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Recently, I wrote a post with the above heading and noted a follow-up coming about another Jewish woman in the Diaspora whose life (and approach to...
The Map I Had Never Seen If you’ve toured Jerusalem’s Old City with me, you’ve probably heard the story. We stand on the Cardo, the ancient...
This week, I sat in the Al Green Theatre at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival and watched Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford. Like many in the...
On Sunday, June 14, the IDF struck a Hezbollah command center in the suburbs of Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighborhood, in direct response to the launch of...
Steven Spielberg’s new film, Disclosure Day, opened this past weekend, and every trailer for it circles back to the same question: if proof arrived...
When I saw him walking toward my table I thought, Oh. This is going to be interesting. I was calm. I was collected. I was ready. He was 92 years old....
A Mal’ach HaMavet– An Angel of Death, and a Tree of Life were all created on the same day, a few billion years ago. They were Yin and Yang. At...
There was a time when Judaism produced giants who saw no contradiction between Torah and reason. The greatest example remains Maimonides, the Rambam,...
In the spring of 1948, hundreds of thousands of Arabs locked their doors, pocketed their keys, and walked away from their houses in the newborn State...
More than 400 years ago, when Shivaji was a prince in western India, he pioneered and perfected Ganimi Kava, a form of guerrilla warfare, against a...
A PARADIGM CHALLENGED In the spring of 1996, Daniel Goldhagen openly challenged the prevailing scholarly interpretation of the Holocaust. The...
The growing hostility to the State of Israel by left-wing Jewish groups in the United States is well documented and frequently reported. Less well...
Trump entered the Iran war as a showman entering an arena. Now that the crowd has stopped roaring, he is declaring victory and heading for the exit...
A Dream Realized After 34 Years: A Historic Moment for Somaliland From Isolation to International Engagement: Why President Cirro’s Reception in...
Sitting in my flat in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the evening of Oct. 7, 2023, I watched, like so many others, in disbelief as the outside world was flooded...
As the 3rd of Tammuz approaches, marking the yahrzeit of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson z”l, I have been thinking not only about the Rebbe’s...
We’ve been hearing for weeks, even months from the White House that Islamic Republic of Iran was about to sign a deal. True or not, for some reason...
Erdogan is not the deviation that ruined a clean republic. He is the loud voice of a state tradition Ankara had long sold as Western, secular and...
Thirty-seven years ago, a slightly skinnier version of myself entered the Israeli Security Zone in South Lebanon with my Givati platoon. As the...
The science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke suggested that killing in the name of God might be a fairly good definition of insanity. Sounds...
The American-Israeli bond is under serious strain and there’s no sugarcoating it. What we’re seeing now is a seismic shift, one that threatens to...
There is a particular audacity to the statistics being waved around right now. J Street commissions a poll. Haaretz runs the headline. Peter Beinart...
Well, here we have a classic case of diplomatic betrayal. Behind closed doors, away from the cameras and the public eye, Europe’s top diplomat Kaja...
Once a upon a time, the megalomaniac strongman of the country formerly known as “Turkey” decreed that outsiders–particularly the...
AI can recommend options, compare scenarios, and identify efficient paths forward. But recommendation is not advice, and advice is not responsibility....
The formal suspension of its Chief Prosecutor accused of grave sexual misconduct (the second of its three chief prosecutors to date caught up in such...
Gilad Janklowicz, who died on June 9 at the age of 71, spent forty-two years coaching viewers through a screen. A former Israeli decathlon champion,...
A journey of hope and reinvention as families crossed an ocean with faith and determination, weaving Jewish resilience into the American fabric. From...
Every military in the world seems to be studying Ukraine these days. Defense officials arrive eager to learn how Ukrainian drones evade air defenses,...
As reports emerge regarding the proposed U.S.-Iran agreement, reportedly known as the Islamabad Memorandum, senior Israeli officials are raising...
It’s true I was annoyed at having to take the long way around – taking us twice as long as necessary – to attend a family event Thursday...
Israel is headed toward elections. But changing leaders won’t by itself change the way Israel is governed, because the deeper problem is structural....
The defining challenge of the 21st century for the North American Reform movement will increasingly be shaped by ideological commitment and communal...
“He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.” –William Shakespeare, “Much Ado about Nothing”,...
The last time the Knicks won an NBA championship was in 1973, when Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, Bill Bradley, Earl Monroe, and Dave DeBusschere brought...
After years of sanctions, covert operations, cyberattacks, assassinations, and military strikes, the regime in Tehran remains standing. Now it may be...
For decades, the cornerstone of Israeli national security was a simple, non-negotiable principle: when it comes to our existential threats, we must be...
Football, Politics, and the Sun and Lion: Shaping the Narrative on the World Cup Stage. With the kickoff of the Football World Cup, a deeply rooted...
After months of military escalation, economic uncertainty, and behind-the-scenes diplomacy, a breakthrough in US-Iran relations appears closer than at...
On June 12, 2026, I watched an episode of Lazar Focus in which Lazar Berman interviewed Germany’s ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert. The...
Ukraine Removed Russian from European Protection — but Added Hebrew and Yiddish: What Law No. 4699-IX Means On June 12, 2026, Ukrainian President...
A Stalemate Wrapped in a Deal The Memorandum of Understanding expected to be agreed upon by Iran and the United States in the coming days will...
Friday mornings in Israel have a meaning rarely understood by the outside world. The front door opens, and there they are. A duffel bag slung over a...
The New York Knicks are now NBA World Champions; the last time they won an NBA Final was back in 1973 when NBA legend Walt Clyde Frazier was on the...
This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government moved forward with one of the most significant Zionist initiatives in decades, allocating...
The Vocabulary Changes, the Target Does Not One question keeps returning, in one form or another: Who is behind all this? Is it the universities? The...
Too Old To Rule The World Donald Trump is turning 80 today. According to official statements, he is “perfectly healthy” and fully capable of...
After the liberation of Nissan, the healing work of Iyar, and the grand revelation of Sivan, the Jewish calendar undergoes a sudden change in tone....
The Chazon Ish introduced a concept that he felt was necessary for perfecting one’s character. He calls this דקדוק הדין, or meticulousness...
In this week’s Torah portion, we read of the rebellion led by Korach against Moses and Aaron. Korach’s accusation was a classic populist play: he...
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