Israel and Somaliland are frequently referenced in geopolitical discourse for their distinctive paths to statehood and resilience. Despite divergent historical contexts, both entities exemplify robust democratic development and institutional…
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Israel and Somaliland: Comparative Resilience and State-Building
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Rubio in Munich, Vance Sidelined
By any serious geopolitical metric, sending US Secretary of State Marco Rubio—not US Vice President J. D. Vance—to the 2026 Munich Security Conference was not logistics. It was a strategy. Personnel is policy. Optics are power. Europe is…
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The Blogs: David’s Thunderous Rebuke: Haredi Violence Betrays the Man After Hashem’s Heart | Yosef Eitan
In the smoking streets of Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026, two female IDF instructors dressed modestly for a welfare visit to a soldier’s home hid in trash bins as a Haredi mob chased them. The crowd overturned a police car, set a motorcycle…
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The Blogs: Battle Strategies and Tactics for Diaspora Jews against Antisemitism | Richard Diamond
Asymmetrical systems warfare, not slogan warfare
By now, Diaspora Jews should be clear-eyed about one fact: overt antisemitism does not survive because its arguments are persuasive. It survives because it is cheap. Cheap to express, cheap to…
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Netanyahu’s Attempt to Water Down Death Penalty Bill is Shamefully Inadequate
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent shameful attempt to soften the wording of the controversial bill to legislate the death penalty for terror convicts would do nothing to change the catastrophic potential impact of this legislation, if…
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How Ideological Indoctrination Found a Home in the West
It is one of the more curious features of our age that movements built upon the suppression of dissent have found some of their most enthusiastic admirers among those who claim dissent as their birthright. There is, in certain Western circles, an…
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The 2,000-Year Journey – The Jewish Indian Heritage Trail
Jews and the Great Port of Bharuch Dr. Kenneth X. Robbins and Dr. Joyce Robbins Bharuch, Gujarat, India February 12, 2026 Historical markers are windows into the past. The past molds our present and influences our common tomorrows. A new and…
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Inspiring ‘Intellectual Curiosity’ in an Age of AI Technology
Intellectual Curiosity is defined as our ability and motivation to explore, learn and understand new concepts, ideas and thoughts inspired by our ability to ask why and how questions instead of accepting facts or notions at face value. One of the…
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As We Open the Doors of the Ancient Temple
(Reflections on the Haftorah for Tetzaveh) ( Ezekiel 43:10 -27) As we opened the doors of the ancient temple, Memories stream throughout the generations. Divine chords echo ethereal music heard On inward channels of perception, revived. …
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Packing Up the Portacrib in Our Room of Requirement
Perpetual tidying and decluttering is an inevitable part of life with a young family, so it’s not surprising that I find myself, yet again, cleaning up our mamad (safe room). But living in Israel and dealing with the realities of ever-looming war…
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