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Germany–Afghanistan: Negotiations to send back Afghans to Kabul

The European Union, through Germany, is pulling Afghanistan out of diplomatic isolation—after Syria, which has already managed quite the comeback.

Germany is negotiating with…

After October 7th, it became impossible to be a Jew online without experiencing some degree of antisemitism. Suddenly, every Jew worldwide was forced to either denounce and condemn Israel or be branded a ‘Zionazi’ across social media.

For…

The past week has been filled with scenes of joy, as Jewish communities around the world marked the return of those hostages still alive from their captivity in Gaza.  It’s nearly impossible to watch the reunions with family and friends…

On October 15th, The London School of Economics’ Students Justice for Palestine Society & The LSE Feminism Society created a joint post, urging LSE management to “cancel the egregious Dinah event on 16/10.” The event was titled “A…

You know that moment when your kids surpass you?

It’s wonderful — and it also reminds you that you’re getting older. 

My older son, Ari, and I used to ride hard on our road bikes. I was out…

The rabbinic sages often viewed textual difficulties or oddities as opportunities to uncover or teach profound lessons. Thus, when we read of God asking Adam, a mere human being, to name the creatures of the earth, the sages confronted a…

In 1992, political strategist James Carville coined a phrase to capture Bill Clinton’s key campaign message in a nutshell: It’s the economy, stupid. The catchphrase became so entrenched in the American political lexicon that more than a…

The great love of the captive’s parents exists in each one of us 

The Jewish world was moved to the core Erev Yom Tov by the images of the hostages being reunited with their families. Indescribable intense emotions, that really have no…

Moses was raised in a royal household. He spent his life in a series of confrontations – with Pharaoh, with his own people, with God. He comes across as a fearless, savvy, and charismatic leader – a liberator, lawgiver, nation-builder,…

Rarely do I find myself wanting to compare the stories of the Torah to the stories of the idolatrous past, but I recently came across a New Yorker article that was reviewing the tantalizing but often flawed search for a key to all mythology….