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Richard Diamond

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To Tucker Carlson: Stop Using God’s Name to Curse the Jews

To Tucker Carlson: Stop Using God’s Name to Curse the Jews

To Tucker Carlson and Every Bible-Quoting Antisemite: Stop Using God’s Name to Curse the Jews There is something especially vile about using the...

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Richard Diamond

The Deep Tension of Orthodoxy in a World Built to Change

The Deep Tension of Orthodoxy in a World Built to Change

Orthodoxy in a World Built to Change There is a deep tension at the heart of religious orthodoxy, and it becomes most visible when we take creation...

07.03.2026 40

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The Second Tablets and the Danger of Loving the Vessel More Than the Word

The Second Tablets and the Danger of Loving the Vessel More Than the Word

There is a striking difference between the first tablets and the second, and it is not accidental. The first tablets are described as entirely the...

06.03.2026 30

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Purim – A King Without Virtue — The Flawed Instrument

Purim – A King Without Virtue — The Flawed Instrument

Sometimes redemption emerges from messy circumstances, flawed personalities, and unlikely alliances. Each year on Purim we retell a story filled with...

04.03.2026 40

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Stagecraft as Sacred Pedagogy: What Purim Teaches About Teaching Truth

On Purim, Judaism does something daring. It turns the synagogue into a theater. We boo villains. We cheer heroes. We dress in costume. We feast. We...

27.02.2026 40

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What Makes Aliyah Unappealing to This American Jew

A Wandering Jew’s Case for a Wider Israel I have been a wandering Jew within Judaism. Not in the romantic sense—backpack, prayerbook, and vague...

25.02.2026 50

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What Trump’s War on the Court Tells Israelis About Their Own

Two Democracies, One Playbook Last Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States did something unremarkable by the standards of any healthy...

24.02.2026 60

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Richard Diamond

When Negotiations Cause Defeat

Real change does not come from the negotiating table. It comes from terms of surrender. Israel is running out of time to remember this. Israel is...

22.02.2026 60

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Richard Diamond

Disrupting Antisemitism Rhetoric with Advertising

Why a Proposed Billboard That Says “God Curses Those Who Curse the Jews” Is Raising Eyebrows — and Why It Deserves Serious Consideration...

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Battle Strategies and Tactics for Diaspora Jews against Antisemitism

Asymmetrical systems warfare, not slogan warfare By now, Diaspora Jews should be clear-eyed about one fact: overt antisemitism does not survive...

16.02.2026 50

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America’s ICE practices echo the Nazi Germany SA’s early tactics

04.02.2026 60

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Shabbat Is Not About Rest — It Is About Knowing When to Stop

22.01.2026 80

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From Sacrifice to Prayer: Why Judaism Must Civilize Prayer

19.01.2026 40

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Antisemitism, Demystified: It Starts with an Instinct

13.01.2026 70

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What Happened to “WE”?

20.12.2025 20

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From Program to Agent: How AI Reframes Judaism as a Governance System (Part 1)

16.12.2025 30

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The Haredi Chain Reaction — How an Agent Model Can Break Israel

15.12.2025 30

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Trump’s Ukraine ‘Peace Plan’ Shows He Has No Red Lines

11.12.2025 20

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How Inviting Outsiders Into Polarized Jewish State Led to the Diaspora 

10.12.2025 70

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Why Trump Cannot Make Peace if One Party Just Says NO!

04.12.2025 60

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Why Won’t Bibi “Man Up” Like Golda Did? And Now Wants A Pardon!!

02.12.2025 90

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‘Lousy Like Usual’ Is No Longer a Jewish Option

29.11.2025 80

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The Jewish Problem With Donald Trump

27.11.2025 30

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The Day After Ukraine: A Warning for Israel

23.11.2025 70

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Where Are Israel’s Shepherds to Save Us from the Wolves?

22.11.2025 30

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What Would Moses Say About ‘the Will of the People’?

06.11.2025 30

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The First Lesson After the Covenant – Build a Just Society

03.11.2025 40

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The One Inescapable Lesson of This War

31.10.2025 30

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The Tower of Babel and the AI Boom: A Weekly Torah Reading for Our Tech Moment

25.10.2025 90

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One Day of Truth: Yom Kippur as an Override Manual

03.10.2025 30

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Aseret Yemei Teshuvah (Ten Days of Repentance) — the Critical Turning Point

27.09.2025 70

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The Selfishness of Rosh Hashanah

25.09.2025 30

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Performative Statehood: When Recognition Becomes Costume-Play

23.09.2025 40

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When Words Become Weapons: The Magnified Responsibility of Influence

19.09.2025 40

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Israel No Longer a ‘Light Unto the Nations’

06.09.2025 40

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Returning to Covenant for Survival – Beyond Reward and Punishment:

05.09.2025 40

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Is It Time for American Jews to Plan an Exit Strategy?

03.09.2025 40

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Living as Jews in an Incurable World of Antisemitism

30.08.2025 40

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The Luxury of Distance: Observers Versus Participants in a War for Survival

23.08.2025 70

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The Haredi Path Is Unsustainable—And Netanyahu Is Making It Worse

07.08.2025 40

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Richard Diamond