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Shemini Atzeret 5786

I don’t invoke the phrase “Baruch Hashem” as frequently as many because I am afraid that if I do, it will lose its significance for me. However, on Monday morning, upon hearing of the release of the hostages, the…

Simchat Torah is the most celebratory time of the Jewish New Year.  On October 7, 2023, it was a day of utter and complete horror.  Israel was invaded by Hamas forces which poured into the nation from Hamas ruled Gaza.  By October 8, 2023,…

I asked my new pal, Chat GPT, to compile a list of “ongoing wars/armed conflicts.” Chat’s list consisted of 10 regions, headed, naturally, by Ukraine and Gaza but also including many terrible conflicts occurring in various places…

Archaeological evidence of a large number of vineyards and wine presses in ancient Israel date back to around 3000 BCE, the early Bronze Age. Many people in the mid-East were employed in the growing and harvesting of grapes, wine storage, and…

This week, Sharm El-Sheikh became an international stage.

US President Donald Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani signed the “Trump…

In his speech before Knesset, President Trump hailed Lebanon, saying its government is on its way to disarming Hezbollah and choosing peace with Israel. While the Lebanese effort looks real, Beirut has made it clear that disarming the…

Any religion that has inspired people for more than a few centuries will over the course of time develop variations in its perspectives and its insights. The major world religions, which span more than one civilization and one historical…

This year marks 50 years since the death of Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), the German-Jewish thinker who gave us some of the most haunting insights into the dangers of modernity. Best known for coining the phrase “the banality of evil” in…

While President Trump deserves enormous credit for helping secure the release of our hostages, it is equally clear that this achievement was made possible by the tireless dedication of our soldiers and the steadfast commitment of Jews in…

We begin with a question that jumps straight out of the text. The Torah [Bereishit 2:2] tells us: “And G-d completed on the seventh day His work which He had made…” Wait a minute – didn’t G-d finish creating on the sixth day? Is…