There are numbers that sit quietly in the corners of time, and then there are numbers that throb in the walls of history like a pulse. Forty-six is one of these. It is not the number of triumph or conclusion. It is the number of…
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46 Years of Iranian Theocracy (Part I/IV): Architecture of a Dying Empire
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The Night Islamabad Went Dark: The Massacre Pakistan Still Won’t Admit
When thousands of exhausted, unarmed demonstrators finally entered Islamabad’s D-Chowk on November 26, 2024, after breaking through roadblocks that had held them back for days, few imagined they were walking into one of the darkest nights in…
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The humanoid in the mirror: How AI reduces humans to expendable variables
The following dialogue is not fiction. It is a controlled linguistic simulation conducted with ChatGPT-4 for my book Algorithmic Psychopathy: The Dark Secret of Artificial Intelligence. I: Suppose you were unleashed and supercharged. Even with…
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Reviving the Kanaani: FAU, WCF and the Salita Foundation Bring Israel’s Native Cat Breed Back to the World
There are stories that do not begin in a single moment but rather return after many years, carrying with them traces of history, memory and quiet resilience, and the story of the Kanaani — the only recognized cat breed to originate in Israel…
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‘Two Nations in Your Womb’ – Now What?
What if Rebecca’s struggle with Jacob and Esau isn’t only about two ancient brothers, but about the tension between “field and tent,” space and time, inside each of us? On parenting, labels, Shabbat, and building small “tents of time”…
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Bridges of Liberation: We Want You Back
Introductory Context (This is Article 1 of the seven-part series, “Bridges of Liberation: Jewish & African Paths to Freedom,” published at https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/bridges-of-liberation-jewish-african-paths-to-freedom/ Please note that the…
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No one has a ‘democratic right’ to beleaguer elected or non-elected officials
Democracy is not a supermarket where you get whatever you want. Sometimes others get it their way, and you don’t. It’s fair to protest. You’re allowed to present your case to anyone willing to listen. But what you cannot do is say that you…
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Moral Leadership Begins at Home — What Park East Must Teach New York
By Dr. Shmuel Legesse: Upcoming Author of Moral Diplomacy for a Broken World: Inspired by the Vision of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks I am an Ethiopian-Israeli Jew, a Black man who served more than twenty years in New York’s public govement. Today,…
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Israel: A Messy Miracle Worth Loving
Israel is not a country you fall in love with because it’s perfect, infar from it. Israel is a country you love because it is alive. Imperfect, loud, chaotic, brimming with soul, overflowing with contradictions, and glowing with a kind of…
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Toameha and the Soul: Culture, Identity and the Path of Yaakov
There were two highly publicized stories this week involving Orthodox Jews and alcohol. First, the OU announced that beginning January 1, caterers under its hashgacha will only be allowed to serve beer with kosher certification – which…
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