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Israel regards Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, as one of its closest friends. But on March 2, as the United States and Israel intensified their military campaign in Iran, he surprised Israel with a slip of the tongue, opening a…

Israel’s air force and intelligence services, working in tandem with their American counterparts, have dealt a series of devastating blows to Iran in the last week. For good reason, many people following the fighting, whatever their views…

So, a Christian Nationalist regime with their Jesus on their side, allied with a Jewish Nationalist regime with their HaShem on their side, have gone after an Islamic Nationalist regime with their Allah on their side, while each Nationalist…

(In case you don’t follow my podcasts, here’s one on the theme of the war and Purim: What Can YOU + I Learn From ʞǝlɐɯ∀?)

The language of numbers is a useful tool for helping think about big things.

Try asking this at your table: How…

Friday afternoon my wife Mary Lu, who is recovering from a serious stroke, fell.

She was sitting on the edge of her bed in the barn (our house is known as ‘the barn’). I was standing just a few feet away. She leaned forward — just a…

There is a striking difference between the first tablets and the second, and it is not accidental.

The first tablets are described as entirely the work of God. They are given to Moses as objects already formed and already inscribed. The Torah…

On March 5, 2026, Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued an official statement on the Middle East and directly labeled Israel and the United States “aggressors.” Moscow claims the military operation against Iran was launched “under a…

Response to JN article https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/police-chief-absolutely-determined-to-learn-lessons-from-maccabi-away-fans-ban/

As a reminder of what happened: “Maccabi supporters were barred from traveling to a Europa League game at…

A gun-rights activist whose YouTube output includes videos admiring Nazi firearms will be the de facto Republican nominee for a closely watched West Texas congressional district after his primary opponent, an incumbent…

If you have as long a history as the Jews, it is not difficult to find parallels between past events and later ones. But on closer inspection, it becomes apparent that it is not Judaism’s uninterrupted existence that drives the fascination…