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The story of the exodus from Egypt is mentioned twice daily in our prayers. The Rabbis inserted the chapter discussing Tzitzit in the nighttime Shema because of the mention of יציאת מצרים, the exodus from Egypt.

We recite this…

The World Watches While Crimes Against Humanity Continue by the Islamic Republic Occupying Iran.

“It is better to die.” These are the words of a protester on the streets of Tehran, speaking not as a slogan, but as a lived reality. He…

The “Nihilist Penguin” (sometimes misspelled online as “pinguin”) is one of those rare internet artifacts whose apparent triviality conceals a capacity to evolve into a shared political language. Its contemporary resurgence can be…

Wars are not won from mixed signals. Yet, in 2024, the United States held weapons from a close ally while rockets were actively falling. In the Middle East, signals matter just as force does. Allies look for reassurance, and enemies look for…

To Mr. West,

We saw that ad in which you explained your head injury and your battle with mental illness and we saw the apology for your Jew-hatred. 

We Jews have a concept called Teshuvah. It means atonement but it also means return. To…

After 844 days, Israel closes a wound – without forgetting it

It has been a long time coming. But it is finally here.

The body of the last Israeli hostage from October 7 – Ran Gvili, Police Master Sgt., has returned home. Returned to…

A  Living Tribute to Dr. Lena Allen Shore and Dr. Viktor Frankl  on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Dr. Lena Allen Shore and Dr. Viktor Frankl,  both Holocaust survivors, shared an abiding friendship through exchanges and meetings…

“Where are the songs of spring?… Think not of them, thou hast thy music too.”

To Autumn, John Keats (1820)

On a global, national and personal level, the spring of 1967 was fecund with memories for me. Israel won the Six-Day War; Vietnam…

Today is not January 27th, 2026. at least not in Israel. It is finally October 8th, 2023.

The clocks have stopped. The last hostage is home.

There is a frayed yellow ribbon whose writing has…

The crisis of violence and crime in Arab society is not only an ongoing failure of the state and may become one of the decisive factors in the upcoming election. For the first time in years, the question is not only how to fight crime, but…