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Every fashionable anxiety eventually finds its viral statistic, and artificial intelligence has now found water. The claim ricocheting around social...
Israeli Defense Forces reserve spokesperson for Portuguese-speaking countries warns of the sophistication of digital disinformation and its impact on...
The op-ed I might have written last week — predicting that Donald Trump would eventually blame Benjamin Netanyahu for the shortcomings of his...
As the international focus begins to shift from the narrow question of Iran’s nuclear program toward broader questions of regional stability and...
According to a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, 64% of Americans do not want to live in a primarily Christian nation. Instead, they...
The first problem with solving problems in the Mideast is that every solution has been tried without success. The second problem is that failure...
You have been saying brochos for years. The words are correct. The timing is correct. You finish them and sometimes notice you were already somewhere...
In recent years, antisemitism has reached a historically alarming level in the United States. Jewish communities are grappling not only with...
The Iran deal being discussed looks terrible. An Islamic regime that has brutalized its own people, funded terrorism across the region, and crushed...
The shameful surrender agreement signed by Trump at the Palace of Versailles (much like another failed agreement signed there nearly 100 years ago)...
A few short weeks after my back surgery, my wife, Sharon, had toe surgery, leaving us with a total of two good feet between us. The surgeries brought...
The question: What would it take for me to stop supporting Israel? There’s a question that follows every Jew who defends Israel, whether anyone says...
For many Israelis, the return of Donald Trump to the White House seemed like (pardon the pun) a trump card in their hand, a leader favorable to Israel...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has learned the hard way that his political relationship with US President Donald Trump comes at a high...
There is an old Jewish saying: Don’t provoke a king unless you are prepared to live with the consequences. Whether Americans like it or not, whether...
A friend sent me a short video clip last week, the kind that circulates quickly in group chats and gets forwarded with a single line: “You need to...
As world leaders celebrate the agreement between America and Iran, complete with reopened sea lanes, eased sanctions, and promises of future...
A Reflection on Alliances, Leadership, and Bitachon* Recent developments in the political and diplomatic arena once again bring before us a very old...
The MOU may end the war, but it has not ended the danger – and Israel knows the job is only half-done Few people expected the US-Israel war against...
A business without a vision will eventually go bankrupt. But what about a country? How long can we continue without a clear sense of identity and...
In the months since arriving in the United States, time and time again, I’ve been asked the same question: How is it that you remain hopeful about...
Israel Was Not Betrayed. It Was Repriced. Israel was not betrayed by Donald Trump. It was repriced, and that distinction is brutal but necessary....
The biggest Israel story of the week barely made your feed. While the cameras tracked the US–Iran deal racing toward its signing in Switzerland, the...
Let’s be clear: Nobody expected the so-called Memo of Understanding to bring real peace to the Middle East. Yet here we are, watching the world’s...
A few days ago, my wife looked up from the living room and asked: “So, I’m alone again today?” I was puzzled. She was watching television. I was...
Yeshayahu Leibowitz once observed that the placement of Korach’s rebellion in the Torah just after the mitzvah of tzitzit at the end of...
“Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.” – John Greenleaf Whittier The people of Israel are thirsty and...
On the face of it, Korach rebelling against Moshe is about a challenge to Moshe’s leadership or about a desire for power. Yet at the heart of it the...
A calmer mind begins by slowing down inside. Many people live with constant inner pressure. The mind races from one worry to another. You rush through...
There is a kind of Judaism that appears in moments of danger. Under threat. When the Hamans rise up, Jews gather. When decrees are issued, Jews...
There are mixed reviews of the UFC spectacle that took place on the White House south lawn for the President’s eightieth birthday. And then there...
I work in trauma every single day, but hearing a veteran Israeli journalist share his frontline experiences was a stark reminder of just how deeply...
It takes us just a week to read a story that spans almost forty years. Punished for ingratitude and lack of faith, the Jews were forced to wander in...
An entire civilization built upon three pillars: One People: not a mass, not an abstract citizenship, not a consumer, not a floating individual. One...
I’m sitting at a Shabbat table, surrounded by new acquaintances. When they learn that I’m a student at Yeshivat Maharat, a rabbinical school for...
The British group called Palestine Action (PA) was founded in 2020 and has been active in acts of violence and destruction of property at various...
The agreement signed between the United States and Iran may succeed in achieving one immediate objective: reducing the risk of a wider regional war...
This week in Israel, we read Parshat Chukat, which records Miriam’s death in a single, almost understated verse: “Miriam died there and was buried...
In the United States, when one hears the words “Kings Highway,” they think of Brooklyn, NY or the Colonial American Road built by King Charles II...
As Mthwakazi leader Mqondisi Moyo urges Zimbabweans to prepare, the government that took Israel to The Hague must prove that it can prevent threatened...
Israel once again faces a painful and troubling gap between expectation and outcome. The confrontation with Iran was accompanied by hopes for a deep...
Since February 28, 2026, the Islamic Republic has been governed — on paper — by a supreme leader no one has seen. Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed...
Sixteen years ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu engineered an invitation from the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives to address a...
Reuters reports that US President Trump signed a copy of the US-Iran MOU to end their war on Wednesday while he was still in France, and President...
Every morning I watch two countries grieve in two languages. On Iran International, in Persian, the talk is of betrayal. On Israeli television, in...
The All in the Family episode Gloria and the Riddle aired in October 1972. Gloria asked the following riddle: A father and his son are in a car...
Veni, vidi… and understood!? There is something about modern wars that keeps bothering me. We constantly hear people talk about civilians and...
The “great deal,” known as the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), was designed to differentiate it from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
In the years ahead, Israel will need significantly more electricity, larger infrastructure footprints, and far more advanced energy solutions. This is...
The recent agreement between the Trump administration and Iran has ripped the mask off the so-called “BFF” relationship between Donald Trump and...
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