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As the Israelites are readying themselves for their forthcoming entry into the promised land, Moses, as we see in this weekly portion of Torah,...
Today would have been Sir Clive Sinclair’s eighty sixth birthday. He died in September 2021, aged eighty one, and the obituaries were kind but...
A Question Deserves Another Question A friend recently asked me whether I think we are living through the “Fourth Turning.” Being Jewish, I will...
The Ancient Synagogue of Barcelona is a unique historic site where Roman, medieval, and modern layers of the city’s Jewish heritage intersect....
Ezekiel was a priest deported to Babylon in 597 BCE, eleven years before the Temple fell. His oracles run from roughly 593 to 571 BCE, and two...
A theme of Moshe Rabbeinu’s final rebuke was a warning not to forsake Hashem when one was blessed with abundance. A further point he made is that it...
This is the second in my ongoing series, “Profiles in Activism.” After the war began on October 7, 2023, Seagal Hagege founded Kadima Concierge, a...
Part one of this series looked at: Why Gaza sits at the center of Trump’s regional architecture, and why Netanyahu’s habit of accepting the plan...
When Modern Orthodoxy Lost Its Mission In Part I of this series, I described four broad paths that today’s Modern Orthodox young adults are taking:...
Paul’s answer could not be stronger: Has God rejected Israel? “By no means!” (Rom. 11:1). But Paul’s concern extends beyond the Jewish people...
This is not a typical Holocaust memoir. Taken. Numbered. Survived. tells my mother’s story, but it also does something more. It brings together her...
It is often said that our ancestors’ dreams are the blueprints of our reality. But what happens when those dreams are forgotten or never shared with...
The Promise of the Ages Awaits Its Day (Reflections on the Haftorah for Re’eh) Diamonds, sapphires, all precious stones Will give the roads of...
By Joe Nalven Opus 5 Gemini Machines have already been creative, and it is worth being precise about where. In 2016, a Go program played a move in...
Oslo and Minsk both bought time. The Gaza roadmap is assembled from the same parts. On 31 August 2015, three Ukrainian National Guardsmen died outside...
PRO-ISRAEL DEMOCRATS CAN PRIMARY DSA INCUMBENTS, TOO For years, the Democratic Socialists of America and allied organizations have used Democratic...
Minutes into his lecture, the physicist’s voice disappeared beneath a wall of chants, shouts, and obscenities. Though he repeatedly invited the...
Between Horror and Reconstruction: The Journey of Miklos Kahan In an interview conducted by Sarita Mucinic Sarue, with the presence of Pricila Kahan...
Every day on the internet is another gift, though perhaps not one from the divine. Today, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when I came across...
In the Haftara for Parshat Re’eh (Yishayahu 54:16), we read the following words: Behold! I have created the smith who blows on a charcoal flame (esh...
In a recent ruling, the Sanhedrin has formally requested that Heaven reveal Moshiach and rebuild the Third Temple. This has drawn mixed reactions...
With the recent celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, much has been written about the Jewish/Biblical roots that inspired the...
Parchment to Pixels: Recovering Beauty in Jewish Prayer There was a time when the arrival of a new prayer book was an event. A skilled scribe copied...
Before Jonas Noreika signed the orders during the Nazi occupation, he had already published an antisemitic political program in 1933 My...
Anyone who utters “intfda nw,” “globalize the intfda,” or “g-s the Jews”—among other offense slogans—or hears them and nods in...
Parents throughout the spectrum of Jewish practice share a common hope: that their children will grow into adults capable of building loving...
The room fell silent before anyone realised why. My professor at Reichman University had asked what should have been one of the easiest questions of...
Another Islamist terror attack – this time on a Pride parade. A van plowed into the Berlin Pride Festival killing one woman and injuring 29 others....
Balochistan is currently experiencing one of the most severe violence outbreaks of the year. In the past few months, Pakistani security forces have...
I came home one morning after one of those night shifts, deep into the COVID-19 pandemic, where we did not stop moving for eight hours straight....
On the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington last week, Trump received a letter from Matan...
Abd al-Rahim Abd al-Hay Youssef Kardi. Chances are you had never heard his name. Why would you? None of the international media never considered his...
Lithuania published the deployment map. Foreign courts named the men. The state never produced the ledger. How many Jews did Lithuanians murder? The...
Catholic Social Teaching: Christianity’s Most Systematic Social Doctrine Catholic social teaching is sometimes mistaken for a collection of...
The erosion of support for Israel did not happen by accident. It is the culmination of decades of misinformation, historical revisionism, and the...
AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF THE ISSUANCE OF A WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF ZOHRAN MAMDANI I, Mark P Cohen, declare: I am a writer, lawyer, Jew, Zionist,...
History rarely repeats itself in precisely the same form. The faces change. The technology changes. The slogans change. But the methods by which...
The Book of Ruth begins with a famine in Bethlehem. A family leaves because there is nothing to eat in the town whose name means house of bread. They...
From the bustle of modern Athens—traffic surging, shopkeepers calling, cafés spilling onto narrow sidewalks—the eye is drawn upward. Above the...
In every era, societies have ultimately been judged not only by their military strength or economic prosperity, but by how they treat those who are...
Violence against media outlets and journalists has become commonplace. Politicians on both the right and the left routinely declare their intention to...
“Peace is for the women and the weak. Empires are forged in war.” It is what Agamemnon said to his brother Menelaus, who wanted his wife back...
But the Great Moderation was not the new normal. It was a pause — a deceptive lull in history’s recurring cycle of instability. When the 2008...
Human rights lose their moral authority when outrage is selective. Public officials who invoke the language of justice should apply the same standard...
The phrase “a light unto the nations”—אור גויים—comes from the prophet Isaiah. G-d tells His servant that restoring the tribes of...
This primary season, we’ve watched DSA-backed candidates challenge established Democratic representatives who have served their communities with...
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My daughter‑in‑law’s Saba passed away last week. He may have been a true Israeli hero, but to Sigal and all his grandchildren and...
In today’s climate, many Jewish people are weighing the risks of openly displaying their identity, such as wearing a Star of David, a kippah, or...
The Sanhedrin’s written ruling is dated 6 Menachem Av. Hold that date for a moment before anything else. Three days before Tisha B’Av. Inside the...
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