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What do the first murder in a lonely field, a civilization erased by a flood, and a family torn by sibling betrayal all have in common? We often treat these as separate episodes of biblical drama, but from Cain to Yosef, they are symptoms of…

In the final quarter of 2025, I took matters into my own hands and had hand surgery: my right one in September and its left mate in December.

It’s worked out well, as I continue to heal and dodge family and friends’ unsolicited comments…

I can’t help but laugh when I see Moroccans marching in solidarity with Palestine. On the surface, it might look like a noble stand against so-called Israeli aggression, but let’s be honest – those days of pan-Arabism and the fantasy of…

It was the day after Christmas. As I sat in a comfortable leather chair in my hotel room my first morning in Israel, reading The New York Times on my iPad and sipping my Turkish coffee, I learned about the snow storm that covered my US…

Since December 28, fierce protests have erupted across Iran, threatening to topple Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s regime. Since the start of the protests, regime forces and secret police have retaliated with unbridled violence claiming the lives…

On August 19, 1978, hundreds of Iranians were locked inside Cinema Rex in Abadan and burned alive—a massacre that foreshadowed the rise of the Islamic Republic occupying Iran, a terror-driven state forged in fire and maintained through…

Danni Mnitentag, co-founder of the movement Executives Against Antisemitism (ECOA), highlights the resilience of the Jewish people, including within the business environment.

ECOA emerged as a response to the rise of antisemitism in…

January 31, 2026

I woke up this morning, made my coffee, and opened my computer. As a writer, this is my ritual. I never know what will be waiting in my thoughts.

But this morning, I did.

844 days.

Normally, recalling what we thought or felt…

Frederik Forsyth’s novel, The Odessa File, was an amalgam of fact and fiction. So is Ronald Neame’s eponymous feature film, which was adapted from Forsyth’s best-seller and released in 1974.

A hard-hitting thriller, it is driven by…

Tu Bishvat, the “New Year for Trees,” has increasingly become a “Jewish Earth Day.” It can be a time to consider how we can effectively respond to current environmental crises that threaten all life on the planet.

There is a strong…