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Prior to the bloody attacks of October 7, the political consensus prevailing in Israel and Western capitals regarding the Islamic Republic’s behavior rested on a deeply flawed assumption: the logic of “neither war nor peace.” Under this…

Claude Carlier (born January 11, 1944) is a French historian specializing in contemporary history and the history of aviation and aerospace. He holds a Doctorate of State in Letters and Human Sciences and serves as a professor of contemporary…

In Jewish tradition, we are taught that every soul is intentional. Every life carries divine purpose. And yet, for birthmothers in the Jewish community, adoption is often spoken about in hushed tones—if it is spoken about at all.

I know this…

The first time the Jewish people changed the world, they did it without an army, without a state, without territory. They did it with a book.

The Hebrew Bible — the Tanakh — introduced something no empire had articulated with such moral…

When President Trump addressed the American public at the outset of the current war with Iran, he did something striking: he didn’t mention Israel.

Instead, he opened with a history of American grievances. US troops killed by Iranian…

Why do we fast on Taanit Esther? There is a debate about what we are commemorating. While the name would seem to imply that it recalls the three-day fast Esther asked the Jewish people to undertake before she visited Achashverosh uninvited,…

To be Israeli in times of war is to live in two timelines at once.

There is the present, sirens, headlines, our children leaving to serve, political arguments, uncertainty.

And then there is the past, the quiet stories told at the kitchen…

My journey to Israel began with curiosity. During my PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, my PhD supervisor encouraged me to pursue an international secondment. That decision brought me to Israel…

The situation in Israel is not normal these days. Sirens sound without warning, and within minutes people must reach a safe shelter. Emergency alerts flash across mobile phones. Authorities have issued clear instructions: avoid unnecessary…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio inflamed critics of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran on Monday when he suggested that Israel had pulled the United States into the conflict.

“We knew that there was going to be an Israeli…