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Money as Tangible Kindness We often hear the phrase, “Money is the root of all evil.” Let’s look at it from a different perspective. Money, in...
I am not writing this as a politician, a commentator or someone watching the war from a studio. I am writing this as a fellow simple soldier. Since...
The silence before speech There was a time when the university understood itself as a place where one ran the risk of being wrong. Not because error...
Israel leads the world in artificial intelligence development. But walk into most Israeli small businesses and you will find operations that haven’t...
I’m sitting comfortably in my apartment in Kfar Saba despite the fact that Israel has been at war against its enemies since October 7, 2023. The...
America is not Weimar Germany (younger generations – open Wikipedia to learn about Weimar Germany), and identity politics is not national socialism....
If the world were a theatre, I feel we have reached the scene in which all the villains assemble together on one stage, a moment where darkness...
Iran’s combat operation with the United States has exposed the limits of old security assumptions—and pushed Arab states closer to a regional...
On Ohad Naharin’s ZŌ, and what we are not yet saying I went to see Ohad Naharin’s ZŌ knowing something of his work, knowing something of gaga,...
As election season heats up, familiar patterns are once again repeating themselves, and the Israeli public is becoming increasingly disillusioned and...
In modern geopolitics, alliances are often presented as symbols of unity, strength, and shared strategic vision. Yet, behind official statements and...
People do strange things to the dead when the dead become politically inconvenient. They soften them. They resize them. They strip away the details...
For years, Lebanon has carried the crushing burden of regional rivalries, proxy wars, and foreign interference. Governments rose and fell, crises...
“If they ask me derisively, what is this flag? … a flag is something symbolic and national and with a flag one leads people anywhere one wants,...
My peers in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (DURP at UIUC) will be attending our...
Dedicated to the Song (at the end of this reflection) composed by Dr. Lena Allen-Shore- “I Prayed in Jerusalem at the Wall for the Peace of the...
Consider biological evolution. It made us humans (and the entire amazing planet) what we are today. It gave us oxygen to breathe, plants to eat and...
The public trial of LGGRTC before Lithuania can avoid the courtroom Lithuania’s Genocide and Resistance Research Center, LGGRTC, is expected to...
The controversy surrounding the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies’ recent seminar, “Nakba and Holocaust as Cultural Traumas,”...
Every Hebrew month carries its own spiritual rhythm—a distinct energy inviting deeper self-understanding. After the liberation of Nissan and the...
For Israelis, success on the world stage has increasingly become a trigger for hostility rather than celebration. Whether in technology, medicine,...
For centuries, Jews were persecuted and pogromed by Christians in Europe and by Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa. They decided to stop...
In 5727 (1967), the whole world seemed to change before our eyes. After the great miracle of Israel’s survival and the astonishing victory of the...
By the time the delegation from Donald Trump landed in Beijing, the Chinese leadership had already prepared the banquet menu. Not diplomacy. Not...
What We Hear Changes What We Owe “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one.”— Deuteronomy 6:4 “To whom much is given, much will be...
For nearly a decade, I was viewed by many within the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community as one of its sharpest critics because of my advocacy for secular...
At a moment when much of the world debates whether infrastructure investment is affordable, Abu Dhabi is simply getting on with it. At the Abu Dhabi...
The years since October 7 have been devastating for Jewish communities. From terrorist attacks abroad to incidents closer to home, the pain has been...
“The Israelites did accordingly; just as God had commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they marched, each according to their...
Adam Was Not Created to Be an Interface The first mistake is to think that Adam means “the first human being.” That is already too modern, too...
We’ll be examining the historical, psychological, and halakhic implications of why Shevet Levi (the tribe of Levi) was chosen to replace the...
Yom Yerushalayim is the newest holiday in the Jewish calendar. We celebrate the great victory of the Six Day War, when the entire city was back in...
As Trump and party touches down for the high-profile, high-stakes trade summit in Beijing, Jerusalem must look past the flashy corporate handshakes to...
The Strait of Hormuz Is in Your Throat. The Inner Strait: When the World’s Bottlenecks Mirror the Soul Every so often, the headlines describe more...
In the northern hills of the West Bank, the Jenin Brigades—an alliance of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists, Hamas operatives, and breakaway...
On May 14, 1948, in a modest hall in Tel Aviv, Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion stood before a tense audience and proclaimed the establishment...
Remember the days – and it wasn’t too long ago – when getting somewhere new required a bit of courage? Before a family trip, my father would...
When the bloomer was invented in the 1800s, it sparked widespread condemnation. Nevermind that women’s clothing of the time was restrictive, heavy,...
There are reports that Kanye West is currently working out contractual details for a return to Israel—a country he last played in 2015. Despite...
By now, one has either heard of the extensive sexual violence committed against women in Israel by Hamas, or one has chosen to live under the most...
The puppeteer has got the choice to speak with any goddam voice that he might wish, for he is free to be who he might wish to be. The man can be Red...
Lithuania escalates to the maximum instrument its reach allows. Against the unreachable, the instrument is defamation. Against the reachable, it is...
Władysława Kazimiera Jaeger hid two Jewish children for five years under penalty of death. She has never been formally recognized. I am going to...
The situation in New York City and its surrounding boroughs is worsening daily. Antisemitic groups, including Hamas supporters, are targeting peaceful...
Yesterday I found myself doing a deep dive into the laws of Jewish divorce after seeing online posts about a woman named Adeena who has reportedly...
In too many Jewish classrooms, Israel is taught like a cause that demands blind loyalty. Wave the flag, repeat the approved lines, and never...
The phrase “Hargeisa Holocaust,” also known as the Isaaq Genocide, refers to the systematic and state‑sponsored campaign of violence conducted...
When I started to work at ADL 55 years ago, with no intention to be there more than two or three years, it was the luckiest thing for me that there...
This week we begin the book of Bamidbar—literally, “in the desert.” The English title, Numbers, reflects its opening census, but the Hebrew name...
Back in 2024, I went to a rally near the UN for the Israeli hostages. BH, there was a good crowd and almost all the speeches/presentations were...
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