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So…You Want to Globalize the Intifada?

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Jessica Menton

Never Again, Again?

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Sabine Sterk

Humiliation or Humility

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Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Enoch Powell and Donald Trump

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Gershon Hepner

The Jerusalem Day I dream of….

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Ben Lazarus

The ‘Anti-Zionist’ Cesspool You’ve Never Heard Of

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Ruthie Hollander

Behar-Behukkotai: Beginnings, Endings, In-Between

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Hannah Geller

Yom Yerushalayim on Campus: A Real City, Real Hope

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Ariela Gordon-Shaag

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Mijal Bitton

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Anna Abramzon

Behar-Bechukotai: A Blessing amid the Curse

In this week’s double Torah portion, Behar-Bechukotai, we are presented with a stark contrast: the blessings that await us if we walk with God, and...

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David Harbater

Climate Activist Sarah Milgrim Was Murdered

I write today with a broken heart. Last night, my friend and fellow climate activist Sarah Milgrim and her soon-to-be fiancé, Yaron Lischinsky,...

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Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi

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The killing of two Israeli embassy staff members on the steps of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, should leave no room for ambiguity:...

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Omar Mohammed

In Memoriam: Michael Brand

Reb Shlomo Carlebach had a left-wing and a right-wing side. A friend of mine once asked him what he would vote for in the upcoming elections in...

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Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

History Repeats: Global Antisemitism Surges

History Repeating Itself: The Alarming Rise of Global Antisemitism The Holocaust did not begin with gas chambers. It began with words. Before six...

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Sabine Sterk

Qatar and the War of Narratives

When people speak of Qatar’s influence, they usually mean diplomacy, energy markets, real estate, big business, government contracts, and political...

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Esther Surkis

Blessings, cathartic curses and seeing the truth

Blessings and curses are all around us. Most of them happen in our minds. We curse our enemies in our minds, at times asking God to intervene and...

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Adam Borowski

What If: Musings on Parshat Behar

This week, I am tackling the very difficult topic of the ad infinitum slavery of those from the nations around us in this week’s parshat behar. It...

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Naomi Graetz

There is More To Life

(Note: there are quotes written in bold, from the weekend, randomly written throughout this blog. I don’t know the sources for these quotes.) “You...

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Sarah Bechor

Poland’s Jewish Legacy and the Spirit of the Abraham Accords

When it comes to Jewish history and identity, Poland stands as one of the most significant and controversial countries impacting the Jewish people....

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Alexander Woodman

May Israel be Blessed with Peace

Now in our second year of the war, we are still waiting for the peace and tranquility that is described in Vayikra 26:6 : I will grant peace in the...

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Sharona Margolin Halickman

A Beacon From Zion Shines After 10/7

On October 7 (Black Saturday), 2023, a young woman was at the Nova festival when Hamas terrorists began their horrific invasion. Yuval Raphael...

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Jonathan Rosenoer

Preserving Our Legacy: Lessons from a Small Kehilla

Judaism is not merely a religion—it is a comprehensive way of life, encompassing faith, culture, tradition, and values passed down through...

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Yehudi Sabbagh

Joy of All the Earth – My Paean to Jerusalem

My paean to the State of Israel began with a reference to astronauts and outer space. I’ll begin this paean to Jerusalem in the same way. The...

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Moshe Grussgott

In Memory of Mrs. Miriam Elkins

  She was a pillar of strength, sweetness, fire and sensitivity- yet also unassuming. A rare blend. A rare blend indeed. I was thinking about what...

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Devorah First

For Jews, the Name Leo Evokes a Dark Period of Antisemitism

As the dust settles from the election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the world is learning about the person he is and...

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Paul J. Kutner

Commemorating Yom Yerushalayim with Courage, Inspiration, Resilience and Promise

“Im eshkachech Yerushalayim, tishkach yemini” – “if I forget Jerusalem, may my right hand lose its skill”. Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) takes...

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Chaim Y. Botwinick

Why do I weep every time I hear the Hatikva

When I was fifteen, our principal walked into the classroom to make an important announcement: “Next month, we will celebrate Israel Week.” She...

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Rebecca Liebermann Nissel

The Enlightenment and the Haskalah movement in the First Reich

The general enlightenment period in the First Reich did not immediately include the Jewish community. There were some Jewish Reform schools, dating...

