Almost forty years ago, shortly after finishing my service in the IDF, I arrived in the United States for a visit. My American boyfriend at the time, who is now my husband, was excited to take me to a comedy club to see a rising…
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The ‘Seinfeld Test’ reveals why our kids are ‘tourists’ in their own heritage and why Hebrew is the only way home
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Mishpatim and Slavery
Parashat Mishpatim introduces the core legal principles of the Torah. Yet instead of beginning with uplifting commandments like “Love your neighbour” or “Do not put a stumbling block before the blind,” the Torah starts with a subject that…
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Judaism Belongs to All of Us
As a girl who grew up in a secular environment, the biggest fear of the society that surrounded me was that I would become religious. Religious coercion is a word that was used a lot when the discussion about Bible class at school came up,…
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Israel Must Stand on Its Own Strength
For decades, the strategic alliance between Israel and the United States has been one of the pillars of Israel’s national security. American military aid, diplomatic backing, and technological cooperation have given Israel critical advantages…
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Who Is the Trump–Mossad–Epstein File FBI Informant Charles Johnson?
The FBI memo that surfaced last week was not a contemporary document. It was written on October 18, 2020 — two weeks before the presidential election — during a period when federal investigators were receiving increased reporting about…
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Jeremy Griffith and the Question We Keep Avoiding About the Human Condition
The problem we describe but rarely explain Modern life is saturated with diagnoses. We talk constantly about distraction, polarisation, anxiety, moral confusion, and social breakdown. Psychologists chart rising rates of distress, philosophers…
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Zionism Answered Its Critics in 1917
In May 1917, in Petrograd—today’s St. Petersburg—something happened that should have settled the arguments now being recycled against Zionism. It did not fail because it was unclear. It failed because it was ignored. Russia had just…
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How a Ravenous Wolf on Har ha-Bayit Forced the Sanhedrin to the Southeast
Dedicated to the beautiful memory of Yael Good. — The reconstruction of the Beit HaMikdash according to halachah demands absolute fidelity to the sources. The location of the Lishkat ha-Gazit, seat of the Great Sanhedrin, stands as one of the…
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Divine Civil Laws
The Alshich gives a beautiful explanation of the civil laws that are given in the Torah. Many of these laws are mentioned in Parshat Mishpatim. He wrote that only Divinely inspired civil legislation can bring peace and harmony. It is important…
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Antizionism Is a Hate Movement That Harms Palestinians and All Western Societies
I am a physician who cares for frail elderly people in their homes. On January 1, 2024, I resigned from the University of British Columbia because it refused to recognize and confront a rising tide of antisemitism and harassment cloaked as…
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