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AI Made People Equal

AI Made People Equal

Sam Colt Made People Equal. AI Did It Again. We have all heard the famous saying: God created men, but Sam Colt made them equal. God created men, but...

yesterday 10

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Ivan Bassov

I will put my hands over you!

Today I woke up to the sad news of the passing of Lindsey Graham. I did not want to believe it, so I checked a few of my news apps, and soon grasped...

yesterday 10

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Rebecca Liebermann Nissel

‘Philadelphia Freedom, shine on me…’

‘Philadelphia Freedom, shine on me…’

As I walked through the small park beside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, in the final days before the city marked America’s 250th anniversary,...

yesterday 10

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Motti Verses

Israel Needs a Decapitation Deterrence Doctrine

Israel Needs a Decapitation Deterrence Doctrine

President Trump recently stated on Truth Social that he has already directed the U.S. military “to fire one thousand missiles” and sustain...

yesterday 10

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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Know thy enemy. My second shift of protective presence

I cannot sleep the night before my second shift. I throw up around midnight. Nerves, and too much vodka. Why does it fill me with horror to go back?...

yesterday 10

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Charlotte Mendel

Tisha B’Av, Achdut and the Iranian Nuclear Threat

This week is Rosh Chodesh  Menachem Av. In several weeks, we will be observing Tisha B’Av – a sad and solemn day of fasting and mourning to...

yesterday 20

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Chaim y. Botwinick

After Recognition: Somaliland’s Democratic Test

Recognition Is Only the Beginning Somaliland has reached a historic moment in its long search for international recognition. Israel’s recognition...

yesterday 10

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Hibo Hagi-Nur

Lindsey Graham understood what too few in Washington still do

Lindsey Graham died Saturday night the way he lived: mid-flight between crises that mattered to him. He had just returned from Kyiv, where he sat with...

yesterday 20

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Harley Lippman

‘Whose Land?’ Tribute to Christian Zionist Filmmaker Hugh Kitson

‘Whose Land?’ Tribute to Christian Zionist Filmmaker Hugh Kitson

A Farewell in Australia to Filmmaker Hugh Kitson, Who Devoted His Life to Telling the Truth of History & Israel’s Rights to the Land Under...

yesterday 20

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Elaine Black

Russia wages a battle against Israel over Jewish heritage in Judea and Samaria

Russia wages a battle against Israel over Jewish heritage in Judea and Samaria

Russia has found another way to challenge Israel, and this time the battlefield is not military, diplomatic, or economic. It is archaeological. On...

yesterday 20

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Alexander Lutsenko

Benjamin Stora Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #335

Benjamin Stora Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #335

Benjamin Stora, French historian commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron to write an official report on the memory of colonization and the Algerian...

yesterday 20

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Alexandre Gilbert

Is the American Dream at Risk

The latest Democratic primaries in New York did more than produce new nominees. They raised a larger question: Is the political coalition that helped...

yesterday 20

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Karen Lehmann

The life and times of Amos, minor prophet

During the reign of Jeroboam II (not to be confused with Jeroboam I, who had a flagon for holding wine named after him), there lived a man named Amos,...

yesterday 20

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Harold Behr

Why Israel is getting clobbered in the foreign press – revisited

Six years ago I wrote a blog for The Times of Israel entitled  “Why Israel is getting clobbered in the foreign press....

yesterday 20

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David K. Rees

Iran’s Real Weapon Was Not Nuclear, But the Strait of Hormuz

Veni, vidi… and did I understand? For 12 days, the world was mesmerized by the images. Missiles streaking across the sky. Fighter jets flying...

yesterday 20

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Nestor Daniel Scherman

The Standard Pretoria Built

South Africa built a legal standard at The Hague. It now applies at the Limpopo. Mqondisi Moyo’s statement of July 12 needs no help from me, and it...

yesterday 20

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Grant Arthur Gochin

The Case for ‘Aspirational Zionism’

“Everything depends on how we live in our land and how we behave here. Our brethren in the Diaspora want to see here what is missing there in the...

