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The Department of Justice’s release of the so-called “Full Epstein Library” has produced a familiar paradox: an extraordinary volume of material, and very little immediate clarity. Millions of pages are now public, yet most are poorly…

We don’t get to choose whether the pathogen exists. We do get to choose whether we are prepared when it mutates.

Antisemitism does not behave like an opinion. It behaves like a contagion.

It lies dormant in the background of societies that…

On February 1, 2026, I had the privilege of joining the soon-to-be newlyweds, Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov, as they publicly shared their story.

The couple was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7 massacre while they were…

The era of “both-sidesism” in the Maghreb is rapidly approaching its expiration date. For decades, the Western Sahara conflict has been treated by a cautious U.S. State Department and a fragmented United Nations as a balanced tug-of-war…

There is a huge problem happening right now, in Australia, and across the world, but it is particularly urgent here. The recent terrorist attack in Bondi, the deadliest in Australian history specifically targeting the Jewish community, was…

Khat, or Catha edulis, is a shrub native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Its leaves are chewed for their stimulant effects, a practice deeply embedded in the social and cultural fabric of Somaliland, Ethiopia, and Yemen. The…

Saudi Arabia’s renewed embrace of Syria is not about reconstruction, reconciliation, or goodwill. It is about power, timing, and containment. The joint airline, telecom investments, and infrastructure deals announced with Damascus are the…

There’s a particular moment that keeps showing up in the stories Jews tell about the weeks after October 7. It’s the moment after the horror, when Jews everywhere opened theirs phones and realized the world they thought they shared with…

Cast your burden upon G-d, and He will sustain you – Tehillim 55:23. Our work of Tikkun Olam begins by shortening the distance between a person’s distress and the care they deserve. In this moment, being our brothers’ keepers means…

I find my inspiration in a poem by the Israeli poet Amir Gilboa, written in 1953 (and later famously performed by Shlomo Artzi). It is a song that has become an anthem of Jewish resilience:

פִּתְאֹם קָם אָדָם בַּבֹּקֶר…