Food is never neutral. It blesses or wounds, nurtures or humiliates, binds communities or shames them. In Israel, the national emblem is not the lion but the cow — the generous, milky cow that nourishes a land half desert, half abundance. There…
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The Crime of Holodomor in Ukraine
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Why 21st-Century Judaism Should Reject the Death Penalty – in ALL Cases
Note: An original version of this article appeared here in Evolve on October 6, 2025. —————————————————————— While Israel now considers executing convicted terrorists by lethal injection, it bears…
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When Villains Become Heroes
This next post is inspired by an article I read by Rabbi Matthew Schultz, who wrote on how, in his opinion, in modern culture, traditional fictional villains have become cultural heroes. Rabbi Schultz offers a simple yet brilliant explanation. He…
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Smartphones Are Failing Israeli Students
As a high school teacher, I’ve watched phones hijack attention, learning, and even childhood itself. It’s time we say enough. To this day I’ll still remember the clock on the classroom wall. It had a second hand. It ticked loudly. When I…
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Pay More, Buy Less
In Israel, we talk endlessly about cost of living.And endlessly about poverty.But almost never in the same sentence. These are treated as two separate issues:one for economic journalists,another for social-affairs reporters.Convenient, perhaps…
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The Amalek Accords
Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he…
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Syria Talks Deadlock: Israel’s Next Moves in Syria
On Tuesday, November 19, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—flanked by his defense minister, top security officials, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi—suddenly appeared in southern Syria, touring IDF positions near the Druze village…
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Mohammed the Duplicitous
Would Mohammed, had he been alive today, been an upholder of Hamas, an upholder in fact of Ali Khamenei and all his henchmen – Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthi and the Syrian and Iraqi Jihadists? What about the Islamists who yesterday abducted more…
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Antisemitism Today – And the Timeless Jewish Reply
How to Answer Antisemitism: A Vision Rooted in Courage, Light, and Jewish Strength In the face of rising antisemitism, many are asking the same urgent question: What is the most effective Jewish response? While political activism, education, and…
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When ‘never us’ becomes the most dangerous story we tell
Some of you won’t like this, and I’m ok with that. There’s something almost unbearable to admit right now… something that feels dangerous to say out loud: Some of our Jewish brothers are committing terror attacks in the West Bank. Even…
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