. Clothes, therefore, are quiet...
Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Israel marked more than a routine diplomatic engagement. It signaled that the India–Israel relationship had...
On February 19, Trump said that he would give 10 to 15 days to reach a meaningful deal with Iran. If you include the 19th, then the 10th day falls out...
Recent reporting by Politico claimed that unnamed White House advisers viewed an Israeli first strike on Iran—followed by US intervention after...
The moment Ambassador Huckabee commented on X he already lost the battle. As the Talmud says “When you wrestle with a dirty person, you get...
Safeguarding Patients Through Health Professions Regulation in Somaliland The regulation of health professions is a cornerstone of effective health...
The Ontario Camps Association should be commended for having categorically rejected an arrogant and unreasonable demand by a coalition of Palestinian...
There is a massive, unspoken hypocrisy playing out on our streets right now. If you look closely at the crowds shutting down traffic for the latest...
The dramatic and profound statement is this time not made with abstruseness, recorded following the instructions to build the tabernacle 25:8. ...
Israelis feel worn down by a paradox that they experience every day: they are expected to stand on the front line against terrorists, yet they are...
The Knesset Vote this week to grant Israel’s Chief Rabbinate expanded authority over the Western Wall is not a technical administrative matter. It...
Shemos 28:2: וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בִגְדֵי־קֹ֖דֶשׁ לְאַֽהֲרֹ֣ן אָחִ֑יךָ לְכָב֖וֹד...
As the United States is concentrating its military forces in the Middle East, the world waits for answers to two questions. First, will America strike...
The political transformation that followed the collapse of the Assad government in late 2024 introduced a new phase in Syria’s modern history. The...
Lithuania routinely condemns Russian revanchism, historical falsification, disinformation, and propaganda. It presents itself as a frontline...
This Shabbat is not only Parshat Tetzaveh; it is also Shabbat Zachor. The reason it is called that is because we read a passage from Deuteronomy and...
Today as well Osama Abu Assa is dead. On October Seventh, he stood at the entrance to what would become “the death shelter” at the Re’im...
Medinat Yisrael and I need help: our relationship is on the rocks. Lately I have been feeling profoundly alienated from Israel and its culture, and I...
Today (9 Adar) is an important day for the Klein Family – my parents, siblings, and I – but it’s a day that holds a few timely messages for this...
“There is a law that says: ‘If someone comes to kill you — rise and strike first.’ That is the essential principle. Defending your country is...
One of the most profound and beautiful aspects of Jewish tradition is its embrace of disagreement. The Sages of the Talmud saw seventy faces to the...
Today marks the Shloshim of Ran Gvili, the thirtieth day since he was laid to rest in his hometown, Meitar, on January 28, 2026. Ran Gvili was 24 on...
As Washington recalibrates its Middle East strategy, one reality is becoming increasingly clear: when it comes to understanding and confronting...
The first week of Australia’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion began with a paradox that every Jewish Australian already...
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