This past week, at the American Zionist Movement’s Biennial National Assembly, I sat down with Mark Wilf, Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Jewish Agency , for a conversation shaped by grief, responsibility, and resolve. For Wilf,…
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Mark Wilf: “Rebuilding Israel Is About Healing People — Not Just Places”
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Stop Dreaming
Several years ago, Rabbi Zev Leff, a prominent Rabbi from Israel, was visiting his daughter’s family in Scotland. There was a soccer match between Israel and Glasgow, and he accompanied his family to the stadium. As a goal was scored, the…
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When Hassan II Rejected the Illusion That Guns Create States [3/3]
This is the third and final chapter in a three-part series on King Hassan II’s views on Israel. To read the first chapter, click here. To read the second chapter, click here. 1973: The victory that opened the door to negotiation If 1967 was the…
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Beyond a Crisis: Why Liberal Zionism Still Matters
Professor Shaul Magid is right about something fundamental: liberal Zionism is in crisis. October 7 and the devastation of Gaza have not merely strained an ideology; they have exposed fault lines that many liberal Zionists long knew were there…
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The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #199, Crystal Haggadah, 10
In this episode we hear tales of bravery by fearless Mountain Jews. The Eternal Jew’s Tale A Pesakh Montage, The Crystal Haggadah Midrashbase Mountain Jews – Juhuro Pesakh Midrashim, ~1300 CE Morduk starts the Pesakh tales of exploits sought,…
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Turning AI Power Toward Human Purpose
A simple exchange between friends recently captured a dilemma at the heart of our age. Two people were debating global affairs when I interrupted and asked, half playfully, if they had managed to solve the world’s problems. Their answer was…
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What They’re Talking About When They Talk About the Intifada
As my mother was dying in America, growing weaker month by month, the flowers out on our porch were dying, too. It couldn’t be helped. It was Israel’s sabbatical year. By Jewish law, the earth lay fallow. I couldn’t weed them, couldn’t drown them…
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Stain Power and More Zevachim 97-99
97 — Knife to Meet You: The Akeidah’s Cutting Insight Our Gemara on Amud Beis quotes a proof text that a knife must be used to slaughter the Olah sacrifice: “Slaughtering may be performed only with a knife and not with a sharp stone or…
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Yemenite Hebrew: The Sound Time Forgot
For more than two millennia, the Jews of Yemen preserved the closest living pronunciation to Biblical Hebrew, untouched by European reforms or later rabbinic standardization. Their isolation — enforced by geography and by Islamic restrictions…
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Aspirin for Amnesia in Austria
We all know the slogan, “In case of risks and adverse effects, read the package insert and ask your doctor or pharmacist.” But last month in Vienna I ended up with unsolicited advice when trying to pick up some blood pressure medicine. I was…
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