Decades after a number of unknown alphabets were discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls, and against all odds, Emmanuel Oliveiro of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands believes he has cracked the “impossible” one known as Cryptic B.
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Antisemitism in India: An unwelcome import
As global politics and conspiracy theories take hold, India must work to ensure that debates on Gaza, Palestine and Israel are grounded in facts and moral clarity
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South Africa’s Palestinian Bill Arrives
The mask is ripped off, and the stench of hypocrisy chokes the air: South Africa never cared one iota for the Palestinians. Gaza was never a moral crusade; it was the most lucrative political grift in modern history, where bleeding children became…
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Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away…
A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven: A time for being born and a time for dying, A time for planting and a time for uprooting the planted; A time for slaying and a time for healing, A time…
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Beyond the Strongman: Can a King Save Libya’s Lost Generation?
Tripoli is buzzing, but not with the sound of gunfire or the chants of yet another militia leader. Instead, a quiet revolution is taking shape in packed halls and youth conferences. On December 4th, over 1,000 young Libyans gathered under the…
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The peace plan-Israel’s burden
It’s December, Chanukkah is around the corner, and the peace plan is as exciting as yesterday’s day-old bread. The high fives, back slapping, and self-congratulatory hyperbole have disappeared in the rear-view mirror of the world’s mind….
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Parashat Vayeshev: You Might be the Other’s Angel
Parashat Vayeshev relates the story of Joseph, whom Jacob sends to check in on his brothers, a task that will completely change the boy’s life. At first, he has trouble finding them, but he does meet a mysterious figure who sets him on the right…
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Violence in Israeli Society – From Battlefield to Schoolyard
A high school student was stabbed to death in Kafr Qara; a 16-year-old boy was stabbed at a school in Ashdod; a 13-year-old was stabbed during a break-time fight at a high school in Be’er Sheva; nine minors were arrested on suspicion of brutally…
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The Coat of Dreams and Betrayal
The Torah’s depiction of Yosef opens with a set of tensions that will define Sefer Bereishit’s final movement: parental partiality, fragile family dynamics, and the unsettling power of dreams. The coat that Yaakov bestows upon Yosef conveys…
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Antisemitism is weaponized, but not the way you think
A dear colleague of mine, with whom I have serious disagreements regarding the war in Gaza, recently published an op-ed that I know firsthand to be disinformation. I contacted her privately, suggesting she double-check her sources. She replied…
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