By Alfred Marcus
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani consistently claims that Israel’s war in Gaza constitutes genocide. Gaza’s suffering is horrific and Israel’s conduct in some instances may be problematic, but that does…
A State in Fixation: Why Israel’s Democratic Crisis Is Not the Haredim’s Fault
The recent ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem was not the cause of a rupture in Israeli democracy. It was a mirror reflecting a deeper, older structural…
Lech Lecha introduces us to one of the most extraordinary figures in human history. The Rambam calls him “the pillar of the world,” and God calls him “My beloved.” We know him as Avraham Avinu — Abraham, our father — a name that…
I started my Master’s this week in Political Communication at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
I asked ChatGPT to help me figure out what it is that fascinates me so much about politics, media, and communication. Why was I studying this?
At…
In June 2024, I travelled to Belfast to speak at the Irish North–South Criminology Conference. My subject was familiar — returning to faith and community,…
Prophets Noah and Abraham are being discussed in synagogues world-wide at this time of the year. Most Jews do not know about the insights of these two men as described in the Qur’an and later books of Islamic scholars. The Muslim…
While Catholic, Reformed, and mainline Protestant voices were often divided — some defending slavery, others opposing it — the Radical Reformation and its allied dissenting traditions stood apart for their clarity and consistency. Among…
By the Grace of G-d
To Prime Minister Carney
Greeting and Blessing:
I am sending to you and to Pierre Poilievre by email, the following which I plan to post on the Times of Israel blog.
Canada is facing severe economic challenges. Trump is…
LONDON — The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed on Thursday it is looking into a leak about an investigation that resulted in the agency clearing 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication before the Tokyo Olympics in…
The last time someone photographed the exosphere, the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere separating it from outer space, was in the 1970s from the surface of the Moon.
This is a problem for two reasons, said Brian Walsh,…