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Two Promised Lands: The Soviet Jewish Exodus to America and Israel

When the Iron Curtain began to crack in the 1970s, millions of Soviet Jews saw, for the first time, a light of freedom. For decades, they had lived under a regime that…

The Mitzva of circumcision was given to Avraham Avinu. The word, “Brit,” means covenant. It is a physical sign on the body of every male Jew. The ערלה, or foreskin, is considered an impediment towards achieving spiritual holiness.

The…

A symbolic turning point or a political illusion?

Zohran Mamdani won the mayoralty of New York; it is much more than a municipal upheaval, it is a global political signal. The election of a mayor from the most left wing of the Democratic…

Restitution is not only a legal mechanism — it is a sacred act of moral healing. Inspired by Israel’s example, Ukraine now has the opportunity to transform justice into light, and law into faith.

The Talmud teaches that the world stands…

The Divine Reset — From Division to Responsibility

The story of the Divine Reset continues in this week’s parsha, and what a powerful reading it is.

Last week, we saw Abraham commanded to leave his land — to begin again — and to enter…

A municipal ballot proposal to divest from Israel went before a popular vote for the first time on Tuesday — and pulled off a decisive victory.

Question 3 won more than 55% of the vote in unofficial election results in…

The USA President Donald Trump argued that efforts meant to mitigate the effect of climate change are all just hot air, calling them “the greatest con job ever perpetrated” in scathing remarks to the United Nations General Assembly with…

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor, prevailed Tuesday in a hotly contested race that trained its focus on Jews and antisemitism in the homestretch.

Sherrill took 57% of the vote over GOP…

The subterranean rumbling heard across land and sea these past two years has its origins in the savagery unleashed on October 7. The brutality left more than physical destruction and open wounds in its wake. It shattered not only the lives of…