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Do you wish you could respond to accusations of “Israel committing genocide,” but feel stuck how to be productive? I want to help you. I’m going to...

We thought October 7th was the wake-up call. But the real wake-up call came a month later — in the hallways of American schools. Children who had...


Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is an approach to understanding how modern governments manage money, spending, and deficits. It examines the mechanics...

I slept on the plane pretty well on the way home. That was a first! Part of me wanted to replay every moment and every site and every person that...

Recently, I responded innocently to a another Facebook comment about Haredim and service in the IDF, saying briefly that I disagree with his points...


A Biblical Call to Honor the Rare Few Without Redefining Gender When God spoke the world into being, He crafted humanity with a breathtaking design:...


In 2025, Tucker Carlson crossed a line that many argue transforms him from a provocative commentator into one of the most dangerous amplifiers of...

Israel is a world leader in medical research, scientific discovery, and water conservation, but trails in public relations of foreign policy....


When Donald Trump returned to the White House promising he could end the Russia-Ukraine war “in a single day,” many of his supporters believed him....

Dedicated to Meyer Sluyser , who, after The War, wrote so many nostalgic books about Amsterdam’s Jewish life that was all but exterminated. Today,...

Before I can explain Ibn Kathir’s account of the two rabbis who protected the Ka’bah, I have to relate something about the Jews in Arabia in the...


There are many steps as we work our way to becoming Tzaddikim. Step one is goal setting . Much like coming up with a concept for a business, our...

Let’s begin with one real story from Ottawa — a story that exposes how hollow, selective, and politically manufactured “anti‑racism” rhetoric has...


The Jerusalem Post recently published an article about a “barber-led” circumcision gone wrong. It’s a horrifying tale of how an untrained...

There is a peculiar moment in the life of every democracy when the language of national healing begins to sound suspiciously more like the language...


Saying Kaddish was different this time. There was the obvious: a quarter-century ago, I recited the Mourner’s Prayer for 11 months for my late...

In recent years, an interesting trend has been taking shape in the world of tourism: many Israelis and Jews are flocking to Christmas markets...

The Israeli government is expected to decide this week on a move that may become one of the most damaging policy decisions in years: transferring...

President Yitzhak Herzog has asked the people of Israel to weigh in on the unprecedented request from the Prime Minister to stop his trial Here is...


Darkness falls on a fleeing Jacob and he stops for the night. The Torah [Bereishit 28:11] tells us that he “encountered the place and stopped for...


Forgive me if I sound cynical. It feels as though the world around us is coming apart. Violent anti-Israel marches continue to sweep across Europe,...

One of the most tragic and perplexing stories in the entire Tanach takes place in Parshas Vayishlach, Genesis 34, with the abduction and rape of...

Genocide is back in the news. At a joint White House press conference (November 21, 2025), New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, in answer to a...


The litigation — especially U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson’s cynical and macabre opinion published November 26 — concerning Harold Nichols’s...



This Shabbat, Jews around the world will read parshat Vayishlach, recounting the tragic story of Dina’s kidnapping and rape by the local...



On November 20, Thomas Rose, the U.S. ambassador to Poland, delivered a speech in Warsaw in which he categorized as a “historic injustice” and “...


There comes a moment when a political party doesn’t merely stumble — it collapses under the weight of its own hypocrisy. Such was the case for the...

In the 3rd decade of the 21 st century, global business has largely been defined by digital transformation, but amid the recent deluge of...


This week, as we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday, December 3, we are asked to look honestly in the mirror that...

Dear Students, Plato once warned that writing would break the minds of learners. He believed that if people relied on text instead of memory, they...

For the first time, we are building systems that can outperform us in tasks we once thought defined human intelligence. And beneath the excitement...

Syria: The Battlefield Between Intentions and Interests — Who Has Won, and Who Will Rule After the Collapse of the Shiite Axis? The campaign in...

Over the last year, I chaired the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver’s Antisemitism Task Force. Over that period, we heard and reviewed truly...


School districts around the country from New York State to Texas have instituted cell phone bands. In fact, through 2025, some 37 states have...


In today’s climate of animosity directed towards the State of Israel and, by inevitable extension, the Jewish people, a simple six-pointed star is...


(This is Article 6 of the seven-part series, “Bridges of Liberation: Jewish & African Paths to Freedom.” The full disclaimer regarding the author’s...

There are moments in Jewish history when the world is cloaked in such darkness that a single act of faith becomes a revolution. One candle.One...

Part Five: Hamas is not solely a local organisation. Its operational choices, media posture, and financial continuity reflect inputs from states...

There are moments when history obliges us to reconsider the words we think we understand: I believe, we believe, credimus, pisteuomen, veruyem....

Israel is intensively debating Prime Minister Netanyahu’s request for a Presidential pardon. I agree completely with the critics of this...

What makes Chanukah so important to us today? We know the story – a single jar of oil, enough for just one day, burned for eight. Yet what made...



“You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” was Virginia Slims’ slogan during the Women’s Liberation era, marketed as a symbol of women’s progress....
