It is time for both Israel and America to get realistic. There is only one viable deal to be had: Israel gets its way on Iran. America gets its way on the West Bank and Gaza. Iran is the existential danger, not Gaza or the…
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The Right Deal: Topple Iran; Peace in Gaza/W Bank
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The real price of PTSD
“Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.” Talmud A disabled veteran with a wife and four children tried to take his own life, swallowing twenty pills after spending the night helping a friend through a violent panic attack. I was…
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The Myth of Having It Together
Did you know that just because I share parts of my life publicly does not mean my life is not messy at times? Over the last twelve years I have shared moments from my life hundreds of times, and sometimes I wonder if that creates…
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Still disappointed by my community
Shortly after Alex Pretti was killed by federal forces, I sent the following email, with “murder” as the subject line, to Rabbi Chaim Strauchler, the rabbi of my synagogue, Congregation Rinat Yisrael, and to my friend, Rabbi Dr. Jacob J….
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Underwrite Earth for a Better Future
“Wake up, the house is flooding,” my mother said as she burst into my room one night in May 2015. I quickly packed a bag and held my older brother’s hand as we waded through waist-deep water to reach higher ground. The current was strong…
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Legal Brief: Somaliland’s Sovereignty and Withdrawal from the Union with Somalia
The Case for Somaliland’s Recognition as a Sovereign State: A Legal-Historical Argument Based on Paolo Contini’s Account Paolo Contini’s The Somali Republic: An Experiment in Legal Integration (1969) provides a detailed account of the…
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Divine Moisturizer (Mishpatim)
“You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.” —Deepak Chopra The clock of our doom starts ticking from the moment of our birth. Our genetic program determines our height,…
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When Zionism is treated as a slur, Jewish identity becomes collateral damage
Over the next few weeks, campuses around the world will mark “Israel Apartheid Week” (IAW). There will be aggressive rallies, discriminatory installations, hateful slogans, and biased social media campaigns. Students will walk past mock…
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day– Part III
Continuation of Part II of the Letter to Tova Friedman The role of women during the Nazi regime idealized them primarily as mothers, wives, and caretakers of the family. Women and families who had children with disabilities were often…
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‘Recognizing Somaliland: India’s Red Sea Imperative’
Abstract The Horn of Africa has emerged as a critical strategic theater influencing maritime trade, energy security, and regional balance. India’s $3.7 trillion economy relies heavily on the Red Sea corridor, particularly the Bab el-Mandeb…
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