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A Belfast story about antisemitism, rehabilitation, and who is allowed to be heard.

In June 2024, I travelled to Belfast to speak at the Irish North–South Criminology Conference. My subject was familiar — returning to faith and community,…

Prophets Noah and Abraham are being discussed in synagogues world-wide at this time of the year. Most Jews do not know about the insights of these two men as described in the Qur’an and later books of Islamic scholars. The Muslim…

While Catholic, Reformed, and mainline Protestant voices were often divided — some defending slavery, others opposing it — the Radical Reformation and its allied dissenting traditions stood apart for their clarity and consistency. Among…

By the Grace of G-d

To Prime Minister Carney
Greeting and Blessing:

I am sending to you and to Pierre Poilievre by email, the following which I plan to post on the Times of Israel blog.

Canada is facing severe economic challenges. Trump is…

Last year, it was What Nobody Wants This Gets Wrong about Interfaith Relationships Today. This year, season two gets a lot right.

The first season’s blatant hostility to interfaith marriage is gone. There’s no glaring at Joanne, no…

There is only one God. Yet, throughout the Torah, there are numerous different names and descriptions given to this one God. This is not a problem: there are various ways of referring to God, each of which fits the multiple prisms through…

There’s something remarkable about the Jewish people: when it’s urgent, we know how to come together.

We’ve seen this with breathtaking clarity over the past year. Shortly after October 7, week after week, tens of thousands — perhaps…

Inside every Jew sits the image of a merchant. This comes from the earliest roots of our people, as the ability to make connections is imprinted in us. For generations, we used this ability for business success, but today’s survival…

In Parshah Lech Lecha, there are a multitude of events where a conflict can certainly be applied to modern mediation. Abraham and Sarah’s journey toward God’s promise: a future as the parents of a great nation. Yet beneath this divine and…