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For the better part of two and a half years, El Al Israel Airlines wore the mantle of hero. When every other major international carrier quietly slipped out of Ben Gurion Airport’s skies following the October 7th massacre, El Al stayed. So…

A Palestinian terrorist attack in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2016 was a unique event, having been the only one inside Israel recorded in real time by security cameras. Its grainy footage forms the core of Tal Inbar’s unsettling documentary, Closed…

I don’t think I need to translate this well known proverb which we Jews hear hundreds of times throughout our lives.

But these days it feels especially true.

Chaos reigns at Ben Gurion Airport.
I watched in horror as a passenger yelled at…

There are moments in history when leaders are called upon not merely to manage events, but to speak moral truth clearly and without hesitation. This is one of those moments.

Israel did not choose this war with Iran. For over four decades, the…

These days in Israel, our world has gotten smaller again.

Not emotionally smaller — if anything, the opposite. But physically smaller. Families are staying closer to home, closer to shelters, closer to the people they love most. Plans are…

From “Sheep” to Protector: Why Training is No Longer Optional

I want to share a story that reminds us all why we train. I currently teach Krav Maga to three young men from the Satmar community. These individuals are often unfairly viewed…

The current war with Iran was barely a few days old when pundits and scholars began compiling lists of its alleged failures. Many critics rushed to judgment without first defining their theory of victory or explaining what victory would…

March 15–Day of Rescuers of Lithuanian Jews

While Lithuania highlights 924 recognized rescuers, the deeper truth—illustrated even in the record of figures like my grandfather, Jonas Noreika—is that the country’s Holocaust history is…

Our young people are being well looked after – but don’t abandon them over Pesach

Like most Jewish people in the Diaspora, I have always had an intimate connection to Israel. I have close family there and I am a regular visitor. And, like…

The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of ancient Medrashim (commentaries on Torah) includes the following passage:

א“ר יצחק שנה שמלך המשיח נגלה בו כל מלכי אומות העולם מתגרים זה בזה

Rabbi…