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The Purim story has many dramatic moments. The conversation between Mordechai and Esther may have been the most significant turning point in the Megilla.

When the queen is told that she must risk her life and beg the king to rescind Haman’s…

Today’s foolish slogan is that regime change is OK only when it’s done purely domestically, by a revolution.

That has it backwards.

Domestic revolution costs far more than regime change sponsored from abroad. And it usually comes…

Why Jews Still Fight for Home — and What America Owes

I have a photograph of my father-in-law standing alone in a desert, holding a rifle. On the back, in Edna’s handwriting, it says: “Harry Brill, 1948, Israel — in the Army.”

He…

As you read this, the United States and Israel are bombing Iran. Operation Epic Fury. Operation Roaring Lion. Khamenei is dead. Iranian missiles are striking Israel and American bases across the Gulf. It is the largest U.S. military operation…

By Wise Guidance You Shall Wage War

The phrase “By way of deception thou shalt do war” is often quoted in English as the motto of Mossad. Yet its origin lies not in modern espionage but in the ancient wisdom of the Book of Proverbs….

Once I got to college, my study of philosophy intensified my history with the Jews in a number of ways—and, as I’ll discuss, the fact that so many of the scholars I encountered were Jewish may not have been an accident. First of all, my…

In the last day, we have seen mourning ceremonies and rallies linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran following the death of Ali Khamenei, a ruler whose regime has been condemned globally for repression, executions, the suppression of women,…

I am surprised by the mixed public reaction to the war with Iran and downfall of the Ayatollah. It feels similar to the global reaction after October 7. A fight against inhumane barbaric behavior toward a population should be something all…

Iran boasts about airpower; however, only the State of Israel and the United States are the ones who actually exercise it within the current operational space. Patently, that gap explains everything—it is the foundation upon which all…