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March 26 marked the 47^th anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty with Egypt. The treaty was the culmination of a process that began approximately a year and a half earlier when President Anwar Sadat made his historic visit to Israel on…

There are moments in life when you feel the shift, not just around you, but within you. My experience in Washington, D.C., for Hadassah Advocacy’s On The Hill: Day of Impact 2026 was one of those times. It was powerful. It was personal….

Five Crack! Three Bam! Six Dot! Each tile clacks against the rack until it’s placed in its own winning algorithm. Over 19 tables of four players each, plus servers, raffle and registration mavens and a silent auction. What a day!

It was the…

Context matters. When the Torah prohibits something, at all times and in all places, it is fair to say that it has a negative view of it. Conversely, when the Torah bans something only at certain times or in specific places, it stands to…

This 2025–26 school year marks the point at which conversations about artificial intelligence have become an increasingly common part of Jewish educational life. In my technology strategy role at The Jewish Education Project, I have heard…

Yesterday afternoon, I was standing on the sideline at my child’s sports practice, doing what parents do. Watching. Chatting. Half following the training, half listening to the conversations around me.

Before long, the talk turned to petrol…

Across opposing political camps, a common claim has emerged: that Israel is an imperial, colonial project, often framed as a European or American imposition on West Asia. This view, shared in varying forms by Western progressive activists,…

(שֶׁהָיוּ בְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאוֹתוֹ הַדּוֹר רְשָׁעִים וְלֹא הָיוּ רוֹצִים לָצֵאת…  (רש”י שמות י:כ”ב

“… There were [evil] Israelites in [the generation that left Egypt]…

There is no question that there has been a significant rise in antisemitism recently. Today the world is passing through a very special stage in its social and political development, and naturally many painful questions arise, about the…

During this Passover, when we get to the four children part, we should explain that some people do not know much because they never had a Jewish education, or maybe they were not even Jewish at that time. We should always welcome those who…