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Author: Engineer Abdi Ali Barkad

Between 1988 and 1989, the military government of Mohamed Siad Barre conducted large-scale military operations in the northern regions of the Somali Republic, corresponding largely to present-day Somaliland….

Somalia’s outrage over Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is less about principle than conviction. Mogadishu is not objecting to normalization with Israel because it considers such relations inherently wrong; it is reacting because…

Boards spend a lot of time discussing values and priorities. But long before those words land, organizations are already learning from the systems boards allow to stand.

Boards are often described as the guardians of mission.

They approve…

From Anne Frank to AI deepfakes, what is to be done about technology amplifying sexualised antisemitic memes?

Recent news concerning the generating and sharing on social media, specifically X, of sexualised images of women and children…

On January 25, and ironically two days before the International Holocaust Day of Remembrance, Tim Walz stood at a press conference and decided to go for a travesty of a blunder to add to his already extensive repertoire: an evocation of the…

A signing ceremony took place last month on the loading docks of northwestern Libya that was framed by the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) as a milestone in the nation’s economic recovery. Surrounded by senior officials…

ECHOES OF SEPHARAD

Hidden in a Bookbinding:
The Faro Talmud and the Afterlife of a Lost Portuguese Printing

In 1908, conservators in Leiden peeled back the binding of a 1557 Italian Hebrew book and unexpectedly exposed fragments of a forgotten…

Picture this: a nation reborn from the ashes of history, now launching its gaze to the stars. As NASA prepares for Artemis II this month, a historic orbit around the Moon, Israelis have every reason to look up in awe. From humble beginnings…

While attending last week’s annual conference against antisemitism, I was brought to attention by a recurring argument that surfaced across panels and discussions. Articulated in different ways, it challenged the instinct to confront…

*Tu Bishvat and the Tree That Sweetened the Waters*

In last week’s parsha, Parshas Beshalach, we read about the moment in Yetzias Mitzrayim when the pressure reached its height and Krias Yam Suf took place. Bnei Yisrael were trapped,…