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According to a 2020 Pew Research Center survey, American Jews are becoming more diverse, especially among younger Jewish generations. Compared to...

The instructions on a shampoo bottle are simple: Lather. Rinse. Repeat. They don’t explain why you should repeat; they just assume you will. The...

There’s a fundamental moral difference between opposition and advocacy. Opposition is about what you reject. Advocacy is about what you build. One...

During the Nazi uprising in the early 20th century, The Grand Mufti in Jerusalem was worried about Zionism and a return of Israel’s Indigenous...

This winter is no time to hibernate our activism Since October 7, 2023, there has been a marked increase in American Jews doing “Jewish.” The...







On November 21, 2025, the world witnessed an atrocity that should have shaken every conscience: more than 300 Catholic students and 12 staff...






Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel traces how law, belonging, dignity, and justice shape life between the river and the sea....

The Degel Machaney Ephraim, Rav Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sidiklohv, brings down in Parshas Ki Savo, an incredible ‘mashul’ ( parable) that he heard...

Sometimes we find inspiration in telling our Torah through means beyond our traditional commentators. And sometimes that even means turning to...

Operation Rising Lion transformed the security map of the Middle East. For the first time, conflict between Israel and the Islamic Republic moved...


Tunisia, once celebrated as the sole democratic success story of the 2011 Arab uprisings, is rapidly reverting to the authoritarian playbook of its...

16 million Jews inhabit this world, nearly 7 million in Israel and America. In Israel, Jews form the majority, woven into the state itself. In...

The conservative movement in the United States, which is exemplified by President Donald Trump’s administration these days, is being buffeted by a...

In this week’s Torah portion, Vayetze, Jacob makes two pivotal journeys. In the first, he is entirely solitary. In the second, he is surrounded by...

When Truth Doesn’t Trend: Why the Ceasefire Collapsed… Again Are you surprised that the ceasefire deal is over? Are you ready to blame Israel...

There is a story told in the Talmud as if it were simple: Four entered Pardes. Ben Azzai gazed and died. Ben Zoma gazed and lost his reason. Acher...


I begin this blog post with an old Jewish saying: “Even though I am Jewish I have some good news for you!” I have recently returned from several...


In this episode we get a glimpse of seders otherwise lost beneath the rubble of history. By the invincible armor of Torah Law, and with might and...

A few days ago, I stood at the front of the community room next to the Beth Israel synagogue in California, looking out at rows of Jewish families...

When a superpower tells a bleeding ally, “Sign here or you’re on your own,” that’s not diplomacy. It’s abandonment dressed up as...




The Arab–Israeli conflict is dead. Today, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia now coordinate openly with Israel, while the...

Life in Israel in 2025 is not so much “living” as it is “continuous emotional resistance training.” Every day begins with a small psychological...

George Orwell warned that the greatest threat to a free society is not censorship at the margins but the quiet rewriting of reality itself. The...


For a few years, Saudi Arabia has become established as the most important emerging power in the Middle East. This rise in power, announced but...


Israel has survived the worst. Victory is in hand. Yet the greatest danger may not lie across the border, but in the temptation to return to the...

I just read an article, American, well documented and sadly very pertinent to the situation of our brothers in America today; it was about the...



The U.S. is swiftly working to set up the new International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza, jumping into action right after the UN Security...


At a time when the “12-day war” between Iran and Israel last June dominated the headlines, something remarkable happened in Rehovot: amidst the...

HISTORY MATTERS BECAUSE FACTS MATTER On the Pan-Arab Origins of the Palestinian Flag: Evolution and extent if its use The flag identified today as...


One of Isaac’s primary occupations, we learn in parshas Toldos, was excavation. He dug wells. The parsha tells us of several of the wells – Esek,...

I love the story of Joseph because it teaches great truth that applies to daily life. If Abraham is the moment someone stands, Joseph is what it...


You may have heard the line in one form or another. “Almost half of all IDF exemptions go to the “secular” Israelis. So why are people so obsessed...

Since October of 2023, executives, principals, coaches – the adults in the room – have often been incapable of confronting wrongs. Instead of...

There are moments when one senses that something essential has thinned in the air, as though a subtle moral fabric has worn down and grown almost...


The rush to “rebuild Gaza” while Hamas stays armed, funded, and diplomatically courted is not peacemaking — it is state-sponsored insanity and...

The latest episode of The Patriot Perspective covered a wide range of issues shaping U.S. foreign and domestic policy, and the through-line became...

In the memory of Staff Sergeant Adam Agmon (Z”L) , we remember not only a courageous soldier, but a young man whose heart beat as strongly for...
