A conference in Zurich, Switzerland, on December 5, 2025, argues against German pro-Israel policies and the very term “reason of state”. It aims at one of the most pro-Israel countries in the West, despite the fact that recent developments…
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Zurich Academics vs Germany’s pro-Israel stance? (2)
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Rabbi Robin Williams, Z”TL
Though Robin Williams convincingly portrayed Jewish characters, though he utilized Yiddish expressions and accent more frequently and effectively than any Borscht Belt comedian, though he headlined Holocaust fundraisers pro bono, though he…
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Donald Trump’s Abrahamic Family Tree
When the media screams “racist,” I look at Trump’s family and laugh. One daughter married a Jew. Another married an Arab. And he embraces both families without hesitation. That alone blows a crater in the cartoon they keep selling: “the…
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When Both Sides Change: What Happens to the US–Israel Relationship Now?
Ben Sales is right that American support is eroding. We also have to face how Israel’s leadership crisis — and the fraying of American Jewish support — helps drive that shift. In his recent Times of Israel analysis, “Fewer and fewer…
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Netanyahu Tried to Erase His Own Trial — and Nearly Torched Israel’s Democracy
Israel has endured wars, terror, assassinations, and political turmoil — but nothing as destabilizing as what happened this week. In a move that detonated shockwaves through the nation’s legal and political foundations, Prime Minister…
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UNRWA’s Calculus: Potentially A Monumental Refugee Catastrophe
By the rivers of Babylon there we sat weeping when we remembered Zion. On the poplars in its midst we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked us for the words of a song; Our tormentors, for joy: “Sing for us a song…
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A last stand for British Jews?
I couldn’t put my finger on it but I’d felt this mix of fear and anxiety before. I was traveling up to Birmingham on a blustery November evening for the Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv match with wonderful friends and activists Lara Lipsey,…
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A Jewish Approach to Animal Loss and Chaplaincy
When a German Shepherd Becomes a Teacher: A Jewish Journey into Animal Chaplaincy There are stories we tell many times, and there are stories we carry silently for years, waiting for the right moment and the right language to bring them forward….
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Medical Imaging — The Jewish Connection
From Life to Lab: Medical Imaging: The Jewish Connection It is hard to imagine modern medical science, without medical imaging: X-ray, CAT scans, MRI scans and Ultrasound. Two of those key instruments, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and…
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The Most Misunderstood Law in the World
Why “International Law” Isn’t Binding, Isn’t Consistent, and Isn’t Really Law People speak about “international law” as if it were a functioning legal system—something coherent, authoritative, and binding. The term appears…
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