Today is Thanksgiving — a day of gratitude, reflection, and acknowledgement of the blessings in our lives. I am deeply grateful for my family, my home, and the countless gifts that fill my daily life with meaning. But this Thanksgiving feels…
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This Thanksgiving, Gratitude Meets Uncertainty
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Reassembling the dead
Proper burial is a key theme in the Abrahamic tradition, although archaeology has uncovered burial rituals dating back to the earliest hominids. In the war between Israel and Hamas, and in earlier regional conflicts, the struggle to recover dead…
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Rogue Houthis Humiliate Tehran
For years, analysts lazily repeated the myth that Yemen’s Houthis were nothing more than “obedient Iranian foot soldiers.” But the facts tell a far more explosive and geopolitically consequential story: the movement Tehran armed and…
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Jewish Support for African Independence
(This is Article 4 of the seven-part series, “Bridges of Liberation: Jewish & African Paths to Freedom.” The full disclaimer regarding the author’s independent views is contained in the preceding article: Article 1: We Want You Back). We have…
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Is the Mainstream Media Dying?
The claim that the mainstream media is “dying” has been heard with increasing frequency in recent years, but the reality is more complex. Traditional media is indeed losing its power, but it is not disappearing. It is transforming, losing…
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The Ancient Chinese Had a Different Species of Housecat
The cats that have captured the internet and grace our homes weren’t the only feline species to have allied with the human race, it turns out. A few thousand years after Felis lybica first sashayed into early farming settlements in the Middle…
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I saw Peter Beinart at Tel Aviv University
This past Tuesday, I attended Beinart’s talk on “Trump, Israel and the Future of American Democracy” at Tel Aviv University. The event was bittersweet for me. Beinart was one of my childhood heroes. When the majority of Israelis and…
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The Sacredness of Work
When Integrity Survives Exploitation I wanted to build the kind of company my father never had the chance to work for — a company that honors and respects the dignity of work and the dignity of every man and woman. Success in business and in…
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Vayetzei: The Past and the Future of the Jewish Diaspora
One of the highlights of a conference held in the US last week was a panel discussion featuring three of the most distinguished and influential figures in American Jewish life. Their conversation surveyed the complex challenges facing American…
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Do you complain or give thanks?
A quick copy store in my old neighborhood in America* offered printed pages that customers were welcome to take, free of charge. Some of the sayings on those pages were amusing, others thought-provoking. My Dad had one hanging in his office which…
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