From Huda Kattan to Billie Eilish: When the Story Begins in the Middle After October 7, the question was not only how Israel would defend itself, but how the story of that defense would be told. In the months since the Hamas massacre, in which…
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When the Story Begins in the Middle
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Caracas Fuels Jerusalem. Let That Sink In.
History has a sense of humor. For more than a decade, the Bolivarian regime in Caracas made anti-Israel rhetoric a pillar of its revolutionary identity. Under Hugo Chávez, Venezuela severed diplomatic ties with Israel and wrapped itself in the…
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From a Plague to a Cultural Metaphor
The Hebrew root consists of the word מכה (makah) is נ-כ-ה (n-k-h ) was originated in the actual act of striking or delivering a blow and develops into a broad semantic connotation that includes physical injury, plague, disability,…
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How Far Right Is Too Far for J.D. Vance?
Few critics label J.D. Vance an antisemite. Instead, they fault his decision to align with figures who normalize anti-Jewish and Holocaust-revisionist ideas and point to his tendency to reserve his sharpest criticism for those who call out that…
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Building a National Theatre for Diplomatic and Cultural Advancement
Israel–Somaliland Cooperation in the Arts: Building a National Theatre for Diplomatic and Cultural Advancement Introduction Theatre, in its essence, is both a physical venue and a collaborative art form that brings stories to life. It serves as…
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When Loudspeakers Cross the Line in Israel: A Debate Over “Forced Acceptance”
Embed from Getty Images I am what I sometimes call a hybrid. I am Israeli and a proud American citizen. I have lived in Florida for more than twenty years. That means I understand both worlds — not from headlines, but from life. I understand…
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The Blogs: Victory, Deterrence, and the Logic of War | Elli Lieberman
On many occasions in the period leading to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Hamas had been deterred. Since Operation Guardian of the Walls, he noted, not a single rocket had been fired…
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The Blogs: Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl Ad — And What Message We Truly Need | Jonathan Muskat
Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism aired a Super Bowl commercial depicting a Jewish high school student being harassed when another student sticks a hateful note on his back. A bystander intervenes by covering the slur with a…
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The Blogs: What Finishing Tanakh Taught Me About Being Human | Chavi Eisenberg
This week I finished my third cycle of Nach Yomi with the OU’s Torah Imecha program.
On paper, that means I’ve “completed” Tanakh three times. In real life, it means something else.
It means I’ve spent years living with these…
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The Blogs: Law, Power, Truth, and the Fear of Freedom: Parshat Mishpatim | Naomi Graetz
Gemini Cartoon triptych for Mishpatim Parshat Mishpatim brings with it an embarrassment of riches for anyone inclined to think seriously about law, power, and moral responsibility. Far from being a “boring” legal appendix to the…
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