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From Clan to Citizenship: Somaliland’s Next National Compact

Somaliland’s hybrid political system once offered exactly what the country needed. By combining customary clan consensus, xeer, and elder leadership...

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Mohamed Osman

Another Lap Around The Sun: On T’Shuvah & Legacy

Shabbat Shuvah arrives this year with the weight of the days of awe pressing close. We stand on the precipice of Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of...

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Randall Fried

An Israeli Documentary Touches A Raw Nerve

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor should not be surprised that their controversial documentary, NAZA, has been vociferously condemned by mainstream...

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Sheldon Kirshner

Living in America

In 1985, inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, James Brown walked onto a stage rigged with enough sequins and pyrotechnics to light the Nevada desert. He...

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Vincent James Hooper

We As a Jewish People Need to Collectively Atone this Season

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Alissa Hirshfeld

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Jon Argaman

Not every city has to be the next Tel Aviv

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Amit Kochavi

CONIB, Fisesp Discuss Terrorism and Violence at São Paulo Court of Justice

CONIB, Fisesp Discuss Terrorism and Violence at São Paulo Court of Justice

The Brazilian Israelite Confederation (CONIB) and the São Paulo Israelite Federation (Fisesp), in partnership with the Paulista School of Magistrates...

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Silas Anastacio

Not Broken, Just Off Course

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Scott Klein

What do we want? It’s time to have a conversation

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Myles Israel-Pardo

Antisemitism is Jew-Hatred

Antisemitism is Jew-Hatred
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Penny S. Tee

The Difference Between Black and White Christian Zionism

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Ed Gaskin

The Units That Stand Between Israel and Its Enemies

The Units That Stand Between Israel and Its Enemies
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Sabine Sterk

Ha’azinu: When The Song Doesn’t End

Ha’azinu: When The Song Doesn’t End
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Sara Matathias

When Feminism Lost the Jewish Woman: Kara Jesella on October 7

When Feminism Lost the Jewish Woman: Kara Jesella on October 7
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Tim Orr

The “no partner” lie reveals an unwillingness to make progress toward an agreement.

The “no partner” lie reveals an unwillingness to make progress toward an agreement.
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Nadav Tamir

Why are we still surprised about Israel’s low test scores?

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Yardena Bagantz

Protective Presence: Experience of a Settler Police Force

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Charlotte Mendel

When Religious Narratives Make Peace More Difficult

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Walid Nassef

The Crossroads Obscured, Redux

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Edward D. Saslaw

Legacy of Albanian Besë During the Holocaust

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Dina Greenberg

Profoundly ignorant filmmakers created NAZA

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David E. Weisberg

While the Gates Are Open

While the Gates Are Open
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Ezra Shanken

The Question the Storm Asks

The Question the Storm Asks
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Ilan Eichner W

On Urban Planning – Multiple use city spaces.

On Urban Planning – Multiple use city spaces.
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Ibrahim Mukherjee

An Apology in Elul

An Apology in Elul
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Adam O. Goldstein

The Jew You Can Reach

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Jon-Erik G. Storm

A Mensch with Flour on His Hands

A Mensch with Flour on His Hands
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Mikhail Salita

The Problem Isn’t Playing Ball on Shabbat

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Ac Britell

India’s Power Grid and the AI-Era Sovereignty Problem

India’s Power Grid and the AI-Era Sovereignty Problem
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Yashwant Singh

The Song That Remains When Memory Fails

The Song That Remains When Memory Fails
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Yosef B. Moran

Has Lithuania’s Revocation Been Revoked?

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Grant Arthur Gochin

The Mecca Pact: An alliance on paper

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Francis Moritz

Baptism 2030: Israel, Jordan and Palestine Unlock Kahlat and the Copper Scroll?

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Rafi Glick

From Hargeisa to Washington: Somaliland Makes Its Strategic Case to America

From Hargeisa to Washington: Somaliland Makes Its Strategic Case to America
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Mohamed Abdi Idiris

Never Again: A Brownshirt in Their Midst

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Lubomyr Luciuk

Don’t Put Your Soul On a Bagel!

Don’t Put Your Soul On a Bagel!
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Alexander Seinfeld

The Opposition Is Campaigning to Keep Netanyahu in Power

The Opposition Is Campaigning to Keep Netanyahu in Power

There is no reasonable explanation for the poor campaigns they are running. They are convincing no one. The main things they are doing, as far as one...

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Tzvi Gottlieb

If God had so willed, he would have made you One Community

“They (some Jews) have set up their religious leaders and scholars as lords instead of God. Others (most Christians) deified the Messiah, son of...

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Allen S. Maller

The Kindertransport and the ‘Lost Train’ of 1945: Bergen-Belsen to Tröbitz

On 15th April 1945, Bergen-Belsen was liberated by the British Army. Only days before though between 6th-10th April 1945 3 transports left the...

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Amy Williams

Europe Will Not Be Muslim, but It Will Change

In late July 2026, tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, nearly as many as the city’s entire...

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Jonatan Levi

There Is No Single Black Democratic Position on Israel

What Black political diversity reveals about Israel, Gaza and coalition politics One sentence in this series deserves an essay of its own: there is no...

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Ed Gaskin

Why a Technical Bloc is not a Partnership

Why a Technical Bloc is not a Partnership
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Lisa Liel

The Delusion Perpetuated by NAZA

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Michael J. Salamon

Coping with our Sins

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Fred Naider

If You Have ‘F***-You Money’, Why Not Use It for Something Good?

If You Have ‘F***-You Money’, Why Not Use It for Something Good?
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Brad Goverman

Australia’s examination of a ‘war hero’, a lesson on Israel’s response to NAZA

For years Australian soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith was celebrated as the embodiment of Australian military courage — a Victoria Cross recipient...

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Ric Benjamin

Iran Is Weaker. The Houthis Are Not.

Iran Is Weaker. The Houthis Are Not.

Two decades of reshaping religious authority, tribal power and mass mobilization carried the Houthis to the Red Sea. Holding what they have gained —...

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Esther Braun

Re-elect Mike Lawler for Rockland County, a dear friend of Israel!

Re-elect Mike Lawler for Rockland County, a dear friend of Israel!
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Joseph Scutts

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Mijal Bitton