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If part one examined the democratic deficits of the so called stakeholders, and part two exposed the strategic double games of regional powers, part...
After he finishes his homework and various types of practice, and his younger brother is asleep, each night my 12 year old son and I watch an episode...
On Purim, the world turns upside down. Our streets and synagogues transform into a vibrant chaos of superheroes and queens, clowns and beasts. It is a...
There is a fascinating meeting that took place in 1952, that had serious ramifications on the religious direction the young State of Israel was...
The first time I walked into the California State Capitol to advocate, I almost turned around. I remember standing outside the building thinking that...
For decades, much of the international system has misunderstood Israel’s power—measuring it through size, geography, and conventional force. That...
It was January 26, 2026. My husband came home from work, walked up to me and gently removed the yellow ribbon pin that I had been wearing since Hamas...
The Talmudic perspective of Purim is a combination of confusion and suspicion. The Talmud presents a variety of dilemmas ranging from doubts of...
Rededicating Ourselves to Combatting Both Antisemitism and Assimilation: Reflections on Shabbat Zachor Historically, the greatest threats to Jewish...
You have gilded your name in brass and glass from Manhattan to Las Vegas. You have stamped it on towers, golf courses, steaks, and skylines. But...
Once I have caught up on news, I tune out the talking head analyses that discuss the issues of the day with music, sports talk or some comedy....
While dressing up in costume, making noise and listening to the story of how Queen Esther and Mordechai, the Jewish hero, defeated Haman, the evil...
In a recent video, linked below, hosted by Adam King, featuring participants including Byron Stinson, Rabbi Eliyahu Berkowitz, and Rabbi Baria Shakar,...
While India’s Prime Minister Modi addressed the Israeli Knesset today, there was a notable, deliberate, absence. Knesset Speaker and Netanyahu...
When retired Vice Admiral Bob Harward told the Jerusalem Post last week that American forces could dismantle the Iranian regime “in a matter of...
A bill working its way through the Knesset promises to bring more ultra-Orthodox Israelis into higher education. Its sponsors present it as a...
When President Donald Trump visited Jerusalem and addressed the Knesset, I put up billboards across the nation declaring, “King Cyrus Is Alive.”...
I decided to post an essay I wrote in 2020, following an exchange that I witnessed in a synagogue that I found disturbing. Because of the higher...
A serious and deeply emotional debate is unfolding in Israel: Should the state formally implement the death penalty for convicted terrorists? National...
Mufti Taqi Usmani, a former judge of Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court and a prominent Deobandi cleric, announced a fatwa after eighteen months of...
As the wealthiest, most powerful western democracy in the world, does the United States of America have a special responsibility to advance the...
The Westphalian concept of a national border has effectively died in the deep Sahara. While Western diplomats continue to chase the mirage of a...
Most Ashkenazi synagogues are making an unnecessary mistake this Shabbat. On Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat before Purim, we read a special...
From Recognition to Reality: How States Gain Legitimacy in the International System Lessons from Israel and Somaliland The recognition of one state by...
The night of Oct. 7 did not end when the news cycle moved on. It walked into Jewish homes. It sat at kitchen tables and hunted us into our sleep. It...
Four years ago, the world gave Ukraine four days. Four days before Kyiv would fall.Four days before the government would collapse.Four days before the...
In a recent column in the Forward, Louis Keene wrote about the value Jewish tradition puts on a concept called Ameilut, a rabbinic idea that there is...
As the blizzard blankets New York, I can’t help but think about Purim. In Torah, water represents chesed — Divine kindness. It flows and...
On Belonging, Grief, and the Limits of Moral Certainty in Jewish Community Life There is an old Jewish joke: A Jewish man is stranded alone on a...
There is something unusual about the book of Esther that most people, even those who have heard the story many times, never quite register. God’s...
It’s beautiful to watch snow falling. Sometimes you have to travel far to see it. But every so often — not often — snow falls in the Jerusalem...
When we talk about trauma in a clinical setting, we often get stuck in the biology of it all. We talk about the amygdala, the nervous system, and...
There is a question the Arab world has never answered, because the Arab world has never been asked – or more precisely, because the infrastructure...
Remember what caused the ongoing war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip? On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists waged the deadliest attack on Jews since the...
The longest and most destructive war in Europe since World War II grinds on remorselessly, exacting a horrendous toll in Russian and Ukrainian lives....
VY: This is a very big and good question. And there is no response to this. So in Ukraine we have a big debate. How far can literature go in talking...
From Lab to Life: One Vaccine Fits All For decades, scientists have been pursuing the goal of a universal vaccine, able to protect us against any type...
Parashat Tetzaveh is, at first glance, a choreography of details. Measurements. Fabrics. Precious stones. Oil. Fire. Fragrance. The Torah lingers over...
Clothing has long served as an indicator of status. As the familiar adage declares, “clothes make the man.” The Torah itself appears to affirm...
This week, we study the vestments worn by the High Priest as he performed his service in the Temple. The High Priest represents the epitome of...
For Israel, the emergence of the “Peace Council” represents both a new challenge and an opportunity. This concept, operating outside the UN...
Life is so full, Thank God, there is no ending and no beginning, and we are all potential vessels of light, love and joy! Chodesh Tov is our wish when...
Remembering your first memory of a specific subject might be challenging, especially when that subject had a daily presence in your life. But even if...
On the evening of February 24, 2026 — the solemn fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — a powerful demonstration of...
Every time I walked into a classroom to teach, third grade, eighth grade, even university, I felt a familiar knot in my stomach. Part of it was...
Spurning his spear to kill his deadly rival, Saul, David contrasts most favorably with Hagen, who kills Siegfried in an attack in which Wagner’s...
In the conflict over Israel-Palestine, competing claims to indigeneity are wielded as rhetorical weapons. Both sides invoke history, archaeology, and...
When Iran Quotes Goebbels: The Real Target Isn’t Israel – It’s Iranians When an Iranian regime spokesman invokes Joseph Goebbels, he is not...
One of those curious ‘coincidences’ of our calendar is that Purim, the festival where vesture plays such a prominent role, is usually enwrapped by...
The war in Sudan has become one of the most devastating humanitarian tragedies of our time. What began as a political and military struggle has...
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