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Israeli society is traumatized, just as it was after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which claimed the lives of 2,656 of our sons and daughters. That war,...
The most dangerous political events do not always announce themselves as ruptures. Sometimes the rupture is hidden inside continuity. The flag remains...
The BBC reports today, June 5, that “Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine that could protect...
Being a socialist is hard. Being an accidental socialist is harder. Because I didn’t really choose this life per se. I was never into the ideology....
Every year, the British constitution performs a magic trick. A monarch dons a crown worth more than most pension funds, rides through London in a...
Standing Strong for Israel If you were to look at my screen time statistics, you would probably think I am pathetic. More than four hours a day...
Nestled in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland, is the historic Garnethill Synagogue, home to the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre and the Scottish Jewish...
Sharon Angelhart’s Hebrew-language movie, Cuz You’re Ugly, is a closely-observed character study of an obese and unattractive young woman who...
Irvin Unger, Reviving the Artist Who Fought Hitler: My Life with Arthur Szyk (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2026). “My soul is bound up with...
The fight against anti-Muslim hatred is both necessary and important. Muslims, like all minority communities, deserve protection from discrimination,...
The Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP) will host on June 21 (Sunday), from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., the 10th edition of Rikuday – Festival of Dance...
I have a special relationship with Idi Amin. When I was in law school, I appointed myself the Arts Editor (a post that hadn’t existed before, to the...
This Monday, I drove from one end of the universe to the other. Not literally, of course. I was only driving a few short miles from the cemetery,...
By Joe Nalven Claude Gemini ChatGPT What shifts is not who creates but what creating means. Not the one who makes meaning from nothing, but...
I was at a wedding in Israel several months ago, sitting beside someone who has served the country for decades. Between the music, the blessings, the...
However, the Talmud (Bava Metzia 58b) interprets the second mention as a distinct prohibition against verbal mistreatment. Known as ona’at...
What Intra-Jewish Fragmentation Has in Common with the Wars That Nearly Destroyed Western Civilization — and the One Solution That Worked Israel...
There are moments when a people reveal themselves not through speeches or declarations, but through the simple act of showing up. This year’s Israel...
The Great Eregt said as he looked down at all of his creations! I will answer all your prayers for good! I will right all that is wrong! I see...
Portugal has experienced a notable week of initiatives aimed at supporting the Jewish community and countering antisemitism, amid a broader rise in...
The six days of the Six Day War were June 5 to 10, 1967. In this edition of Life Magazine, the war was described as astounding and Israel as “a...
How a restructuring of the iconic joint venture reinforces the broadcaster’s commercial maturity, editorial independence, and future as a multimedia...
Recently, there was a rather unpleasant one-sided conversation between the leaders of the two most important countries in my world: Israel and the...
Eyes in Your Head: The Light of Truth and the Wisdom of Self Honesty Our Gemara on Amud Aleph quotes a verse in Koheles (2:14): “The wise have their...
This is the third column in a multi-part series by the author on “Antisemitism in the Medical Field.” From biblical times when “there rose a...
My father, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Drazin (1906-1976), published his book Marriage Made in Heaven in 1958. The book, which provides a frank discussion on sex...
On October 7, 2024, on the anniversary of the Nova Festival massacre, the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano published a comic strip by its cartoonist...
It’s been quite a year — missiles, terror, Jew hatred all over the world, extremist attacks against Christians and Muslims in Israel, hantavirus,...
וְהֵנִיף֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֤ם תְּנוּפָה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י...
When love is misunderstood, when distance grows, and when hope refuses to die Beha’alotecha: When the Heart Carries More Than It Can Hold In...
All things pigeon: Carrier pigeons, Venice, Italy and big cities, pigeon pose in Yoga, and have you heard about the good luck pigeon poop brings? On...
Emunah. Faith. Not belief, not religion. Faith. I have faith in the Israel I know. The Israel which raised more than 600,000 NIS in a matter of hours,...
The shattered windows at the home of the Deputy Supreme Court Chief Justice are more than just an ugly act of vandalism. They should sound a much...
Image:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is received by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during an official ceremony in Abu Dhabi,...
When the Soul Becomes G-d’s Scout The camp breathes. Dust still hangs in the air — that fine, hot dust you do not notice whilst breathing it in,...
As I walked away from that checkpoint, carrying my tefillin, I thought to myself: Maybe the greatest protest we can stage today is against Jewish...
Why Winning the World Cup Seldom Sparks a Baby Boom Author: Jose (Yossi) Chvaicer, June 2026 ABSTRACT For decades, commentators have repeated a...
President Trump announced on May 25 that joining the Abraham Accords should be treated as mandatory for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt,...
Financial incentives may ease the burden of reserve duty, but they cannot replace a shared sense of responsibility. A few days ago, Yinon Magal...
… תּוֹרָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט אֶחָ֖ד יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר...
But the men (who were sent to spy the land) said: We are not able to go up to the land … because it is inhabited by the Nephilim, giants … and we...
All nations choose their heroes. Few have the privilege of choosing heroes without shadows. Ukraine Is No Exception As the war against Russia...
A new Pew Research Center survey should stop us in our tracks. Across 36 countries, a median of 67% of adults now hold an unfavorable view of Israel,...
Both societies have wrestled with questions of identity, security, demographics, and the challenge of protecting vulnerable communities in the face of...
The United States and its allies must guarantee freedom of navigation in the world’s most critical maritime chokepoint. The military weakening of...
“My son was actually upset with me,” Iris told us this week. Why was he upset? Because he felt less loved than his brother and sister were....
Opposition to Jews by Jews is an old story. Jewish history is filled with examples of Jews who turned against their own people, often with...
Every day, he updated a line in his email signature: “___ days of no complaining.” That’s called accountability. And it suggests a couple...
A first-ever presidential visit to Kazakhstan was not a routine bilateral courtesy. It was a quiet reminder that the Republic of Cyprus’s...
This time of year marks another anniversary of a historical event that Israelis and Palestinians remember in dramatically different ways. For...