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The Union for the c (UfM) was created to be the great bridge between Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East — a place where shared challenges...


Sudan is bleeding to death, and the world shrugs. But this is not just another African civil war forgotten by Western diplomats who cannot find...


October 7, 2023, Hamas’s attack on Israel and Bataclan massacre in Paris in 2015 are committed by radical Islamists. On November 13, 2015, the...


In Washington, President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivered a striking display of confidence, camaraderie, and...

Boredom , a rampant epidemic in the New-Age Abundance, further de- transcendentalises the vast (silent and vocal) majorities of anonymized Society...

At the dawn of creation, the sky held two equal lights. “וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרוֹת...


The Talmud Berachot 58a teaches that upon seeing a crowd of six hundred thousand people, one must recite a blessing praising God for having created...

We’ve all heard the narrative: men hold power because male social structures are hierarchical—Jordan Peterson has explained this in detail. Men...


I never thought I would get cancer. Actually, more accurately, I never gave it a single thought. Even as I passed into middle age, I felt...

It’s like suspended animation. The war is mostly over. Israel defeated Iran and its proxies. The last living hostages are out of Gaza. An...

The rabbinic tradition portrays Yaakov and Esav as two sharply contrasting personality types. Even their manner of speaking is interpreted as a...

“The Tortoise and the Hare” is one of the most well-known of Aesop’s fables. It is a timeless tale of arrogance versus endurance: the cocky...


On October 7, 2023, the western side of the kibbutz — the neighborhood where our young adults lived — suffered the heaviest blows. If you look back...

Jews are sometimes accused of finding antisemitism everywhere, even when it does not exist. There is some truth to this claim; no less an authority...

Do public opinion polls actually reflect genuine public opinion? I am frequently asked about public opinion in Israel and in Palestine – especially...

“On behalf of the State of Israel, I would like to honor you today—your contribution to the country’s security, its social resilience, its economy,...


The images of young Israelis in the West Bank brandishing guns and clubs, killing Palestinian farmers, torching their crops and property, makes me...

After I published “ When Our Children Hide Their Stars, It’s Gone Too Far, ” a few people reached out and asked, “What can we do?” The truth...

I call on all of you, readers of Sapir in the Diaspora, to bring your capital, talents, networks, and sense of purpose to a Jewish state that...


For a people with a history as old and as dispersed as ours, language has never been just communication. It has always been identity management,...

When people say they’re choosing cremation because it’s cheaper, they’re not wrong. Traditional burials can easily cost upward of $25,000 once...

In last week’s parsha, Hayei Sarah, we can detect a remarkable parallel between our second Patriarch, Yitzhak, and his favorite son, Esav....


When you have children and grandchildren living far away, you tend to always be planning or waiting for the next trip. As our daughter, son-in-law...

Israel is a fascist, colonialist, apartheid state conducting a campaign of genocide. Hamas are Palestinian freedom fighters. These twisted notions...

Featured Video: The blog includes a featured video interview with Canadian Parental Alienation expert Dr. Christine Giancarlo, an authority on...


On two beautiful New York autumn mornings recently, camaraderie and caring described the scenes at Morningside Park and Campground in Fallsburg and...

Very few books have had a profound impact on humanity and hold an enduring, influential place in people’s minds and behaviors, such as the King...

As President Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince to the White House this week, what will both leaders hope to achieve? President Trump will seek...


In the never-ending debate over who has the legitimate right to the land, Palestinian activists open up our Bible to shame us. They retell the time...

In the past week, I published two essays exploring the future of Jewish life. The first, Why Don’t We All Just Go? , asked what would happen if...

Antisemites call us evil, but for us, ethics should be our middle name In a democracy, the majority decides, but not on everything. For that, we...




The following piece was join authored by Grant Arthur Gochin and Karmel Melamed. Tehran, November 2025 – The city’s five lifeline dams cling to 11%...

A delegation of 1,000 people will accompany Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on his visit to the United States on Tuesday — including...

66% of the New York Jews voted for Andrew Cuomo while 33% voted for Zohran Mamdani. It seems quite clear that many of those who voted for Cuomo...

By a strange twist of fate, one of my daughters is called after Hadar Goldin, the captured Israeli soldier whose body was recently returned by...


What title should the mother of a son who is a part of a Divine trinity, have? The Vatican’s doctrinal office said the titles of “Co-Redemptrix”...