yesterday 20

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John L. Rosove

‘It Is True’: Artemisia Gentileschi and Paternalistic Chesed

‘It Is True’: Artemisia Gentileschi and Paternalistic Chesed

This past week marked the birth of Artemisia Gentileschi, born in Rome in July 1593, one of the great painters of the Baroque and one of art...

yesterday 20

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Bonnie K. Goodman

The Next Leadership Skill Isn’t Learning AI

Every generation believes it is living through unprecedented change. Artificial intelligence is transforming how quickly we can gather information,...

yesterday 20

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Michael Bresler

A People That Dwells Alone: Destiny or Decree?

Between Har Hamor and Rabbi Meir Kahane, a conception is taking shape that turns isolation from a value imposed from without into an ideological goal...

yesterday 20

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Daniel Goldman

Av: The Tet of Hidden Goodness

Av: The Tet of Hidden Goodness

After the constriction of Tammuz, the Jewish calendar descends into what appears to be its darkest point. The walls have been breached. The siege has...

yesterday 20

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Sam Cohen

The Woman Who Chose the Broken Road

What the Book of Ruth reveals about love, loyalty, and the hidden architecture of the soul Here is the paradox that has followed me through years of...

yesterday 30

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Hande Gençünal

The Right to Say No

The comparison between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump is usually made at the level of temperament and rhetoric. Both attack the press, denounce...

yesterday 20

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Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

America’s Last Hawk

The news of Senator Lindsey Graham’s sudden death came just as he had returned from his tenth wartime visit to Kyiv — only on Friday he was...

yesterday 30

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Vitalii Portnikov

The Case For a Two-State Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Israel faces one of the most difficult periods in its history. Militarily, it remains strong, but diplomatically, morally, economically, and...

yesterday 30

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Richard H. Schwartz

US Representative Ro Khanna, No Friend of Ours

US Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) made a visit to Israel this past week for the express purpose, as he termed it, of seeing what the Palestinians in...

yesterday 20

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Sherwin Pomerantz

The Perilous Optics of Israel Beating The War Drums

As the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran unravels into a renewed cycle of maritime aggression and retaliatory strikes, Israel...

yesterday 20

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Fabio Andre

The Last Food Truck Before the Border

I expected fear, but got food – and a lot of it. Well, my dears, I can reassure you that war or no war, Hezbollah, Hamas or Democrats —Israelis...

yesterday 20

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Ella Ben Emanuel

Jewish Democrats: Our Only Path to Victory Is to Stay in the Party

We must be part of the mission to preserve American democracy, so we must stay Democrats and keep our Party Pro Israel Jewish Democrats must be seen...

yesterday 30

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Mitch Mallett

The 9 Days & Meat: A Siyum Too Far?

This week, we will usher in the month of Av, and with it, the 9 days – including the Ashkenazi custom not to eat meat.* This will lead to a flurry...

yesterday 20

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Shayna Abramson

The Scaffold of State-Sponsored Vengeance: A Moral and Security Failure

The Scaffold of State-Sponsored Vengeance: A Moral and Security Failure

The current push to implement the death penalty for terrorists in Israel is often framed by its proponents—such as Moshe Fuzaylov of the Misgav...

yesterday 20

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Kiffer Johannes

“Genocide” and the Mass Slaughter of Truth

We often speak of disinformation as a creature of the internet, but it has for centuries been a potent weapon of antisemites. Anti-Jewish libels have...

yesterday 30

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John C. Landa Jr

Degrees of Separation: A Siege on Our Academic Future

The ivory towers of Israeli academia are not merely facing a legislative adjustment; they are under siege. As our government pushes forward with...

yesterday 30

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Raub Aline

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future? Before October 7, 2023, Israel was widely regarded as one of the strongest and most dynamic advanced economies in...

yesterday 30

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Sabine Sterk

The Productivity Paradox Israel Was Built For

When 95% of high-tech employees use AI regularly and 1% of construction firms do, the question is not whether AI raises productivity — but whose?...

