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Moses, Modesty, and Moral Leadership: Parshat Vaera

yesterday 3

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Naomi Graetz

Somaliland’s Banking Act: A Nation’s Signature on the Global Stage

yesterday 3

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Mustafe Jambir

Not Just Missing, But Abandoned by the System

yesterday 3

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Tomer Adela

Plagues – Why Ten? Why These?

yesterday 3

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Ben Lazarus

President Cirro Meets with 7 Former Foreign Ministers to Leave No Stone Unturned

yesterday 3

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Mustafe Jambir

Saudi–Pakistan–Turkey–Egypt Defense Pact, crisis in West Asia

yesterday 3

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Sergio Restelli

Israel’s Latest Death Penalty Bill Fails the Litmus Test for Civilized Humanity

yesterday 3

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Michael Zoosman

Facing Down Antisemitism

yesterday 3

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Paul Burstein

More Jewish Children, Not Another Campus

yesterday 4

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Joe Bergovoy

The Advantage of Torah Thinking

yesterday 3

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Allen S. Maller

Israel’s Somaliland Recognition: Confronting Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Influence

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Mohamed Marshall Omer

How Fear Shapes Advocacy on Campus

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Leah Preston

Iran Convulsed By Anti-Government Protests

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Sheldon Kirshner

In those days, and at that time, the Messiah is revealed

previous day 20

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Abraham Mannil Thomas

Washington threatens Tehran, the world listens

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Gilles Touboul

A strong Jewish community shapes resilient leaders

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Jasmin Mojrenfeld Polite

Persia

previous day 10

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Elaine Rosenberg Miller

Return and Repair, North and South: The Long Road Ahead

previous day 10

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Rebecca Bardach

My Year Of Service In Merhavim Regional Council

previous day 10

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Orna Raz

Judaism is not an enemy of liberal values

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Mijael Even David

Day of the undead

The Modern Language Association’s Executive Director Paula Krebs stepped forward not one but three times to stumble through confused explanations of...

monday 30

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Cary Nelson

Nuremberg, Oscars and Search for Humanity

Disclaimer:  I do believe that the newly released epic Nuremberg drama ( 2025) was well intended. We do need the films on the theme today and...

monday 40

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Inna Rogatchi

When Democracies Look Away

Why Is the World Looking Away from Iran? Since the start of 2026, Iran has been rocked by protests that are neither small nor fleeting. They are...

monday 10

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Gilles Touboul

Give Them Strength, Give Them Hope, Give Them Life

In the shadow of history, moments arise when nations are called upon to act—not for conquest, but for principle. Today, the United States faces such...

monday 10

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Taha A. Lemkhir

Gaza City: Spring Collection

Reports have emerged that Israel is already mapping out a renewed Gaza City offensive for March, pending President Trump’s approval. This hits me...

monday 10

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Ryan Aviv Fagan

A Good Name — Sh’mot 5786

Last week, I was stopped on the street by a woman who smiled and said hello. I smiled back and said hello.  Then she said, “You don’t remember...

monday 10

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David Lerner

Antisemitism, Demystified: It Starts with an Instinct

Antisemitism is often treated as a historical mystery or a uniquely irrational obsession. We explain it through theology, politics, economics,...

monday 10

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Richard Diamond

The Stigma of the Masks

It is indisputable that major league mistakes were made by the governments of both Israel and the United States in dealing with the recent 2019 –...

monday 10

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Kenneth Ryesky

The ‘Chinuch Horizons’ Podcast Series: Now Completing Its Third Successful Year

Effective this month, the Chinuch Horizons podcast series will be completing three years of listening pleasure. Since its inception, Chinuch...

monday 10

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Chaim Y. Botwinick

Sundown at Hostage Square – Folding up our Tents

Ran Gvili is not yet home. We do not have closure, yet our gathering place is closing up shop. We, the people of Hostages Square, are delighted...

monday 30

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Nili Bresler

More Than a Rescue: How Entebbe Reshaped Jewish Identity

11.01.2026 10

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Michael Feldstein

Is this the end of the Islamic regime in Iran?

