The story of a two-timing husband and estranged twin. A post-October 7 rock video Torah interpretation of Homecoming & Reconciliation. I wrote these lyrics ten years ago, set to an old Dylan tune. But only after October 7 did I feel the…
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Ballad of Jacob Isaacson – أغنية يعقوب ابن إسحاق – הבלדה על יעקוב בן יצחק
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Vayishlach – Amalek Goes To College
If Amalek didn’t go to college, it would have had to have been invented for him. In “Microaggression and Moral Cultures” (2014), sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning argue that American universities have shifted from a culture of…
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The Architecture of True Peace * Making Gaza Jewish and Great Again!
BS”D On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, Crown Heights Women for the Safety and Integrity of Israel hosted the first of its online events for Israel entitled The Architecture of True Peace. Scheduled to coincide with the lunchbreak hour at 12:30pm EST…
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Truth is lost. We must find it to survive
Humans live in stories. Stories we tell about ourselves, our families, and our societies help us make sense of reality. Storytelling is the oldest form of identity formation and the bedrock of culture since the dawn of human civilization. I’ll…
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Netanyahu and MBS Could Meet in December as Trump Shapes Peace Council
Subtle signals, shifting schedules, and one late-night statement all point in the same direction: a new Middle Eastern dynamic is accelerating. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s late-November state visit to Washington ended without any…
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Israel’s AI Advantage Is Real — But Its Strategic Blind Spots Are Growing
For thirty years, Israel has cultivated the image of a hyper‑agile innovation state — a place where elite military units, world‑class universities, and a relentless entrepreneurial culture fuse into a national engine of capability. In…
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The art of the deal – snatching nothing from the jaws of victory
The art of the deal – snatching nothing from the jaws of victory By June 2025, Israel had achieved what only months earlier would have sounded like wishful thinking. Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure had taken a major blow in the…
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Why Israel and Armenia aren’t closer — and why that may finally change
For decades, Armenia and Israel have had every reason to be close—yet were blocked by geopolitics. That may now be changing, in some under-the-radar drama on the world stage. It would be a long overdue correction for the many Israelis and…
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How to treat the disease of antisemitism
In “Antisemitism is a Malady,” we identified the defining characteristic of the antisemitism disease: its breathtaking irrationality. The charges leveled against Jews are so absurd that our instinct is to dismiss them. But that very…
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The man formerly known as Jacob: Vayishlach 5786
The conventional wisdom is that if Jacob had not stolen Esau’s blessing, the religious movement that would become Judaism would have died in the cradle. Rashi explains that Jacob demanded to be blessed by his wrestling opponent (who the…
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