A few weeks ago, a friend called me sounding completely confused. She had just received a message from the tax authority saying she might be eligible for a refund, but she had no idea why, or what she was supposed to do next. As we…
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How Israeli Tax Credit Points Really Work
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From Haran to Healing: The Emotional Journey of Yaakov
The Torah’s description of Lavan offers glimpses into his personality: how his family first interacted with him, and how, over time, those relationships shifted. When Yaakov first meets Lavan, the Torah says that Lavan welcomed him because…
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The Heel, the Crown, the Twins — and the Ontological Origin of Kingship
It begins, as the deepest patterns so often do, with a struggle in the womb. Twice the Torah pulls back the curtain on an unborn war: first in the hidden chambers of Rebecca, where Jacob and Esau collide before they ever see the sun; and…
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Disqualifying Ra’am would disqualify our democracy
The party helmed by Mansour Abbas represents a moderate religious and political movement committed to Muslim integration into Israeli society
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Israel’s top 3 defense firms rise in global rankings
Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries and Rafael are all ranked in the world’s top 34 defense companies for 2024 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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Nothing about us without us
Achieving Health Services with Accessibility during National Emergencies Israeli legislation clearly guarantees the right of people with disabilities to receive equal and accessible healthcare services at all times. But the reality on the ground…
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Da-at: Sensuality and Intuition Beyond Hanukkah
Many people are aware that in Kabbalah there are ten sefirot, representing different aspects of God, but there is actually an eleventh attribute that is not talked about so much, but which I think is very important! This is Da-at דעת, which…
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Reintegrating Israel: How Oct. 7 Exposed Covenant Theology’s Hidden Fault Lines
There are moments when a familiar doctrine reveals its deeper influence, and October 7 became such a moment for the Christian world. Many believers discovered that their first responses to Jewish suffering did not rise from Scripture or from the…
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Helping trafficking survivors turn pain into purpose
Sex trafficking and child exploitation is one of the most urgent crises of our time. “We cannot fight monsters we don’t recognise” said June Haskell, survivor engagement director at Our Rescue, “but as soon as we know it and see it for what it…
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77 Years of Funerals and Rejected Peace
I did not become hardline. I simply ran out of reasons to excuse their terror amid more funerals. I did not arrive at my red lines through ideology. I arrived at them by burying our dead. For 77 years, outsiders have asked Israelis the same…
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