What could be the consequences of such event on the region in general and on Israel in particular The fall of the Islamic regime in Iran, if and...

11.01.2026 6

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Shaike Komornik

Pursuing Truth

I am really struggling with all the lies. Public figures, including especially politicians, say whatever suits their cause. They throw around...

11.01.2026 5

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Peta Jones Pellach

The Danger of a Hardened Heart – Parashat Va’era

One of the most frightening phrases in the Torah appears again and again in Parashat Va’era : וַיֶּחֱזַק לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא שָׁמַע “Pharaoh’s heart...

11.01.2026 3

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Jay M. Stein

Britain and Israel: Two democracies resisting the tug towards autocracy

Keir Starmer, prime minister of the United Kingdom, is a politician who respects the democratic tradition. He is the epitome of an old-fashioned...

11.01.2026 3

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Harold Behr

While France’s Loire Frames Its Châteaux

11.01.2026 10

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Motti Verses

‘Where There Is No One — Be the Person’ — A Lesson for Our Times

“Where There Is No One — Be the Person” — A Lesson for Our Times In Parshas Shemos, Moshe Rabbeinu witnesses an Egyptian striking a Hebrew...

11.01.2026 10

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Eliezer Simcha Weiss

Stay with me

Stay with me. I need You to stay with me Forever Be with me Support me As I go Love me I need You to love me As I love You Stay with me Show me Be...

11.01.2026 4

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Yoseph Janowski

Featured Post

Over the past year, Europe’s streets have been chock full of protesters. Hundreds of thousands have turned out in London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid,...

11.01.2026 2

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Dov Maimon

Holocaust Monument Desecrator Treated Leniently

Last June, the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, was vandalized by Iain Aspenlieder, a middle-aged lawyer formerly employed...

11.01.2026 10

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Sheldon Kirshner

The Thorn Bush: Emphathy Builds Leaders

Parshas Shemos opens with a difficult time for Klal Yisrael. After Yosef and his generation passed away, the Jewish people multiplied in Egypt, but...

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Eliezer Simcha Weiss

PTSD – on Steroids. A psychological epidemic after ‘October 7.’

Having observed and dealt with stress for over 30 years — as a combat soldier and officer in special units, and later as a combat psychologist in...

10.01.2026 9

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Rocky Abramson

The Light of Hanukkah in Tbilisi: Unity, Trust, and an Unexpected Honor

Being invited to the Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony in Tbilisi was already a great honor for me. The invitation came from Tsiuri...

10.01.2026 10

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Mikheil Khachidze

Fabian UK out-Islams the Muslim Brotherhood

So, the United Arab Emirates has decided to protect its Muslim youth from radicalisation by discouraging them from studying at British...

10.01.2026 4

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Bepi Pezzulli

Dinner with Eli and Batya – Thoughts on the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem

Every year, I spend time in Israel. This year, I am here as a film producer and writer for two documentary films and two books that will be based...

10.01.2026 4

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Geoffrey Clarfield

Tal-Sarah the ‘Tankistit’ and the Fighting Females of the IDF

Tal-Sarah, a young soldier in my PALMAR (combat medical extraction unit), is a symbol of bravery and determination, having made history as part of...

10.01.2026 30

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Tuvia Book

On rare earth, suicide drones, Artificial Intelligence, and the hawk Netanyahu

Thinking, that rare human activity, could come in handy sometime Disclaimer: I’m not saying to nitpick on terminology to make the working class...

10.01.2026 30

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Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

Nazi Scandal in the German Army

Nazi Scandal in Germany’s Paratroopers: Defense Minister Pistorius Demands Sanctions and a Command Shake-Up An elite unit under fire — at the worst...

10.01.2026 30

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Francis Moritz

Dancing with chavismo

It does not happen often that you wake up on a Saturday morning in the new year of 2026, only to read that Caracas has been targeted by American...

10.01.2026 7

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Jonathan Shavit

The IRGC’s Exit Strategy: How the Regime Plans to Survive Its Own Collapse

When the Islamic Republic begins to crack, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will not simply watch the rubble fall. It will move –...

10.01.2026 40

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Catherine Perez-Shakdam