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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…

This last Shabbat I spent Seudah Shelisheet sitting around an expansive table, singing z’mirot, our songs as Shabbat was coming to a close. We looked at the Israeli song “Sharm El-Sheikh, We Have Come Back Again,” and all of a sudden…

Justice Without Vengeance: Why Accountability Must Be Credible to Sustain Peace

This essay is part of the series “Before Reconstruction: The Moral Architecture of Peace,” which examines the psychological, cultural, and moral foundations…

Confidence is the most fragile asset in the global economy. Markets run on it. Alliances depend on it. Deterrence requires it. And right now, the United States—the country that has long supplied much of that confidence to the world—is…

Much of Sefer Shemot describes the building of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle that served as the center of Israel’s worship during their trek through the desert. The four parashiyot: Terumah, Tetzaveh, Vayakhel, and Pekudei contain striking…

While the war with Iran rages on, as U.S.-Israel coalition forces weaken the regime’s military capabilities, Israelis are still suffering from a barrage of missiles, although the number of projectiles coming into the land are less. IDF…