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“People don’t go there anymore. It’s too crowded.” – Yogi Berra

The Magic Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando is one of the most visited theme parks in the world, welcoming nearly eighteen million visitors a year….

JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL

In the early seventh century, Jewish leaders in Babylonia and the Land of Israel sought to translate enduring spiritual attachment to Zion into concrete political action through alliance with the Sasanian…

Once again, the sirens have sounded across the Galilee. Once again, families in Kiryat Shmona, Metula, and the kibbutzim of the north have been forced into shelters as Hezbollah rockets rain down on Israeli soil. This latest barrage is not an…

Nearly two weeks after the United States and Israel went to war with Iran, President Donald Trump appears eager to wrap it up expeditiously, worried by the skyrocketing price of oil and concerned that about two-thirds of Americans oppose…

“Still, a white sail is on the horizon, facing a heavy black cloud.
Whatever we ask for, let it be.” (Naomi Shemer)

The ability to think beyond, to look toward and beyond the horizon, is what our Sages wrote in Ethics of the Fathers when…

These days, our lives in Israel are measured by the distance to the nearest safe room. The “new routine” is anything but routine—punctuated by sirens, missiles, and the constant hum of airplanes and uncertainty. As parents, we are…

Shemos 35:2: שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֘ תֵּֽעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י יִֽהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם קֹ֛דֶשׁ שַׁבַּ֥ת שַׁבָּת֖וֹן…