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Israel Cannot Win the Narrative War, No Matter What It Does

There is a pattern so obvious that it should no longer be ignored, yet it continues to define how Israel is judged. Whatever choice Israel makes, it is condemned. Not sometimes. Not…

As Israel approaches Passover, it is after yet another exhausting month of war.

The headlines are loud. The sirens are louder. Public attention is understandably pulled, toward security, fear, survival, and the immediate crises unfolding in…

The desire to fulfill the commandment of the korban Pesach (Passover lamb offering) is both understandable and noble. In a generation that yearns for the renewal of Temple service, the impulse to ascend the Temple Mount with a lamb and knife,…

My wife and I started dating during the Gulf War, when Israelis carried around gas masks in cardboard boxes and prepared rooms sealed with plastic sheeting, in case Saddam Hussein decided to poison our air. There were around 40 scud missiles…

Why Antisemitism Persists : A Psychological and Spiritual Lens

A student once came to his Rebbe in the middle of the night, trembling.

“I saw a mob outside the shtetl,” he said. “They carried torches and shouted terrible things….

Each year, Jewish families gather around the Passover table to retell one of the defining stories of our people: the journey from slavery to freedom. The Seder is more than a ritual meal. It is a reminder that the Jewish story is built on…

Introduction

The Exodus from Egypt (Yetziat Mitzrayim) can be read as a rapid collective reconfiguration. A population long trapped in a stable “slave phase” abruptly reorganizes into a new macroscopic state: publicly distinct,…

In 2026, Israel and Lebanon occupy sharply divergent political, economic, and security positions. These differences are rooted not only in long‑standing structural disparities, but also in the impact of the 2026 Lebanon War, which began in…

Israel today is confronting a contradiction that cuts to the core of its identity not only as a sovereign state, but as a moral project shaped by history. On one hand, the government signals an intention to remove Ethiopian non-Jewish…

As we gather around the Seder table each Passover, we retell a story so extraordinary, it almost defies belief.

A young child once came home from Hebrew school, and when asked by a parent what was learned that day, replied: “The story of…