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Several years ago, the thought of the president of Argentina coming to stand in Jerusalem and saying he would move his country’s embassy there would have seemed like something out of a novel. Now, Javier Milei flies in, prays at the Kotel,…

A few weeks ago, I got sick and decided to do all the tests — RSV, flu, COVID — nothing special… just enough to flatten me for days. 

I had my annual Institute for Jewish Spirituality retreat on my calendar, and although I was still…

In Search of Morality.

Welcome to the world of what can only be termed anti-Israel, anti-Zionist and Antisemitic derangement.

There is nothing moral about hating Israel.

There is nothing moral about calling Israel or Zionists “Demonic” or…

Defining Meritocracy

Meritocracy is a governance and social system in which authority, roles, and rewards are allocated based on individual skills, effort, and achievements, rather than on wealth, family background, or social status. In its…

A state visit ‘with several drawers’ is not a simple protocol sequence. It is a powerful tool: a movement that is intended to be used as a message box, with each statement, image, and pause directed to a distinct audience. It goes beyond…

Lest anyone think I am uncharitable as a Canadian, I want to wish Team USA  a sincere and hearty Mazel Tov from Canada on their Olympic gold medal hockey victories.  I am still as Canadian as the maple tree in my backyard, but I am proud of…

On February 12th, we landed in Israel, and although many others have noted this over the last few weeks, we felt a significant sense of relief—mixed in with many other emotions—as we walked down the long but familiar ramp to passport…

Volodymyr Yermolenko, ukrainian philosopher, journalist editor in chief of UkraineWorld.org, published Ukraine in Histories and Stories, from Holodomor to Maidan and Russian aggression to diversity in 2022 and together with his wife, Tetyana…

The debate is over. Iran’s nuclear and missile programs are not a future threat—they are a present strategic reality. The real question, therefore, is not whether Israel, alongside the United States, acts, but whether that action merely…

Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), Ukrainian writer who left her literary career to document war crimes and was killed in a missile strike in Kramatorsk in June 2023, wrote words that now belong to the irreversible archive of this war:
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