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Confusion, Division, and the Danger We Invite

This week’s Torah portion, Beshalach, is relevant to us today. This isn’t just a story of the past — it’s a story of the present. In 5784, Hamas attacked Israel, taking hostages and…

Exploring Creativity, Judgment, and the Role of Technology in Craft

Amos Oz (1939–2018), one of Israel’s most celebrated contemporary writers, once described writing a novel as an act of almost unreasonable patience. To write eighty…

Once again, Netanyahu has worked his magic and he will probably manage to pass a bogus draft law which will enable the ultra-orthodox to continue to evade army service, and Netanyahu’s coalition to survive and pass a budget by the end of…

I’ve compiled a list of ways in which the state of Israel are held to double standards. From what I’ve gathered, I could continue this list indefinitely. That’s because the bar Israel is held to is infinitely rising. Israel is expected…

Tuesday, January 27^th, marks the observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  I wonder how much memorial will be part of it.

In fact, Holocaust remembrance without the dead has been going on for some time.  American television…

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jared Kushner presented an ambitious vision for Gaza’s reconstruction, framing it as a generational opportunity to replace devastation with stability, investment, and long-term…

Libya has once again captured international attention—not with political reconciliation or security reform, but with oil. A newly signed 25-year agreement with TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips, valued at roughly $20 billion, is being framed…

When the Pharaoh finally let the Jews leave Egypt, the Bible reports that the Jews were chamushim (Ex. 13:18). Most of my readers are likely familiar with the exegetical interpretations of this word cited by Mechilta and Rashi (there),…

An amazing thing happened this week in the Arab Israeli city of Sachnin, in the Galilee. Ali Zabidat, owner of a chain of convenience stores in the city, was getting the usual threats from mafiosos because he was refusing to pay protection…

Parashat Beshalach is not merely the account of a people fleeing danger. It is the Torah’s anatomy of inner change. The drama is not the splitting of a sea, but the slow and fragile emergence of freedom within a people shaped by generations…