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As much as the evils of Hamas have had a devastating impact on Israel, the January massacre of over 36,000 Iranian protestors compels us to focus on the head of the snake – the real killing machine –  the Islamic…

International Holocaust Remembrance Day was observed for the first time on January 27th, 2006. Its goals were clear. It was meant to “pay tribute” to the Nazis’ victims, principally the six million Jews murdered in Europe between 1941…

“Lets go grab something to eat on campus!” I say to my friend before heading to one of McGill University’s many libraries to study for our final exams. We decide to go to the Students’ Society (SSMU) café, one of the most popular…

Finally, 843 days later, it is October 6, 2023 again.

“The First to Go Out to Battle, the Last to Return,” has been the rallying cry of the bereaved family of Staff-Sargeant Ran Gvili that waited the longest of all of Israel for their…

The return of the last hostage’s body marks a moment that is both deeply human and profoundly symbolic. It is a moment of closure in the most literal sense: the final name crossed off the list, the last absence accounted for. But beyond the…

In the wake of the murder of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis—the second in less than a week committed by ICE—a minor scuffle has broken out in the Jewish chat-o-sphere among those who do and those who do not think it appropriate to…

On Monday, Suella Braverman stood before a Reform UK rally and declared what she spent years denying while in government: “Britain is indeed broken.” The former Home Secretary’s defection to Nigel Farage’s insurgent party caps one of…

In this week’s Torah reading, Moses undertakes a sacred mission, recovering Joseph’s remains to fulfill the ancient oath and bring him home for burial in the Land of Israel. Today, the State of Israel completed a contemporary expression…

Today, the diplomatic corridors of Tunis played host to a familiar performance. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, joined by UN Special Envoy Hanna Tetteh, convened under the banner of the “Tripartite Neighboring…

When I teach Parashat Beshalach, I sometimes begin in an unexpected place—with a movie.

The Prince of Egypt, the animated classic from 1998, remains one of the most powerful retellings of the Exodus ever put on screen. Its music still…