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I held my breath: “My son, where are you?” I thought. “Are you still alive? Are you still here in the world of the living? A world for impact,...
End the Islamist regime. Transfer full power to the pro-Western opposition that represents the majority of Iranians. Turn over to it: all government...
It is my practice on Fridays, before the onset of Shabbat, to send a message to everyone in the office. I try to be at least a little bit inspiring...
There are a whole lotta questions rattling around my head as I watch Tzofar alerts on my phone. I may be in the States, but my heart is nowhere near...
The current Iranian escalation and the widening attacks against multiple states in the region — including Gulf countries and even Cyprus — raise a...
My personal journey into understanding why Iran is so intensely hostile toward Israel began when I studied at the Islamic College in London, which...
I don’t know about you, but over the past week my social media feeds have been overflowing with Purim costumes. Friends, grandchildren, neighbors...
Iranians are watching you. Now that the European Union and the United Kingdom are entangled in Iran’s crisis, it is painfully clear: our country is...
UN Rapporteur Albanese once reported that “Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is at an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler colonial...
Sometimes redemption emerges from messy circumstances, flawed personalities, and unlikely alliances. Each year on Purim we retell a story filled with...
The current war in Iran has spilled into Lebanon, much to Iran’s satisfaction. Hezbollah, a creation of Iran and Iran’s chief proxy in the Middle...
I conducted an exclusive interview with a pastor who works in the care and support of Muslim refugees in Brazil. For security reasons and to preserve...
“I will tell you that AIPAC may call itself pro-American. They may call themselves pro-Israel. But they are neither. They have been a very...
Sitting in a coffee shop in London with my wife and sister, we were trying to translate one of the ruder Hebrew sayings in a way that will rhyme in...
Introduction: Recovering a Silenced Story For centuries, Western narratives portrayed Africa as passive—a continent of helpless victims, easily...
In the post-World War II era, the international community established what were meant to be Universal Taboos. These were the “red lines” of...
The brief story of Amalek is perhaps the oddest story in the Five Books of Moses. Ostensibly, Amalek, whether a terrorist nation or a terrorist who...
An incident that took place earlier this week between the Jewish community of Shiloh and the Palestinian village of Qaryut in the Binyamin region...
I write this from a religious freedom conference convened by Empower Women Media, led by Iranian-American advocate Shirin Taber and Lebanese-American...
This week’s parsha is dedicated to the heroic soldiers, security forces and first responders of the IDF, defenders of the Jewish people and the land...
“The shoes are full of stones scattered in them.” The sentence landed with the dull thud of something that should not be possible and stopped me...
I was taking a break from my TOI Blog, but wish to express the support for Israel that I and many Canadians share. We send our care and concern...
The episode of the Golden Calf stands as the Israelites’ lowest moment, a profound betrayal of God occurring so soon after the revelation at Sinai....
In the new war against the Islamic regime in Iran, Israel and America have eliminated the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. As significant as the...
Kanaani Cats, Bereshit, and the Song of Creation There are moments in life when a person begins to feel that the world itself is speaking. Not through...
History usually moves slowly. But sometimes it moves in moments that feel almost biblical. The dramatic events unfolding around Iran — a regime that...
Israel and the United States are joined together in a sizable military operation – a.k.a. a war – with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Israel has...
In Parshat Ki Tisa (Shmot 34:23), we read about “Aliya LaRegel,” the mitzvah to go up to Jerusalem on the holidays of Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot:...
WARNING: the following is satire. We had a quiet night in Jerusalem. Which, frankly, felt suspicious. So obviously I spiraled. I stayed up late...
Vladimir Putin, of all people, along with several European leaders, has declared that “the US- Israel war against Iran is illegal under...
It’s been 7 months since I wrote my last article, in which I explained why I left the Democratic Party. Since then, I have grown more comfortable...
In January my sister and I went to the Sydney Opera House for the first time since we were children. We walked back to the future up the cool, wide...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/isolationist-us-right-wing-commentators-decry-iran-war-trump-says-he-doesnt-care/ The most important line in this story...
Covenant, separation, and the hope of return – Through a father’s lament, and Torah’s echoes of brothers who found their way; back to each other...
We are now less than a month from Passover. For many of us, the cleaning and preparations associated with the “Holiday of Freedom” have already...
The war that erupted on February 28 between Israel, the United States, and Iran has sent shockwaves through the international system. What began as a...
For years, Western leaders have publicly condemned Iran’s expanding drone arsenal, particularly systems supplied to proxy militias and deployed from...
Let’s start with the Israelis: Assaf Lowengart (OF) Assaf Lowengart was born in Timorim, Israel, and grew up playing baseball on Kibbutz Gezer....
There is a notion stretching back to the ancient Greeks of the “Olympic Truce.” While the Olympic Games were proceeding, ongoing wars would...
The great modern day Talmudist, Rav Adin Steinsaltz, also wrote a commentary on the Five Megillot. His explanation of the Book of Esther is quite...
From the hidden to the revealed Esther then and Esther now Esther wrapped in silk and trembling faith— Yet stronger than the king’s unwanted...
Tel Aviv is usually a city of noise, but yesterday – for two minutes – silence was louder. At Habima Square, a group of twenty young people stood...
They glided in as if on invisible ponies, high heels and gilded gowns whisping across our floor. This was a special enough event to warrant shoes, and...
Not regarding civically correct Germanically—burgerlich—or Hebraically homely—-balabuttish, both Donald Trump of USA and Friedrich Merz, a...
The escalating confrontation between the United States and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other, is not confined to the Gulf. Its tremors reach...
For forty-two years, my family has lived in exile. We did not leave Iran for comfort. We left because dissent became a crime, faith became...
President Trump announced early Saturday that the United States, in coordination with Israel, launched a major military operation against Iran on...
After much procrastination, I left my hometown of Omer and arrived in Tivon—a two-and-a-half-hour drive. I sent all my furniture, clothing, dishes,...
What’s Missing From the Conversation About Sharia Law In a recent article in the Austin American-Statesman, Rayan Rafay takes offense at the State...
A growing strand on the American Right now argues that Israel is a foreign policy liability—an expensive entanglement draining U.S. resources. The...
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