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Many people have asked me for my perspective on this latest war between  American/Israel and Iran under the “leadership” of Trumpenyahu  (the name for the two “leaders” who have been cooking up plans for this war craftily for a long…

Missiles aren’t meant to cross a moon this beautiful.
A sky like this was made for wishes, not war.

Last June
I counted one deadly streak across the sky per firing.
Now they come in clusters.
Engineered for grief.
Over my house.
Over my…

Rabbi Josh Broide made aliyah from Boca Raton several months ago. On day two of Iran’s assault, he drove to Beit Shemesh to witness the aftermath — and found himself searching for words.

Rabbi Josh Broide had been living in Israel for…

Content warning: sexual assault

This year, Megillat Esther feels extraordinarily relevant – and not just because we are at war with Iran.

And when each girl’s turn arrived to come to King Ahashverosh, at the end of …six months with oil…

War kills. People die in wars. Innocent people, on both sides. There is damage to infrastructure and property. Houses and schools are destroyed. Diplomacy is obviously the preferred way to settle conflicts, but sometimes there is no…

וּבִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם בּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִגִּיעַ דְּבַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְדָתוֹ לְהֵעָשׂוֹת…

When you work in medicine, and especially in triage, you learn something quickly: the quiet patient in the corner is often the most urgent.

In my field, it is the woman who has not felt her baby move all day.

She feels something strange…

Not yet.

A cornered enemy is the most dangerous enemy of all. History has taught this lesson in blood, and we dare not forget it in a moment of adrenaline. When a regime built on fanaticism feels the walls closing in, it does not surrender…

There’s a dispute between the Titans of Jewish philosophy about the extent of the clarity provided truth prophecy.  I’ve posted the two sources from Rambam and Ramban here:.

The comparison between Rambam and Ramban reveals a divide…