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Vladimir Putin, of all people, along with several European leaders, has declared that “the US- Israel war against Iran is illegal under international law.” So does Israel’s military action in Iran, with all its ramifications, meet the…

WARNING: the following is satire.

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We had a quiet night in Jerusalem.

Which, frankly, felt suspicious.

So obviously I spiraled.

I stayed up late waiting for Iran to text.

By “text,” I mean reach out and send missiles.

My body was…

History usually moves slowly.

But sometimes it moves in moments that feel almost biblical.

The dramatic events unfolding around Iran — a regime that for decades financed terror, threatened Israel’s destruction, and destabilized the region…

https://www.timesofisrael.com/isolationist-us-right-wing-commentators-decry-iran-war-trump-says-he-doesnt-care/

The most important line in this story is not about Iran. It is about agency. The claim that “the United States didn’t make the…

Lynda Ben-Menashe is National President of the National Council of Jewish Women Australia. She has worked in Australia and Israel as an educator, writer and public diplomat. Her passion is innovation in the building of social…

Covenant, separation, and the hope of return – Through a father’s lament, and Torah’s echoes of brothers who found their way; back to each other and to G‑d.

Dedicated to every soul broken by separation, and to all who wait in faith…

We are now less than a month from Passover. For many of us, the cleaning and preparations associated with the “Holiday of Freedom” have already begun. Our weekly Torah cycle is currently tethering us to the reality that this major…

Not regarding civically correct Germanically—burgerlich—or Hebraically homely—-balabuttish,

both Donald Trump of USA and Friedrich Merz, a chancellor who’s German,

about the massive totality of would-be alien immigrants  are…

They glided in as if on invisible ponies, high heels and gilded gowns whisping across our floor. This was a special enough event to warrant shoes, and even heels, inside our Tokyo home, normally out of the question. (I did give them a wipe…

Tel Aviv is usually a city of noise, but yesterday – for two minutes – silence was louder. At Habima Square, a group of twenty young people stood with cardboard signs and a desperate plea for peace. The war with Iran is very popular in…