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A few months ago, a family we work with at Paamonim shared a moment that felt very familiar. Their ten-year-old son came home upset after a friend’s birthday party. “Everyone else got expensive gifts,” he said. “Why do we always have…

“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.”
— Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana

It has now been close to a month since protests erupted in Iran. At the time, U.S. President Donald J. Trump reportedly said he…

Strange to say, but the “Board of Peace” began rather modestly. Perhaps the Trump-led global government with a golden logo announced in Davos was always Trump’s plan. But according to the White House 20-point plan for Gaza, the Board of…

Earlier this week, a fabricated image of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid standing alongside a photo of the members of Israel’s Arab political party lists appeared on the Likud’s official social media accounts. Within minutes, the image…

On a summer morning in 1883, Hungary proved its modernity. After sixteen months of fevered accusations, coerced testimonies, and national hysteria, a rural county court acquitted every Jewish defendant in what had become Europe’s first…

Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the atmosphere. This steady buildup has accelerated since the 1990s and is now driving stronger storms, heavier rainfall, and…

Multiculturalism in Australia, with its almost religious-like status, did not collapse slowly, and it did not collapse by accident.

It collapsed because too many powerful institutions and politicians, especially those on the left, made the…

Tu Bishvat, the New Year for Trees, invites reflection not only on growth but on responsibility — on what sustains life long before fruit appears.

In part 1, we examined how water scarcity, drying landscapes, and food inflation are no…

Before Borders Existed: Who Actually Built a State

History, when reduced to slogans, becomes a weapon. One of the most common slogans circulating today claims that Israel is an “occupier” because Arabs were numerically dominant in the…

Survivor stories, burial, music, and memory after the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust

On this day in history… January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered Auschwitz-Birkenau, exposing to the world the full scale of Nazi Germany’s…