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Yesterday we lost a devoted, loyal and staunch advocate of the Jewish people, Abe Foxman (of Blessed Memory) who passed away at the age of 86. Abe was...
So this past week, I was in a supermarket, and I went to the front desk because I could not find the Cape Cod chips in the 100-calorie bag. I am...
I once heard someone say that true love is sharing your popcorn. Not offering a few pieces out of politeness. Actually handing over the bucket without...
A surge in antisemitic intimidation, paired with political equivocation, is testing Britain’s civic compact and exposing the state’s difficulty in...
Much of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s interview with Major Garrett that aired Sunday night did not make it into the televised 60 Minutes...
There’s a particular kind of madness that happens in a bathroom at 7:12am. Fluorescent lighting that could double as an interrogation tactic, a...
Vincent Descombes is one of the major figures of contemporary French philosophy, known for his work at the intersection of analytic philosophy, social...
We are about to celebrate the anniversary when we stood at the foot of Mount Sinai, and the Almighty revealed His presence to us, telling us the Ten...
There is a societal disease spreading across the United States. It has penetrated public schools, university campuses, corporations, media...
When Quiet Makes Listening Possible “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one.”— Deuteronomy 6:4 “Be still, and know that I am...
At first glance, Iran’s behavior makes little sense. Its economy is battered, its currency has collapsed, inflation is crushing ordinary citizens,...
Good news, fellow Toronto Jews. The world is not ending for us. Neil Diamond taught me this. At the Mother’s Day matinee of A Beautiful Noise at the...
As diplomatic flurries intensify between Washington and Tehran, the US, Israel, and, indeed, the whole world find themselves at a pivotal moment...
To Lithuanian historian Algimantas Kasparavicius, the greatest tragedy of 20th century Lithuania occurred not when it lost its statehood following the...
The country that built the technology transforming global business operations hasn’t brought that technology home — and its SMB sector is paying...
The hantavirus outbreak linked to infections aboard the MV Hondius, which arrived in the Canary Islands after several passengers were reported ill,...
Acquitted After 11 Months: Jordanian Court Closes the Case Against Political Analyst Rami Dabbas Rami Dabbas drew widespread attention across social...
Last week, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir once again provoked global recriminations when he posted an AI-generated...
The three monotheistic Prophet Abraham religions, all have important information about the evil end of the ‘end of the old world; and the great...
There are moments in history when humanity realizes too late that something irreplaceable has disappeared. The Dodo bird became one of those moments....
Note: This article is a translation of my Russian-language piece «Согласно правилам русского языка» (“According to...
True Friendship Lives Beyond Time and Space (Reflection on the Special Haftorah to Torah Portion Bamidbar) True friendship is caring for one’s...
There is a persistent temptation to measure conflicts in missiles, troop movements, and territorial gains. But in the long struggle surrounding Israel...
In September 2025, a diplomat from Tuvalu raised a small placard against the creation of a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly....
The Wall Street Journal investigation into Israel’s secret forward base in Iraq’s western desert offers more than a wartime footnote. It supplies...
It is interesting to note that both in Parshat Behar and in Parshat Bechkotai, we have the verse, וישבתם לבטח בארצכם, “And you shall...
For five years, I researched and documented the history and legacy of the Baltic Holocaust while producing my documentary Baltic Truth, now available...
Kurds and Jews in London: From a Protest Rally to a Political and Humanitarian Message Against Hatred, Extremism, and Oppression On Sunday, 10 May...
Avraham’s Silence and Protest – Faith, Justice, and Moral Courage This essay is one of the winning submissions to the Rabbi Sacks Essay Contest....
The UAE’s exit from OPEC on May 1 was not a tantrum. It was a strategic calculation years in the making. Abu Dhabi had invested $150 billion...
Every election in Israel seems to be the most important. We are a small country and the government that forms has direct impact on the lives of all of...
A New Strategic Constraint and an Iranian Center of Gravity An Asymmetrical War Recentered on Proximity The confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah...
It pains me to see terms of what may be an end to the current and essential war against the Islamic Republic of Iran that may end up leaving the...
Before the unveiling, the figure was blessed. Pastor Mark Burns — Trump’s longtime spiritual adviser and a candidate for Congress in South...
I recently attended a healthcare conference in Washington, DC. It was the first time back in my hometown in many years. No surprise, much has changed....
Lithuania’s free-speech performance collapses when Facebook posts and YouTube videos become state files. Lithuania left the Soviet Union in 1990....
Were the mental health crises I witnessed in American Jewish teenagers a symptom of a political destabilization already on its way? For many years I...
Have you noticed how the Golders Green stabbings seem to have been a tipping point in the perception of antisemitism in the UK. Although all those...
Bnei Akiva is tucked into the very folds of my DNA. It is a mosaic of late-night conversations, lifelong friendships, and a value system that helped...
I was on my way to see the play Giant when an LED-light-clad advertising trucks rolled by, as they are wont to do on Broadway and Times Square. The...
I know not to ask you how you are this Mother’s Day. Or any other day. Because every day, all year long, for eternity, you remain Hersh’s mother....
For 17 years, I had the privilege of working alongside – and learning from – Abe Foxman, one of the great Jewish leaders of our time. To almost...
Until This Day: Reflections at My Mother’s Matzevah Last week, our family gathered at Agecroft Beis Hachayim in Manchester to set the matzevah for...
For decades, support for Israel was one of the few issues that united Republicans and Democrats in Washington. Liberals saw Israel as a democratic...
I can still remember what it felt like to notice, for the first time, that being Jewish made me different. It was never a single moment, but a series...
In the comfortable boardrooms and lecture halls of the West, a dangerous, slanderous narrative has taken root: the idea that Israel is a European...
Do they even bother to read Parshat Bamidbar in haredi yeshivot and synagogues? If so, do they pay attention to what is being read? The verse...
Listening Beyond Familiar Voices “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one.”— Deuteronomy 6:4 “You shall love the stranger, for...
It’s happening again this year — that odd Jewish calendar quirk where the Torah readings in Israel and the diaspora fall out of sync. This year,...
Today, there is an extraordinary global habit in which millions who would never dream of questioning Japan, Brazil, or Belgium casually gather to...
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