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For the last 2+ years, Jews and allies around the world surrounded themselves with daily reminders of the times we’ve been living through. Dog tag necklaces, bracelets, posters, ribbons… all reminding the world that we were in pain. That…

Nomadic communities in Somaliland, particularly in the Haud and Guban regions, exemplify resilience and adaptability. Their livelihoods are shaped by seasonal migration, dictated by the pursuit of water and pasture. The geeljire (camel…

Since assuming office last year, Florida Jewish Rep. Randy Fine has ignited pushback on a regular basis over his comments about Muslims and Palestinians.

This week anger over a new tweet from the GOP Congressman spilled…

Iraqi proxy firepower and Syrian jihadists along Israel’s eastern border

For Israel, the strategic nightmare extends far beyond Iraq; a war with Iran would almost certainly activate a second front along its northern border with Syria, where…

In the wake of the December 14th attack at Bondi Beach, we traveled to Sydney in solidarity. The next five posts share reflections from that visit.

Rav Avi’s Reflections of Areivut from Sydney – #1

Arrived, thank God, in Sydney, and so…

Financial markets do not fear headlines; they fear sustained changes to cash flows, discount rates, and systemic stability. The emotionally charged question of whether markets should fear war in Israel or debt in the United States more is…

If there is only one God why are there so many religions? A good question that I as a Rabbi have often been asked; and this is my answer.

The Qur’an declares that Allah could have made all of us monotheists, a single religious community, but…

Looking away from the news just enough to pick up my phone, I texted my dad.

“Do you think Shiri is maybe still alive? I know they weren’t actually taken by Hamas but by a different terrorist group, like Arbel was.”

Swiping out of my…

I attended the Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP) for a Solemn Act in Memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The ceremony honored the six million Jews murdered, as well as all other victims of the Nazi regime.

Among those present, the…

Perhaps the first antisemitic joke in my life directed at me personally was about me being mixed rather than simply Jewish. A classmate learned that I had both Jewish and German ancestry and exclaimed, “I’ve just discovered the cause of…