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Alan Haber

The October 7 government has abandoned our security, and Gantz is always there to hand them a ladder to climb down

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Shimon Sheves

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Eugene Korn

Yehi Ohr and Unfolding the Name of 42

yesterday 9

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Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

Pink confetti and yellow butterflies and fiercely living every moment

yesterday 8

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Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The Air India Crash

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Yoseph Janowski

What If Neuralink Could Hack Consciousness Like DMT and Rewrite Reality at Will?

yesterday 8

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Vincent James Hooper

Israel and the Moving Sands of the Middle East

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Taha A. Lemkhir

Mental meanderings of geniuses

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Adam Borowski

Bound by Borders – mitzarim, gevul, techum, s’far

yesterday 7

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Reuven Chaim Klein

The Middle East’s Enlightenment: Why Secularism is the Only Path to Salvation

We must begin with an uncomfortable truth: civilization, for all its cathedrals, minarets, pyramids, and pagodas, is not built on faith. It is...

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Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Insights and Connections: Unpacking Donald J. Trump

The 47th President of the United States is both a complex and controversial figure. History will evaluate his imprint on our society and evaluate...

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Steven Windmueller

As Arab World Warms to Israel, Some Embrace Rejectionism

The Arab war against Israel started long before Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948. Zionism took off in Europe in the late 19th...

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Kenneth Jacobson

The Moral Failure of German Media on Israel

The Moral Failure of German Media on Israel

Something is deeply broken. What was once a solemn remembrance now feels like selective memory, and perhaps even betrayal. Germany built its...

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Michael Kuenne

Laurent Joly Interview | Alex Gilbert #285

Laurent Joly Interview | Alex Gilbert #285

Laurent Joly, CNRS research director and expert on Vichy France, recently became the focus of a high-profile defamation trial after an article in...

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Alexandre Gilbert

Tisha B’Av and Lithuania

Tisha B’Av and Lithuania

Tisha B’Av and the Ongoing Struggle Against Lithuanian Holocaust Revisionism Tisha B’Av, observed annually on the ninth day of the Jewish month of...

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Grant Arthur Gochin

Time for Israel’s Haredim to Make the Real Aliyah—to Brooklyn or Lakewood

 Where Hashem Provides For Real, Not The Goyim in the Knesset! Israel has become a difficult place for certain communities—especially those who...

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Paul Mendlowitz

A peace agreement for Gaza

Trumpian, bold and sober, frankly showing who won and who lost Dutch saying: Soft doctors make stinking wounds. 1. All terrorists lay down their...

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Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

Being In-between

Being In-between

I am in-between writing poetry and writing bills. I am in-between painting and praying. My hands, right and left, Are in midair. Do they go...

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Hope Blecher

Syrian Violence Embroiled Israel

This week’s sectarian violence in the southwestern Syrian province of Suweida, which ended on July 18 with a ceasefire brokered by the United...

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Sheldon Kirshner

Bringing G-d Into Our Homes

There was a final census taken at the end of the forty years in the desert. The difference between this census and the one taken after leaving...

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Kenneth Cohen

Prevent the Prolonging of the War Now!

This is a message to the people responsible for the negotiations on ending the war in Gaza. It is a message to the members of the Israeli team (...

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Gershon Baskin

Loved, hated, respected, feared

It’s better to be feared than to be loved, if you are a small state in the Middle East. In Israel’s neighborhood, one can add hated, because that’s...

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Steve Kramer

War Games Part 2: Let’s Make a Deal

War Games Part 2: Let’s Make a Deal

Just one month ago, when I published my last blog post, we, the people of Israel, were being held hostage by our war-mongering leaders. We sat in...

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Nili Bresler

Taking it Personally

Our almost 8-year-old granddaughter breaking eggs, measuring sugar, flour, oil, pouring batter into a pan, yesterday, while I watched, asked if...

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Harriet Gimpel

A Broken Trust: An Educator’s Reckoning with a Post-October 7 World

For twenty years, I didn’t just work in public education; I lived it. I had the profound privilege of building my career on a foundation of equity,...

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Cassie Schwartz

What phobias and utopias have in common

What phobias and utopias have in common

He is a self-proclaimed anti-Zionist, rejecting the right of Jews to their homeland. He firmly rejects the notion of Israel as a Jewish state,...

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Yonatan Beker

Blood Is Not Belonging: On the Theft and Reinvention of Identity

In every great historical dispute, there comes a moment when language fails—not from lack of vocabulary, but from excess. Words like “native,” “...

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Ivan Bassov

Ah bay gezagt

My mother, a Romanian born Holocaust survivor, was one of the kindest, simplest (I thought) people I ever met. She would always find something nice...

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Elaine Rosenberg Miller

Jews Under Fire: A Growing Threat

The Rise of Antisemitism and Political Violence in the U.S. and Around the World In recent years, antisemitism and political violence have surged...

