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In The Shadow of October 7: Unmasking Putin’s Role

Whimsy Anderson

Israel has not committed genocide

Perry Raphael Rank

When Humanitarian Brands Become Strategic Liabilities

Mordechai Levin

Israel and Cyprus act in line with Western Interests. Turkey?

Kostis Konstantinou

Recognition or Risk? Israel’s Somaliland Gamble

Eli Bernstein

I am a different person than I was on October 6

Lonny Baskin

“They Threw Him In The Pit . . . And Sat Down To Eat Bread” While He Screamed

Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

The Day That Changed Israel — But Will Not Name Israel – Shemot

Jay M. Stein

Liberation’s Call: From Venezuela to Iran

Andy Blumenthal

How Jewish Fragmentation In NYC Helped Mamdani Win

Joe Bergovoy

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #202, Crystal Haggadah, 13

Stephen Berer

Joseph and His Brothers

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

The genius of Palestinian disinformation has been to reverse cause and effect

Jan Shure

Post-jihadist Sunni Revivalism and the Return of History

Tim Orr

The Most Consequential Leader in History

John L. Rosove

Trump and the Israel Prize

Berl Falbaum

Getting Your Money Ready for 2026

Sharon Levin

Mamdani’s Malevolent Mission to Redefine Antisemitism in America

Steven Goldstein

Corruption: The True Roadblock to Geula and How Torah’s Tavnit Can Pave the Way

Yosef Eitan

How Living in Israel Changed My Relationship to Time

Morgane Koresh

How Much Should I Invest? (And Where I Put My Money)

Kovi Fine

Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel — Part XXIX

Ed Gaskin

Historical and Modern Voices of Reason Against Israel’s Death Penalty Bill: Pt.1

Michael Zoosman

A Prognostication of Donald Trump’s Actions in 2026

Warren J. Blumenfeld

Neujahrskonzert

Rebecca Liebermann Nissel

Anti-Zionism Was Never Harmless. Now It Governs.

Brad Goverman

2025 in Review: Global Antisemitism, Global Failure, Jewish Defiance (Part 1)

Elliot Timothy

Fear of Snakes Questions Mangrove Restoration

Kapilkumar Nivutti Ingle

Heroes of Progressivism: Entry #6

Eric Bordenkircher

The Hypocrisy of Boycotting Israel

Sabine Sterk

Why Did the Righteous House Of Jacob Abandon Dinah’s Baby Under a Thornbush?

Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

What Akkuyu Really Is

Shay Gal

New Cracks in Iran’s Theocratic Regime

Jannus Th Siahaan

Susya – An Ancient Synagogue and a Modern Tragedy

Bill Slott

Happy (new) year

Ximena Silberman Herzberg

How We Bless

William Hamilton

What Iran’s protests are really about

Michael Kuenne

Phase Transition: How Close Are We to the Geulah?

Alexander I. Poltorak

Standing with the Lions of Iran