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We have hard these words from US President Trump multiple times in the last two months telling the Iranian people to continue their struggle because “help is on the way.”  However, truth be told, US military buildup in the Arabian Sea…

The twenty-first century has witnessed a noticeable rise in systematic discrimination and hostility targeting Christians across several European countries. This trend has generated growing concern within human rights institutions, civil…

One image from the Epstein archive has done something no indictment could. It shows Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist who died in 2018, reclining on a sun lounger, smiling, holding a cocktail, flanked by two young women in black…

In Israel today, clothing often speaks before we do.

A uniform, a kippah, a head covering, a hat, a style of dress — these signal affiliation, worldview, even political instinct. In a society under strain, it can take only seconds for an…

It was 2015, and we were on our way to Israel for our oldest daughter’s bat mitzvah. For her celebration, she had chosen to read from the Torah with Women of the Wall at their Rosh Hodesh gathering at the Kotel. With family and friends from…

For many of us American Jews, Israel holds a special place in our hearts. We feel an intrinsic, natural and deep connection to the land, the people, and the state. We are taught from a young age to love Israel and to proudly defend and…

There is an old Jewish idea that the world rests on thirty-six hidden righteous people — the lamed-vavnikim.

They do not know who they are.
They do not glow.
They are not announced.

They are ordinary — and because of them, the world does…

Growing up, I needed extra help academically, or at least a different strategy than what the typical yeshiva system was offering me. I was quiet and often sat in the back of large classes, and because I did not make noise, I blended in. I…

Last week, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee “suggested” that Israel would have a legitimate claim to a good part of the Middle East because of the Bible’s promise to the Israelites to rule “from the Euphrates [Iraq] to the Big…

This Shabbat is Parshat Zachor. We have an obligation to hear the Torah reading that commands us to blot out the memory of Amalek.

The question that is asked is that there seems to be a paradox in this reading. On the one hand, we are told to…