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In a recent episode of South Park, Sheila Broflovski, the Jewish mother character, flies to Israel to confront the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. In the middle of the war against Hamas, she accuses him of fueling antisemitism, declaring:…

We often hear a version of what one respectful interlocutor (RI) said in response to my posting this excruciating…

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak at the United Nations High Level Week in New York Friday morning and President Donald Trump is participating in talks with al-Sharaa on sidelines of the UN Summit to shape the contours of a…

How AI Amplifies Extremist Narratives and Silences Peaceful Counter-Narratives

Recently, I asked Google AI about the Palestinian Identity Manifesto. What I received wasn’t just an answer—it was a lesson in how AI amplifies dominant…

While most everyone’s attention has focused on Israel’s ongoing security issues (Gaza, Yemen, Syria et al), the domestic situation – governmental, economic, judicial, social – is actually more problematic. Why, then, does a country…

We are witnessing a new type of war.

One where victory is not measured by the military defeat of the enemy or territory captured. But one where victory is sought and measured in the realm of international public opinion.

This is the first war…

This Rosh Hashanah at Congregation Netivot Shalom  in Teaneck, NJ, one of the sifrei Torah (Torah scrolls) we read from was new to our community, a repaired sefer Torah.

As the sofer (scribe), Rabbi Rephael Hirsch, was repairing it, he told…

My Friends,

We stand in the Days of Awe, trembling before the Judge of all the earth. We cry out: “Avinu Malkeinu, have mercy upon us.” But what if God were to answer: “Have you had mercy upon My children in captivity? Have you heard…

One of the most unsettling, yet reassuring, truths of physics is this: information cannot be created or destroyed. This isn’t a slogan—it is a principle stitched into the fabric of the cosmos. From Newton’s conservation laws to quantum…

Algeria has long ranked among the most antisemitic countries in the world—hardly unusual for a nation whose very existence was midwifed by France and whose independence was secured by pan-Arabists. Permit me, if you will, a brief journey…