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Why Israeli-Palestinian Peace Depends on American Leadership

Israeli society is traumatized, just as it was after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which claimed the lives of 2,656 of our sons and daughters. That war,...

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Nadav Tamir

Israel’s Double Reclassification

The most dangerous political events do not always announce themselves as ruptures. Sometimes the rupture is hidden inside continuity. The flag remains...

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Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

From Lab to Life: An AI-Designed Vaccine

The BBC reports today, June 5, that “Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine that could protect...

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Shlomo Maital

The Accidental Socialist

The Accidental Socialist

Being a socialist is hard. Being an accidental socialist is harder. Because I didn’t really choose this life per se. I was never into the ideology....

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Julie Shamir

The State of Parliament, or the Opening of One?

Every year, the British constitution performs a magic trick. A monarch dons a crown worth more than most pension funds, rides through London in a...

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Vincent James Hooper

Fighting Hate One Person at a Time

Fighting Hate One Person at a Time

Standing Strong for Israel If you were to look at my screen time statistics, you would probably think I am pathetic. More than four hours a day...

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Sabine Sterk

Garnethill Synagogue, Scotland’s Oldest Synagogue

Garnethill Synagogue, Scotland’s Oldest Synagogue

Nestled in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland, is the historic Garnethill Synagogue, home to the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre and the Scottish Jewish...

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Jay abramson

Cuz You’re Ugly

Sharon Angelhart’s Hebrew-language movie, Cuz You’re Ugly, is a closely-observed character study of an obese and unattractive young woman who...

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Sheldon Kirshner

Irvin Unger: Athur Szyk’s John the Baptist

Irvin Unger, Reviving the Artist Who Fought Hitler: My Life with Arthur Szyk (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2026). “My soul is bound up with...

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Michael Berenbaum

When Police Associations Enter Political Territory

When Police Associations Enter Political Territory

The fight against anti-Muslim hatred is both necessary and important. Muslims, like all minority communities, deserve protection from discrimination,...

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Gill levy

X Rikuday Festival marks 10th edition at Latin America Memorial

X Rikuday Festival marks 10th edition at Latin America Memorial

The Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP) will host on June 21 (Sunday), from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., the 10th edition of Rikuday – Festival of Dance...

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Silas Anastacio

Idi Amin’s Revenge

I have a special relationship with Idi Amin. When I was in law school, I appointed myself the Arts Editor (a post that hadn’t existed before, to the...

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Elaine Rosenberg Miller

From the Cemetery to the Maternity Ward

From the Cemetery to the Maternity Ward

This Monday, I drove from one end of the universe to the other. Not literally, of course. I was only driving a few short miles from the cemetery,...

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Yankie denburg

A Blueprint for Using LLMs as Knowledge Tools: Humanities and Social Sciences

A Blueprint for Using LLMs as Knowledge Tools: Humanities and Social Sciences

By Joe Nalven Claude Gemini ChatGPT What shifts is not who creates but what creating means. Not the one who makes meaning from nothing, but...

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Joe Nalven

Gadi Eisenkot and the Politics of Consequence

Gadi Eisenkot and the Politics of Consequence

I was at a wedding in Israel several months ago, sitting beside someone who has served the country for decades. Between the music, the blessings, the...

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Seth Eisenberg

✈️ The Point of No Return

However, the Talmud (Bava Metzia 58b) interprets the second mention as a distinct prohibition against verbal mistreatment. Known as ona’at...

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Shamai Leibowitz

The Protestant’s warning to Israel

What Intra-Jewish Fragmentation Has in Common with the Wars That Nearly Destroyed Western Civilization — and the One Solution That Worked Israel...

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Richard Diamond

Fifth Avenue and the Future

Fifth Avenue and the Future

There are moments when a people reveal themselves not through speeches or declarations, but through the simple act of showing up. This year’s Israel...

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Catherine Perez-Shakdam

The Great Egret has a Request! Shabbat Shalom! 20 Sivan 5786

The Great Egret has a Request! Shabbat Shalom! 20 Sivan 5786

The Great Eregt said as he looked down at all of his creations! I will answer all your prayers for good! I will right all that is wrong! I see...

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Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer

Confronting antisemitism in a turbulent Europe

Confronting antisemitism in a turbulent Europe

Portugal has experienced a notable week of initiatives aimed at supporting the Jewish community and countering antisemitism, amid a broader rise in...

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Sofia Afonso Ferreira

Treasure Trove: Let the Opportunity for Peace Not Fall From Our Hands (1967)

The six days of the Six Day War were June 5 to 10, 1967.  In this edition of Life Magazine, the war was described as astounding and Israel as “a...

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David Matlow

A New Era for Sky News Arabia: Strategic Evolution and Regional Leadership

A New Era for Sky News Arabia: Strategic Evolution and Regional Leadership

How a restructuring of the iconic joint venture reinforces the broadcaster’s commercial maturity, editorial independence, and future as a multimedia...

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Michael Arizanti

Why ‘Crazy’ Isn’t the Worst Political Insult

Recently, there was a rather unpleasant one-sided conversation between the leaders of the two most important countries in my world: Israel and the...

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Harold Witkov

Eyes in Your Head: The Light of Truth Self Honesty and More Chulin 44-46

Eyes in Your Head: The Light of Truth and the Wisdom of Self Honesty Our Gemara on Amud Aleph quotes a verse in Koheles (2:14): “The wise have their...

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Simcha Feuerman

Antisemitism in American Health Care: Praying With Your Voice and Your Feet

Antisemitism in American Health Care: Praying With Your Voice and Your Feet

This is the third column in a multi-part series by the author on “Antisemitism in the Medical Field.” From biblical times when “there rose a...

