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Keep the Name: Why This Must Remain the Simchat Torah War

Renaming the war to “War of Revival” is not nation-building—it’s escaping responsibility and accountability

The Israeli cabinet just voted to rebrand the war that began on…

Whether or not we are alone in the universe is one of the great questions that has haunted humanity since its early days. Long before we developed an elaborate scientific understanding of the cosmos, the inhabitants of the ancient world looked up…

For the better part of two years, the assessment among political analysts both in Israel and abroad was nearly unanimous: Prime Minister Netanyahu’s political dependence on his far-right partners indelibly shaped his approach to the Gaza…

For years, Benjamin Netanyahu wore the nickname “Mr. Security” like a custom-tailored flak jacket bulletproof, media-tested, and ready for every election cycle. But since October 7, that armor looks less like Kevlar and more like…

From Kiryat Gat to Cairo via Washington

Is Gaza’s Reconstruction About to Begin?

Over recent weeks, a sequence of diplomatic steps has unfolded that suggests the transition from negotiations to reconstruction in Gaza may have already begun….

The saga of Germans who despised the Nazi regime and struggled against it can be inspirational. Rhonda Lauritzen delves into that topic in A Child In Berlin (Post Hill Press). She does so through the lives of one German woman, Heidi Posnien,…

Everyone has a special place, and mine is Hebron. It is where I have spent the last approximately 50 years of my life, which represents a big chunk of my 78 years.

Hebron is, first of all, the Cave of the Patriarchs. This monument was built…

In 2021, my husband, son, and I left the chaos of Los Angeles for the peaceful hills of Tuscany. Settling in Florence with our eight-year-old son felt like a dream. But that dream began to unravel on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its…

Let me add my two cents to the ongoing controversy over whether or not rabbis should speak out publicly, even from their pulpits, when a candidate for political office holds positions that could threaten the security of the Jewish…

Imagine the grandest, most universal celebration the world has ever seen—a concert of ultimate praise broadcast live from Jerusalem, featuring every nation and every soul. It’s not just a beautiful dream; it’s the climactic vision…