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David Ramati

Equality and the Fiction of Ideology

“Speak to the Israelites. You must say to them: ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must rest [an agricultural] Sabbath in...

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Steve Rodan

On the Issue of Extremism

It has come to my attention that some Jewish groups have initiated a futile crusade against their fellow Jews. That rather than embrace the sole...

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Joshua Dubin-Schlesinger

Moshiach

Life Pure Clear Kind Happy Peace Wondrous Knowing G-d Seeing Understanding Appreciating Thanking Loving Rejoicing Laughing Dancing Reuniting *****...

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Yoseph Janowski

Jerusalem: City of Peace or of Provocation Protest? The Flag March is Coming

Jerusalem was united on June 7, 1967 during the Six Day War. From 1948 until that day, Jerusalem was a divided city with the Old City and other...

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David Matlow

Time to Take That Hill – A Post-10/7 Playbook

Since October 7th, I have vacillated between hope and despair, ping-ponging between a visceral desire to do anything I could to fight for our...

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Ari M. Berman

The United Nations Security Council Should Stop the War in Gaza Now

On December 11, 2024, following the successful cease-fire that has entered into force on November 27, 2024, between Israel and Lebanon, I wrote a...

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Arie M. Kacowicz

The Task of Our Generation is to Build a Strong and High-Quality Public Service

Throughout the history of the State of Israel, the education system has been a cradle for nurturing leaders of significant national missions....

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Omer Weinberg

Each person is born free to a family

Each Person Is Born Free To a Family Double Torah Portion  Behar: Leviticus Chapter 25 – 26:2   Behukkotai : Leviticus Chapter 26:3 – 27:34  ...

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Michel M.j. Shore

Haftarat Parshat Behar-Bechukotai: Individual Responsibility, Collective Rewards

Parshat Bechukotai opens with a powerful promise: “If you walk in My statutes… I will give your rains in their season, the land shall yield its...

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Kenneth Brander

Ensuring a Strong Jewish Future: Why Education Must Be a Right, Not a Privilege

Jewish education is not merely an option; it is the lifeblood of our community’s future. It is how we pass down the culture of our Jewish identity...

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Hadara Ishak

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Israel is poised to become a global AI superpower. Will the Jewish state surpass America, Europe, or China on big fundamental models for artificial...

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Michael Fertik

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Eurovision won’t change the Middle East, but it has revealed a simple truth: the gap between the public and the judges wasn’t a matter of musical...

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Dov Maimon

Compassion zero

Are you tired of hearing that he suffered? That he had a difficult childhood? That trauma shaped his life? Bravo, you’ve reached compassion zero...

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Claudine Clark

Brazen Haredi Draft Dodgers

Last June, in a long overdue verdict, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled  that the exemption haredi yeshiva students have enjoyed from compulsory...

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Sheldon Kirshner

Strong Body, Stronger Mind: The 3 Peaks Challenge

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Michal Cohen-Sagi

Myths and consequences

My fellow Israelis, as we continue to fight the same old war in the new Middle East, it might be time to dust off those myths we tell ourselves,...

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Judy Halper

Hey Pedagogues, leave the kids alone…

At the age of twelve, I voluntarily entered a Quaker co-ed boarding school. What made that school distinctive was the Quaker education experience....

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Louis Hemmings

The Real Qatar Scandal Isn’t Trump

The Real Qatar Scandal Isn’t Trump—It’s the Education Takeover the Left Ignored President Trump’s recent meeting with the Emir of Qatar has...

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Steven Rosenberg

The Red Line in The Hague Ignored One Side

Let me be clear from the start: I do not support the way Israel’s government has conducted this war. Netanyahu’s policies have been morally...

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Domicela Heijmeriks

The forgotten refugees

A few days ago, the ‘Nakba’ was commemorated. For the Arab world, this represents the ‘catastrophe’ of the refugee flow resulting from the...

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Cedric Vloemans

A very good discussion of Jewish values

Readers will enjoy Rabbi Dr. Nachum Amsel’s 2025 301-page book, “Jewish Values in the Torah Portion,” published by Gefen Publishing House. Rabbi...

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Israel Drazin