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Michelle Elisburg

Love, marriage, and sex

My father, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Drazin (1906-1976), published his book Marriage Made in Heaven in 1958. The book, which provides a frank discussion on sex...

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Israel Drazin

In Italy, Antisemitism Comes at No Cost

On October 7, 2024, on the anniversary of the Nova Festival massacre, the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano published a comic strip by its cartoonist...

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Carmen Dal Monte

Well, rabies wasn’t on my 2026 Bingo card and now I’m foaming at the mouth

Well, rabies wasn’t on my 2026 Bingo card and now I’m foaming at the mouth

It’s been quite a year — missiles, terror, Jew hatred all over the world, extremist attacks against Christians and Muslims in Israel, hantavirus,...

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Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Parshas Behaaloscha: Heavy Lifting

וְהֵנִיף֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֤ם תְּנוּפָה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י...

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Gedalia Walls

Beha’alotecha and the Journey of a Father’s Heart

Beha’alotecha and the Journey of a Father’s Heart

When love is misunderstood, when distance grows, and when hope refuses to die Beha’alotecha: When the Heart Carries More Than It Can Hold In...

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Eliezer avraham

Pigeons, Leadership and Prayer

All things pigeon: Carrier pigeons, Venice, Italy and big cities, pigeon pose in Yoga, and have you heard about the good luck pigeon poop brings? On...

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Yulia Medovoy Edelshtain

Emunah. I Have Faith.

Emunah. Faith. Not belief, not religion. Faith. I have faith in the Israel I know. The Israel which raised more than 600,000 NIS in a matter of hours,...

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Paul Mirbach

Will the Ultra-Orthodox and the Messianic Right Find a Common Enemy?

The shattered windows at the home of the Deputy Supreme Court Chief Justice are more than just an ugly act of vandalism. They should sound a much...

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Yehuda Lukacs

Modi’s Busy: From Myanmar, UAE to Cyprus and Italy, Building India’s IMEC Future

Image:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is received by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during an official ceremony in Abu Dhabi,...

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Rafi Glick

Parashat Shelach

Parashat Shelach

When the Soul Becomes G-d’s Scout The camp breathes. Dust still hangs in the air — that fine, hot dust you do not notice whilst breathing it in,...

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Yosef B. Moran

A Guard at Gracie Mansion Asked If I Hate Israel

A Guard at Gracie Mansion Asked If I Hate Israel

As I walked away from that checkpoint, carrying my tefillin, I thought to myself: Maybe the greatest protest we can stage today is against Jewish...

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Uriel Vigler

WORLD CUP 2026: MORE DISTRACTION THAN ROMANCE

Why Winning the World Cup Seldom Sparks a Baby Boom Author: Jose (Yossi) Chvaicer,  June 2026 ABSTRACT For decades, commentators have repeated a...

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Jose chvaicer

Trump’s Mandatory Abraham Accords are dangerous; Why he pushes it still

Trump’s Mandatory Abraham Accords are dangerous; Why he pushes it still

President Trump announced on May 25 that joining the Abraham Accords should be treated as mandatory for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt,...

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Brian mcdonald

Israel Cannot Pay Its Way Out of the Reserve Crisis

Financial incentives may ease the burden of reserve duty, but they cannot replace a shared sense of responsibility. A few days ago, Yinon Magal...

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Tomer Adela

Would the Torah declare Haredim ineligible to vote? (Parshat Shelah)

… תּוֹרָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט אֶחָ֖ד יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר...

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J.j Gross

Parashat Shelach: The Tragedy of the Grasshopper

But the men (who were sent to spy the land) said: We are not able to go up to the land … because it is inhabited by the Nephilim, giants … and we...

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Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Ukraine: Return of the Dead in the story board’s war

All nations choose their heroes. Few have the privilege of choosing heroes without shadows. Ukraine Is No Exception As the war against Russia...

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Francis Moritz

Israel’s Global Image Crisis is Also a Relationship Crisis

Israel’s Global Image Crisis is Also a Relationship Crisis

A new Pew Research Center survey should stop us in our tracks. Across 36 countries, a median of 67% of adults now hold an unfavorable view of Israel,...

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Seth Eisenberg

What the Chittagong Hill Tracts Reveal About Bangladesh’s Future

What the Chittagong Hill Tracts Reveal About Bangladesh’s Future

Both societies have wrestled with questions of identity, security, demographics, and the challenge of protecting vulnerable communities in the face of...

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Purna Lal Chakma

Securing Hormuz After Iran’s Defeat

Securing Hormuz After Iran’s Defeat

The United States and its allies must guarantee freedom of navigation in the world’s most critical maritime chokepoint. The military weakening of...

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Saurav Dutt

An Ouch That Became Healing

“My son was actually upset with me,” Iris told us this week. Why was he upset? Because he felt less loved than his brother and sister were....

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William Hamilton

Jews Against Jews

Opposition to Jews by Jews is an old story. Jewish history is filled with examples of Jews who turned against their own people, often with...

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Steve Wenick

Is Complaining Ever Justified?

Every day, he updated a line in his email signature: “___ days of no complaining.” That’s called accountability. And it suggests a couple...

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Alexander Seinfeld

Christodoulides may be becoming one of the most effective presidents of Cyprus

Christodoulides may be becoming one of the most effective presidents of Cyprus

A first-ever presidential visit to Kazakhstan was not a routine bilateral courtesy. It was a quiet reminder that the Republic of Cyprus’s...

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Yaakov Chaliotis

A Liberal Zionist’s Journey Toward Understanding Religious Zionism

A Liberal Zionist’s Journey Toward Understanding Religious Zionism

This time of year marks another anniversary of a historical event that Israelis and Palestinians remember in dramatically different ways. For...

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Jonah Naghi