Parashat Lech Lecha is about journeys, but it is also a chance to learn more about the first pivotals figures in our long and storied history. Within these few chapters we discover more about the great Avram and Sarai. From the rabbis we…
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The Blogs: The One Inescapable Lesson of This War | Richard Diamond
The One Inescapable Lesson of This War: A Death Penalty for Mass-Murdering Terrorists
Israel’s wars with Hamas and similar foes have revealed a hard truth: as long as mass-murdering terrorists remain alive in our prisons, they remain…
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The Blogs: The End of Israel’s Balancing Act With China | Sergio Restelli
For over three decades, China and Israel have maintained a relationship defined by pragmatism rather than sentiment. Trade, technology, and mutual benefit formed its foundation. Israel’s innovation, coupled with China’s appetite for…
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The Blogs: ‘Trump-Xi: The diplomacy of the pause’ | Gilles Touboul
The summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, scheduled on October 30, 2025, during the APEC forum, will be remembered as the turning point in the ongoing Sino-American rivalry. The President of the United States characterized the meeting…
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Feminist vs. Jewish: These women say NYC’s mayoral election is forcing a painful choice
Tracey Wells didn’t necessarily want to see Andrew Cuomo resign in disgrace as New York’s governor in 2021.
“But I firmly believe that you believe women,” Wells, the owner of a recruitment firm, said, noting at the…
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The Blogs: Lech Lecha: Transcending Time and Space | David Lemmer
Avram and Sarai, the two greatest pioneers the world has ever seen. They figured out how to transcend the world of time and space and get to the other side. The world of time is one where we are sucked into the immediate, while when exiting the…
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Conservative students grill Vance on support for Israel at Turning Point USA event
Vice President JD Vance fielded skeptical questions about American support for Israel, including one conspiratorial remark about Judaism, from conservative college students while headlining Wednesday’s stop on the…
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Cuomo dominates Jewish vote in new poll, as Israeli TV pillories Mamdani
This piece first ran as part of The Countdown, our daily newsletter rounding up all the developments in the New York City mayor’s race. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. There are 5 days to the election.
Over 200 rabbis and hundreds other…
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Shaphan the Scribe and the Jewish Question: Or, How Not to Find the Elephant in the Room
In a recent article in Haaretz, Ofri Ilany argued that Shaphan the Scribe, a figure who lived during the region of Josiah, King of Judah in the late 7th century BCE, is perhaps the most important figure in Jewish history, and in fact invented…
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I won’t vote for Democrats who backed Mamdani. I know I’m not the only one.
There must be consequences when politicians endorse and campaign for unpalatable candidates for public office in order to court that candidate’s political base. I am just one voter, but I am ready to commit to issuing…
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