Parashat Miketz opens with a deceptively simple phrase: “Vayehi miketz shenatayim yamim”, “It was at the end of two years.” Two years of silence. Two years of forgotten promises. Two years in which Yosef sits in a pit of uncertainty,…
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Maccabee Fist
Chanukah commemorates a successful defense against a grave threat to our religion and everything for which it stands, namely a combination of devotion to God and respect for humanity. Rabbi Akiva, who experienced, perhaps, the most virulent…
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The Blogs: It is time for us take responsibility | Sharon Jason
This Chanukah, when tragedy has stricken our people, it is not enough for us to say that we will keep light burning in this dark world by “being a light” through personal practice or acts of kindness. Don’t get me wrong – this is an…
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The Blogs: I live in Israel. Here’s why I don’t think all Jews necessarily should | Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Someone asked me a burning question on the 4th night of Hanukkah:
Should all Jews move to Israel?
And here’s my answer:
I chose this place and youll have to take me out of hete feet first. I’m not leaving.
But should everyone move here?…
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The Blogs: Sudan’s Crises and Europe’s Choice: Engagement or Irrelevance | Junaid Qaiser
For too long, the war in Sudan has been viewed from afar in European capitals as a tragic yet distant issue—something to be dealt with through aid rather than meaningful political action. The conference titled “Sudan in Crisis: Turning…
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The Blogs: Lighting Hope: Eli Sharabi and Gilad Erdan at the MDA Hanukkah Gala | Ayelet Raymond
As Miss Israel and Miss World Influencer, this Hanukkah I felt part of one big family as we gathered at the Magen David Adom – AFMDA Miami Gala at the Miami Beach Convention Center, a night that truly lived up to its promise. Nearly 600…
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The Blogs: Taylor Swift, Israel, and the Politics of Presence | Bonnie K. Goodman
When Taylor Swift: The End of an Era premiered on Disney+ in December 2025, it was meant to serve as a reflective conclusion to the most successful concert tour in modern music history. Instead, the documentary became an unexpected cultural…
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The Blogs: Pedro Sánchez: Corruption as a Governing Method | Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez
Pedro Sánchez did not enter La Moncloa through reform or merit, but through the weaponization of morality. Anti-corruption was never a principle—it was a tool. In June 2018, he exploited the Gürtel ruling to depose Mariano Rajoy,…
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The Blogs: What Some ‘Jewish Academics’ Have in Common With Yasser Arafat | Paul Mendlowitz
The Obsession with Separating Judaism, the Zionist State from Zionism
There is a peculiar spectacle unfolding in some areas of Western intellectual life: a cadre of self-described Jewish academics straining, contorting, and moralizing to…
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The Blogs: The Power of God: Thoughts on the Last Two Years | Moshe Grussgott
- The Power of God in His Land
Zhou Enlai, the Foreign Minister of China, was reportedly once asked his opinion about the French Revolution, which had taken place two centuries earlier. “It’s too soon to tell”, he responded. We sit now…
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