yesterday 30

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Vincent James Hooper

Prada Under Fire: The Controversial Appointment of Marwan Abdelhamid

Prada Under Fire: The Controversial Appointment of Marwan Abdelhamid

São Paulo – Prada, a global icon of luxury, recently announced Palestinian singer Marwan Abdelhamid as its new global ambassador. The decision has...

yesterday 30

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Silas Anastacio

Beyond Bridges and Times

Thirteen years ago, when Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would leave the See of Rome, I wrote an article occasioned by another anniversary that,...

yesterday 30

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Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Mr. President Finish the Job Before History Judges

Mr. President Finish the Job Before History Judges

Throughout history, those who contributed to the collapse of destructive ideologies have earned an enduring place in the historical record. On the...

yesterday 30

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Erfan Fard

Fabulous Beasts and Winding Streets: Prague, Kafka, and the Jewish Condition

A Clock Does Not Only Tell Time A thin curtain of fog draped itself across Prague. The streets were nearly empty. I had flown in that evening to begin...

yesterday 20

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Scott Copeland

Ruining Morale

The request of the tribes of Reuven, Gad, and half of Menashe, to settle on the other side of the Jordan, was not taken well by Moshe Rabbeinu....

yesterday 30

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Kenneth Cohen

Foreign Policy as Electoral Performance

Foreign Policy as Electoral Performance

Within several days, four stories moved through Washington, Muscat, New York, and the occupied West Bank. Each arrived under its own headline....

yesterday 20

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Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Stop Turning Israel Into America’s Political Stage

Israel welcomes debate. Israelis argue with each other every day. They criticize their leaders. They question Israeli policies. That’s what...

yesterday 30

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Anna Steinberg

How fusing Zionism with Judaism endangers the very people it claims to defend

How fusing Zionism with Judaism endangers the very people it claims to defend

For decades, the sentence you heard across the Arab and Muslim world was: we have no quarrel with Jews; our quarrel is with Zionists. Israel was the...

yesterday 30

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Adil Faouzi

Why the Superficial Truce with Mali Exposes Algeria’s Failing Sahel Hegemony

Why the Superficial Truce with Mali Exposes Algeria’s Failing Sahel Hegemony

The unexpected normalization of diplomatic relations between Algeria and Mali in July 2026 marks a desperate pivot rather than a triumph of...

yesterday 30

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Amine Ayoub

A Jew at CUFI: Rediscovering the Biblical Heart of Zionism

A Jew at CUFI: Rediscovering the Biblical Heart of Zionism

Less than one week ago, as part of a large contingent of Jewish leaders and supporters across the country, I was blessed to attend the annual summit...

yesterday 20

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Lila Shoshana Chertman

The oldest synagogue in North Carolina, Temple of Israel, Wilmington

The oldest synagogue in North Carolina, Temple of Israel, Wilmington

The Temple of Israel is a Reform synagogue located at the corner of Fourth and Market Streets in Wilmington, North Carolina. Dedicated on May 12,...

yesterday 20

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Jay Abramson

There Is Still Time Today to Make Yesterday Jealous

There Is Still Time Today to Make Yesterday Jealous

It was an ordinary ride that delivered an extraordinary idea. Earlier this week, in Washington, D.C., I stepped into an Uber driven by a retired...

yesterday 20

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Andy Blumenthal

Rahm Emanuel’s Dangerous Daylight Doctrine

Sadly, few Democrats these days—apart from an outlier like Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)—can summon even the most elementary, unambiguous support...

yesterday 30

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Steve Wenick

Reading Netanyahu’s India Pivot Correctly

Reading Netanyahu’s India Pivot Correctly

There is a particular kind of political statement that sounds almost throwaway until you notice how much weight it is carrying. “You have to build...

yesterday 30

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Yashwant Singh

Reclaiming Critical Theory in Haifa

Reclaiming Critical Theory in Haifa

Last Sunday at the Montreal airport, a stranger asked where I was headed, and I said Vienna. It was true the way the easier thing is true: I was...

yesterday 30

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Joanne Strasser