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Before touring the Anne Frank exhibition at New York’s Center for Jewish History (CJH), I decided to do background research. That is, I read the...
New large language models (LLMs) seem to appear every day, yet the controversy surrounding the legality of training them on copyrighted material...
With all the news coming out of Israel these days, it would’ve been easy to miss the recent prediction by Moody’s that the country’s...
“My students grants on Alzheimer’s Disease were cancelled.” “I can only keep my lab open for a month or two without these funds.” These are the...
The question is often asked as to whether the Jewish calendar is lunar or solar. The correct answer is that it is both. The individual months are...
This is the 22nd part of a series on Christianity and the history of antisemitism. While we are often reminded to “Never forget,” many of us were...
The United Nations says Israel is stopping the women of Gaza from reproducing. The three-person Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian...
They were always there- at school plays, birthday parties, sitting amongst us in the audience at Yom Hashoah memorials. They were in our homes,...
This Shabbat is a banner Shabbat in the Jewish calendar. We read parshat Pekudei, which completes our yearly reading of the book of Exodus. It is...
Introduction On October 7, 2023, Hamas conducted surprise attacks on several areas in Israel, slaughtering millions of innocent people.[1] Akin to...
New Book by Yosef Mendelevich Interview by Tzvi Fishman A scholarly book on a fascinating yet little known subject in the chronicles of Jewish...
When the United Nations appointed Francesca Albanese as the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, it seemingly favored an “...
The US is reportedly sending planes to an island in the Indian Ocean, ostensibly in position to attack Iran. Hamas is on the verge of being...
This coming Shabbat, we find ourselves beginning the book of Vayikra, or, as Chazal referred to it, “Torat Kohanim,” ‘the law of the priests.’ At...
1 And the LORD called unto Moshe, and spoke unto him from the tent of meeting, saying: א וַיִּקְרָא אֶל-מֹשֶׁה;...
We sat in a beautiful room, around 50 of us. Jews and Arabs together, as is usual wherever we go these days. It’s our normality, living in a shared...
Netanyahu’s government rests on a precarious foundation. Since his return to power in 2022, his coalition’s survival has depended almost entirely...
After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the Sages of the Talmud observed a profound upheaval in the world, questioning whether the laws...
In his book The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), French existentialist author Albert Camus pointed out the absurdity of life and how we, knowing that, need...
As I made my way to Bevis Marks Synagogue in London, I marveled at the picturesque sight of children hurrying to catch a school bus. Meanwhile,...
As news of a possible ceasefire in Ukraine continues to make the headlines, I feel a rush of hope and caution. It’s the same uneasy swirl of...
After several discussions with friends over the last few days, I decided to try and understand a world which increasingly makes no sense. The...
Are they faking being Orthodox or just weak? First of all, dishonesty is as antithetical as anything to Judaism. The Sages of the Talmud show...
Israeli democracy is on borrowed time. After years of incremental erosion, the democratic backslide is no longer theoretical. It is happening. And...
Rehov Caspi, a magnificent street in the historic Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem, stands as a testament to the unbreakable spirit of Israel....
The United Arab Emirates is betting that recent anti-Hamas protests in Gazan towns, supported by influential tribes and clans, will strengthen Abu...
Turkish President Erdogan is gearing up for war. Given his support globally to radical Islamist regimes, Turkey may soon replace Iran and Pakistan...
The potential appointment of former Arkansas governor and conservative commentator Mike Huckabee as the United States Ambassador to Israel has...
Israel’s new ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter recently spoke directly to millions of Arabs in an exclusive television interview....
Imagine waking up one morning to find the water in your home barely trickling from the taps, slow and murky, or worse—completely blocked....
A new television series from Argentina, Family Therapy, an appealing melange of comedy and drama, is now available on the ChaiFlicks streaming...
It began with a cancelled flight. My trip to Israel Via Frankfurt Required a re-route given a late announced strike In German airports. This was...
Three months ago, I had the special opportunity to speak to Iranians Americans, Jews and Israelis at a unique event in Virginia that sought to...
The Strength of a Nation: Israel’s Youth and Their Commitment to Service Serving one’s country is always a noble act, but serving a nation under...
Crucial is to juggle several principles at the same time A rational pacifist is not someone who says to a mass murderer, ‘Do whatever you want;...
Most people whose knowledge of Islam is derived from the daily news would be shocked to learn that Prophet Muhammad told Muslims, “Religion (Islam)...
In this episode: corsairs! Now, it seems we ain’t got no asterlabe, and our third-rate charts don’t serve no use, seein’ there ain’t no land...
The US-Iran nuclear situation remains a focal point of global security concerns, with President Donald Trump having issued a warning to Iran’s...
Eighty years after the liberation of Jews from concentration camps and the end of the Shoah, hostility toward Jews remains a persistent and...
A question is asked regarding the detailed accounting of the items used in the construction of the Mishkan. The amounts that were donated...