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Today, under the open sky at the funeral of Josh Boone z”l, I stood among those who came to honor a man who gave so much of himself to Israel....
In the wake of October 7, 2023, the Jewish world finds itself caught in a global “mishearing” of staggering proportions. Across the streets of...
Although this week we read Parsha Vayera, I would like to share a thought connected to Vayechi. Because Vayechi is not a parsha about a week — it is...
In the world of language education, we talk endlessly about cultural competence, building bridges, and social justice. These beautiful concepts...
In the digital age, the reach of a microphone can extend further than the acoustics of any cathedral. But for a public figure who professes a...
There Are None So Blind as Those Who Do Not Wish to See — A Message from Parshat Bo It is a hard truth, but one that is often ignored: there is...
In this episode tempers rise at Kibbutz Teruah’s seder. Aton keeps trying to interrupt but many ‘shush’s’ restrain his zeal. But finally his...
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland closed a long-running diplomatic debate but opened a more consequential question: what follows recognition in a...
The dissonance between campus protests against Israel and the academic silence surrounding the killing of protesters in Iran exposes a sharp—and...
Selective Outrage: Why Iran’s Dead Don’t Matter to the Media In the span of two weeks, an estimated 12,000 Iranian citizens were killed amid...
Last week, while rummaging through some old papers, I came across a document I had typed more than forty years ago. It was on onion-skin paper,...
JD Vance was the GOP’s signal flare — the up-from-nowhere firebrand poised to be the next president, the man who channeled MAGA’s angry base and...
I began this blog in the weeks after October 7 to think in public about Jewish life, our safety, memory, identity, and politics. I posted unevenly,...
In July 2025, Congress narrowly avoided catastrophe by raising the debt ceiling to $41.1 trillion through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The...
100 years ago, the Rosenberg Brothers were brewing “Max Brau” Palestinian beer in Acre. This advertisement appeared in a 1926 edition of...
In April 1979, my professor, a bright, beautiful woman, came into the classroom with “exciting news!” It was official, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
I was once an anti-Zionist. My political views were shaped by leftist academics during my time doing graduate work at Boston University. I had...
I first met Menachem Mirski when I and my wife Judy went to Poland in the fall of 2010 to help in a Jewish revival. Mirski was not a Rabbi then. He...
My dogs pulled forward toward the Howard Street Dog Park as we passed First and Franklin Presbyterian Church. Outside hung purple ribbons, each...
What’s more dangerous for a country’s future: external attack or internal revolution? As a political scientist, I am not aware of any scholar who...
Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a small fraction standing by the end of the century unless global...
As artificial intelligence threatens to displace vast numbers of jobs, most public discussion centers on economic remedies: retraining programs,...
Parshat Va’era gives a description of the first seven of the Ten Plagues. There is a subtle but important message within this description. We learn...
Last Friday, when I read Ben-Dror Yemini’s article in Yedioth Ahronoth, “The Covenant of the Bullies,” I felt a sense of déjà vu. He has been...
Image:78 years since the first transistor was developed at Bell Labs — a breakthrough that laid the foundation for modern computing and AI. Photo...
This morning, like every morning for the past two weeks, the first thing I did upon waking was search for news of Iran. Have the protests...
There is a moment in Red Dead Redemption 2 that is easy to miss and difficult to forget. John Marston is trying — awkwardly, imperfectly — to live...
On January 16, 1979, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was forced to flee Iran along with his family due to the US and European countries withdrawing...
The telos of tefillah, the Hebrew word for prayer, is not to be reflective about one’s heart’s software. It’s willingness to be subjected to...
The Best Day Ever By Eden Gabay You know these days when nothing goes right? When waking up is already a fight? Your shower is cold, you can’t...
In recent years, the concept of parental alienation (PA) has become one of the most contested issues in family law and child psychology. Few...
“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined;” – First Annual Address to Congress, George Washington (January 8, 1790) Every time I...
In early 2026, the strategic landscape of the Middle East is shaped by a striking convergence: while many regional governments remain deeply...
B”H 1/15/2026 26 Tevet 5786 Reynah and the Golem Chapter One “Can I stay here forever?” She thought as she gazed into his beautiful light hazel...
The Urgent Need for Opposition Unity in Israel Israel’s opposition faces a moment of truth: unite or lose – again. As the next election approaches,...
When Iranians flooded the streets chanting “Woman, Life, Freedom,” many believed the Islamic Republic was facing its most serious challenge since...
“I think there are only two countries on this planet that can claim to have a biblical relationship: Iran and Israel. This goes back 25 centuries....
As an American citizen I am terrified to be in the United States right now. There I said it. Everyone can read my words. I don’t have to keep it a...
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