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“You know, at the end of the day, what happened in Boulder was a horrific attack on a group of Jewish people that were peacefully protesting, and we...
The current Three Weeks period of semi-mourning for the destruction of the Holy Temples in the 1st-Century C.E. Promised Land commemorate ancient...
Many people believe that palliative care begins when medicine has run out of ideas, and they are right. But they are also wrong, and wrong very...
When we tell the story of our lives, we usually begin with the milestones. We graduated. We married. Our children were born. We moved. We changed...
1) The Battle of the Iberian Peninsula; 2) Lula da Silva Clock Watch; 3) Flo Balogun Red Card Imbroglio; or 4) Movie/Song Quotes. Never mind, the...
The silver Challah tray, framed against a backdrop of black velvet and mounted on the wall above the washing station, was what made me realize that...
To my fellow Jews who have found a great purpose in anti-Israel activism, who have in recent months voted for stridently anti-Israel politicians, or...
There is a woman in the book of Samuel who prayed so hard for a child that the priest watching her mistook her for a drunk. Her lips moved. No sound...
When Israeli and Lebanese officials signed a US-brokered framework in Washington on June 26, recognizing each other’s sovereignty for the first time...
In recent years, much of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) movement has adopted a posture of profound hostility toward Israel. Its leaders...
The Conversos Learned That 500 Years Ago Imagine the conversation. A progressive Jew, uncomfortable with settlement policy, pained by Palestinian...
Edna Szurek sang and danced her way through Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Decades later, a Charlie Chaplin melody gave words to everything she had survived....
I felt totally immersed listening to my Newtown, Pa. Hadassah chapter’s guest speaker CNN’S Elie Honig, producer of the documentary, 60 Years...
On the heels of commemorating the most singular heroic and daring journey and mission of Israel’s history – the Rescue at Entebbe, comes along the...
A new law would expand single-gender classes – to graduate students. I know, I know. Among all the new laws being passed with the expressed aim of...
America at 250: Why Character Matters More Than Ideology As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the political landscape is changing in...
Whenever Kashmir state of India is discussed, the debate often revolves around cross-border terrorism, security, the rights of the majority Kashmiri...
A quick guide to the 43rd Jerusalem Film Festival: buzzy films, festival guests, and the practical details, from Palme d’Or winners to where to...
The top encryption method used everywhere is based on prime numbers. It is commonly known as RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman). [Adi Shamir is a Weizmann...
The deeper lesson of 70 CE is the danger of internal collapse. The government’s decision of 5 July 2026 not to comply with the Supreme Court’s...
Good context clarifies responsibility. Bad context dissolves it. After the massacre, too many reached for the second — not to understand what had...
In a June 2026 interview on the TRIGGERnometry podcast with hosts Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster, journalist and commentator Melanie Phillips...
As I perused – occasionally with wonder – the Israeli media’s plethora of analyses about the US as it celebrated 250 years of independence, I...
A business owner showed me his new WhatsApp automation last month, proud of it. It pulled every phone number his shop had ever collected — walk-ins,...
The social contract that binds Israeli society—a fragile agreement between disparate groups to coexist under the rule of law—is currently being...
A neighbor recently told me about a small argument she had with her young son. He wanted money for an ice cream after school, and when she hesitated,...
Einstein is often credited with saying, “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be very...
The ceasefire between Washington and Tehran has eased immediate fears of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, but reopening one of the world’s most...
Kosovo and Somaliland are among the most compelling modern cases of statehood and self-determination. Both emerged from violent conflicts with hostile...
Netanyahu’s Concrete State: How Israel Learns to Live With Impunity Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival has required more than coalition...
It’s simple math that underpins our democracy. Citizens cast their ballots; the candidate with the largest tally -the majority- wins. And American...
There are moments in my consulting room that simply did not exist before October 7. One in particular captures the complexity of my work today. During...
I just spent a week in Jerusalem at the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Community Leadership Program, sitting with ancient and modern texts, wrestling...
A few days ago the Jewish people began the period known to us as the three weeks. On the same day as we were fasting for a tragedy from long ago, we...
For a long time, Israelis have believed that Israel is a traditional democracy with three separate, independent branches of government –...
The Haredi refusal to take part in the defense of Israel is an obscenity. But the real obscenity is not the preference to remain in the safety of...
History matters. Facts matter. Identity matters. And when history is rewritten for political purposes, everyone loses. One of the most successful...
The government’s recent decision to ease licensing barriers for immigrant psychologists is a textbook example of “solution-based gaslighting.”...
My newest book Taming the Beast: Human-Animal Encounters in the Bible (Wipf and Stock Publishers) addresses a surprisingly under-explored and little...
For decades, the cornerstone of Israel’s national security strategy has been the unshakeable, bipartisan support of the United States. It was a...
The new “constitutional crisis”, the claim that the government supposedly will not comply with the High Court of Justice’s ruling on the Council...
Most nations begin with power. Throughout history, kings, warlords, dynasties, and autocratic regimes have built nations by seizing thrones,...
Photo credit: Noam Bedein Entering the Desert: The Ramon Crater and the Road South In a world that moves too quickly, true luxury has become something...
By Mansoor Hussain Laghari Pakistan’s Crisis of Justice: When the Powerful Are Protected, Nations Lose Their Soul A country is not measured by the...
When Moshe was told that it was time for him to die, he was shown the Land of Israel and its unique spiritual side. He could not leave this world...
The Rabbinical Assembly has finally come out with the weekday edition of Siddur Lev Shalem. Following the Machzor in 2010, and the Shabbat/Festival...
Before Iran escalated to direct missile strikes against Israel and Gulf states, it frequently targeted its adversaries in cyberspace. One of the...
The Cradle of Civilization Civilization emerged first in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and soon afterward along the Nile....
It is absolutely right that American Jews are not subjects of the State of Israel. We do not owe allegiance to any Israeli government (nor do Israeli...
July 1, 2026 / 16 Tammuz, 5786 The First Message from Rabbi Rachel Van Thyn, WRN’s New Executive Director An Open Letter to The Women and...
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