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America’s public education system is failing the very students it was meant to empower. Millions of young Americans graduate each year unable to name the three branches of government, define the First Amendment, or understand the values…

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York’s mayoral race isn’t just a political milestone — it’s a cultural tremor. For many New Yorkers, his election signals a generational shift toward progressive, intersectional politics. But for…

When you feel bad about things, sad, lost, disillusioned, what can you do?

Be happy.

When the world seems unsteady, a stormy geopolitical winter seems to possibly lurk, leaders seem unsure of themselves in an unsure economic environment, what…

On a sunny afternoon, Spirit collapses on a Manhattan street. Within hours, the internet had judged, convicted, and executed the presumed guilty.
For years, activists and city officials have debated whether to ban horse-drawn carriages from…

Unfolding before our very eyes is a modern day tragic love story of Shakespearean proportion, our Israeli Romeo and Juliet. In scene 1 act 1, Noa and Avinatan enter the stage as our star-crossed lovers, their lives shattered just moments…

As antisemitism once again rises with alarming intensity across the globe, we must hold fast to a fundamental truth: those who threaten the Jewish people wield power only by the will of the Almighty.

This week’s Torah portion, Vayera,…

The Torah gives us a strange portrait.
 Two sons — born into fire, jealousy, exile, and promise — converge only once in their adult lives: בְּנֵי יִצְחָק וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל קָבְרוּ אֹתוֹ
“And Isaac…

In this episode we ride our cloud-chariots to the Caucasus and then to the Galilee.

The Eternal Jew’s Tale
A Pesakh Montage, The Crystal Haggadah
Mountain Jew and Kabbalistic seders

Mountain Jews Seder, Derbent, ~1300 CE

We, Juhuro, Mountain…

The first courtship and marriage in the Torah is that of Isaac and Rebecca. The negotiations were conducted between Betuel, Rebecca’s father, and Eliezer, Abraham’s trusted servant. Only after the families reached an agreement did the…

Every civilization runs on a hidden source—its deepest fear. What a people dreads most reveals what it worships. Once, the Heritage Foundation symbolized the moral voltage of principled conservatism. But in recent years, when confronted…