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My Friend Chava

Was this really a life lesson from my friend Chava?

Goodbye?!  I was not ready, but whoever is? As much as one wants life to be a box of chocolates or a beautiful bowl of the crispiest, sweetest cherries, it’s not. At…

One of the final tasks of Yakov Avinu was to give a double portion to his designated first born. He chose Yosef, who was the first born to his mother, Rachel, as his official “Bechor.”

He could have chosen Reuven, who was also first born…

Trigger warning! This column was not easy to write and will/may be difficult to read.

Where to begin?

October 7th sent shock waves throughout Israel and the world, especially World Jewry. Many suffered immeasurable pain. But a human…

וְכַאֲשֶׁר֙ יְעַנּ֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כֵּ֥ן יִרְבֶּ֖ה וְכֵ֣ן יִפְרֹ֑ץ וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

But the more they were oppressed, the more…

For nearly four decades, a silent war has been waged in the archives of history.

On one side stands the Government of Lithuania, deploying its Genocide Equalization Doctrine and its taxpayer-funded Genocide and Resistance Research Centre…

In the wholesale destruction of humanity unleashed in the Nazi death camps, freedom, autonomy, and personhood were systemically annihilated. Yet out of that uniquely engineered hell came something that defied intent: Lager Shvestern—camp…

Prior to the strikes, the US-Venezuela confrontation resembled a classic game of chicken. In this two-player game, both parties drive toward each other at high speed; the first to swerve loses face but survives, while mutual refusal to swerve…

I respectfully urge the Government of Canada to formally recognize the Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state within its 1960 borders.

The Republic of Somaliland is in the Horn of Africa, along the southern coast of the…

I am a liberal human-rights advocate who has spent my career opposing state terror, whether wrapped in the totalitarianism of the radical left or the authoritarianism of the radical right. Except for President Trump’s support of Israel and…

This column is part of a series exploring whether Gaza can be rebuilt in a way that produces lasting stability rather than recurring war. Inspired by Jonathan Feldstein’s provocative question—“Is Jesus the solution for Gaza?”—the…