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Jeff Schindler

99 Names to Speak and One Silent Name to Love

Because they have many Gods; polytheists have many names for God; just as humans have many names for their many relatives and friends. But how can...

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Allen S. Maller

Solving the Palestinian Problem Requires Truth Not Misinformation.

Two recent articles in the Wall Street Journal need to be discussed. First is Mr. Elliot Kaufman’s July 5, 2025 “A New Palestinian Offer for Peace...

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David S. Levine

My Faith Strengthens as My Body Weakens

My Faith Strengthens as My Body Weakens

A number of people have asked me—and I think even more have quietly wondered—what happens to your faith when you’re staring down the barrel of the...

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Ben Lazarus

Piers Morgan Falsely Fact-Checked me on His Show about German Civilian Casualties in WWII

Recently, I participated in a televised discussion on my friend Piers Morgan’s show, where I referenced the civilian death toll caused by Allied...

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Shmuley Boteach

Breadlines in NYC? Mamdani Exposed: Gregory Lyakhov – Viktor Frankl Podcast

Breadlines in NYC? Mamdani Exposed: Gregory Lyakhov – Viktor Frankl Podcast

Watch my latest interview with Daniel Schonbuch, where I expose the REAL danger behind Zohran Mamdani’s agenda—and how it threatens the future...

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Gregory Lyakhov

The Torah story I’ve always avoided — and why I’m rethinking it

I didn’t want to write a d’var Torah this week. When my husband asked why I was procrastinating, I hadn’t yet put my finger on it. But the real...

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Ruthie Hollander

Bibi repeats Shamir’s mistake

When Yitzhak Shamir was Israel’s prime minister, he supported giving Palestinians self-autonomy. When Moshe Katsav, who was then Minister of...

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Yoseph Janowski

Can We Moderates Win in a Partisan Age? (Pinchas)

Can We Moderates Win in a Partisan Age? (Pinchas)

When extremists flourish, how can moderates make a difference? A students asked me this question a few weeks ago. I was teaching a class on...

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Mijal Bitton

The simple, objective stats prove there never was a genocide in the Gaza Strip

Don’t be naïve. Antisemites are not interested in facts or proofs. They’re busy with Jew-hatred, which is not an opinion or state of mind but...

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Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

The Druze-Jewish Covenant: A Unique Alliance of Fate and Destiny

In a world where the sense of belonging and identity is shaken and threatened, and where alienation and suspicion often replace solidarity and...

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Sophy Turkea Yurman

ENDING THE WAR IN GAZA – WHAT’S IN IT FOR THE USA?

The reconstruction of Gaza could potentially benefit the U.S. economy in many ways, though the extent of these benefits would depend on the scale...

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Gershon Baskin

NBEC’s Darius Jones on the Black-Jewish Alliance 2.0

NBEC’s Darius Jones on the Black-Jewish Alliance 2.0

At a time when the Jewish community needs allies more than ever, we’re fortunate to have Darius Jones in our corner. Darius is the Founder and...

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Leah Grossman

Politics and the Bimah: Where to Draw the Line

I have always appreciated when rabbis relate the weekly Torah portion to current events. Whether it’s food insecurity in the U.S. and the...

17.07.2025 40

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Paula Jacobs

“The Fifth Dimension”  Parashat Pinchas 5785

I have long ceased to be surprised when I suddenly notice something that has been standing right before my eyes for over sixty years. People...

17.07.2025 1

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Ari Sacher

Are We Jews Now Creating a Ghetto for Others?  

Matshona Dhliwayo is a Canadian-based philosopher, entrepreneur, and author known for his inspirational and motivational writings. He has authored...

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Sherwin Pomerantz

Relying on Trump is a Dangerous Gamble

Relying on Trump is a Dangerous Gamble

Israel today doesn’t have a foreign policy – it has a gamble.  Key Western allies – including Germany, Britain, France, and Italy – are...

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Nadav Tamir

Hebron, from Biblical origins to the denial of its Jewish identity

In 2017, the Palestinian Authority was given “Hebron/Al-Khalil old town” by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC). The WHC recognizes, in...

17.07.2025 40

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Shimon Samuels

Israeli unis offer alternative amid antisemitism

Israeli unis offer alternative amid antisemitism

American college campuses, once seen as bastions of free thought and inclusion, have become breeding grounds for antisemitism and anti-Zionism....

17.07.2025 40

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Jonathan Davis

Defending the Druze, Supporting the Kurds: Israel’s Strategy in Syria

Defending the Druze, Supporting the Kurds: Israel’s Strategy in Syria

The unprecedented Israeli Air Force strikes against Syrian regime forces attempting to massacre the Druze minority in Sweida were not merely...

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Shay Gal

What needs to change is inside us

So now what? We’ve been in this crazy war for over a year and a half. We’ve had amazing battlefield victories, strategic victories, and progress on...

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Yoram Schwell