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The pictures the world has seen of the Middle East lately, such as the event at the Knesset hosting US President Donald Trump and the Sharm el-Sheikh peace conference, display a welcome diversity of religions, worldviews, and perspectives….

Across the developing world, financial liberalization has been one of the most powerful engines of poverty reduction. By expanding access to credit, enabling investment, and integrating domestic markets into global finance, it has lifted…

The spoiled nation is spoiling our future

Yes, the US has its staggering poverty. Hundreds of thousands often lack even minimal housing, social security, and healthcare.

Still, the average American consumes about the same amount of energy in…

I’m writing now on the plane, travelling to the U.S., to Los Angeles (a mere 15-hour flight) to visit my son, who is a rabbi there and about to be officially installed in his…

As an intermittent user of dating apps, I’ve learned that the world of digital romance reveals far more than personal taste. Scrolling through profiles, I began to notice a recurring dealbreaker: If you voted for Trump, swipe…

The name Palestine occupies an extraordinarily politicized position in the study of Near Eastern ethnonyms and toponyms. Its contested etymology has long ceased to be a matter of neutral philology; it has become a cipher for competing claims…

In Parshas Lech Lecha, Avraham starts his journey, which is really our journey to Eretz Yisrael. Eretz Yisrael is a central point in the entire Torah with a tremendous amount of depth and meaning. I’d like to focus on one topic and see how…

Today’s massive demonstration here in Jerusalem against the draft of their eligible men by Israel’s Haredi community is the height of chutzpah on a number of counts.

As a Matter of Principle

The fact that the Haredi community is…

Fatima Bhutto — novelist, columnist, and daughter of Mir Murtaza Bhutto — recently took to social media to express what she called “shame” over Pakistan’s current direction. Reacting to my article Pakistan’s Pragmatic Turn: The…