Despite featuring one of the most momentous events in Jewish history, Matan Torah—God’s revelation at Mount Sinai and the giving of the Ten Commandments—this week’s parasha opens not with thunder and fire, but with a seemingly mundane…
When Ukraine, the United States and Russia sit at the same table — even indirectly — it is newsworthy by definition. The recent round of talks held in Abu Dhabi, under Emirati auspices, fits squarely into that category. Yet beyond the…
Clarity is often treated as something stable, as if once achieved it can be held permanently. Experience suggests otherwise. Every day, people navigate a world full of conflicting demands. Human life is a constant balancing act. People…
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record. Mountain regions around the world are heating up faster than the lands below them, triggering dramatic shifts in snow, rain, and water supply that…
There is a particular mythology we are taught about loyalty at work.
It is sold to us as noble. Mutual. Almost sacred. We are told we are part of something bigger. A team. A mission. A professional family. A shared story of success in which…
As I write this, Iran has seized two oil tankers. The other day they sent a drone near a U.S. ship, and they also sent boats toward a U.S. ship.
Iran agreed to a location and agenda for a meeting with the U.S., only to change it.
They seem to…
The sparsely populated island of Greenland has become the focus of much media attention. The star of the show, as always, is President Donald Trump, who has signaled his willingness to buy Greenland in a way that is unorthodox, yet by now…
Baptiste Rappin is a philosopher of management and Associate Professor at the University of Lorraine, at the Metz Institute of Business Administration, where he directs the Master’s program in Human Resources Management and…
The federal government distributes hundreds of millions of dollars each year to houses of worship to protect them from violent attacks, such as the synagogue arson in Jackson, Mississippi, last month or the car ramming at…
I am a state senator in Montana. A Democrat in a red state. I have spent my career building bridges — working on public health equity with Indigenous communities, partnering with First Ladies Bush, Obama, Biden and more on global health…