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Home. I awaken for the second time, return to bed after prayer being the singular satisfaction of retirement, and I find the apartment empty. I recall that my estimable wife is making a shiva call in Ra’anana…

Two years have passed since Yitzhar Hoffman z”l, one of Israel’s greatest heroes, was killed in Gaza.

People often say that time heals. That grief softens, dulls, becomes manageable. I’ve learned that this isn’t quite true. Time…

Last night you tried to remain silent. Not out of mysticism, but out of exhaustion. You switched off your phone, placed it face down, closed your eyes, and thirty seconds later your hand reached for it on its own. It had not vibrated. It had…

Police in the UK banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match last November based partly on an artificial intelligence (AI) report that claimed Israeli fans were a threat to the citizens of Birmingham. This report contained a so-called “AI…

In this week’s sedra, Parshat Mishpatim, right after the Torah was given at Sinai, the Torah moves from the fire and thunder of Matan Torah to the practical laws that shape our daily lives. Among the many rules, we find a pasuk (verse)…

When two boys called in sick for the school rugby team, Dave’s name was pulled out of a hat. He protested immediately—he wasn’t strong or broad—but his teammates encouraged him, insisting that as the fastest runner in his year, his…

But as of this week, SpaceX has finally acted. Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced that initial countermeasures have delivered ‘real results,’ praising Musk as ‘a true champion of freedom.’ The question now is…

There are 70 different Jewish names for God. Fourteen different names of God are found in the Hebrew Bible. These are the meanings of each Biblical name

‘Ĕlōhı̄m–one of the most frequently used names in the Bible is אלהים,…