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We often mistake the moment of rescue for the moment of completion. In the Jewish tradition, salvation is only the preface; the true work of covenantal life begins after the waters have parted.
(Judges 4:1–5:31).

Parashat Beshalach reaches its…

Trump’s Disruptive Leadership: Breaking Logjams to Secure America’s Future

President Donald Trump stands as America’s most consequential—and polarizing—leader since Abraham Lincoln. Critics denounce his unapologetic style as…

In recent days, according to information obtained by Independent Persian, large numbers of wounded and shot protesters from Iran’s national uprising have been transferred not to hospitals, but directly to Fashafuyeh Prison in Tehran…

Following Israel’s formal recognition of the Republic of Somaliland in late December 2025, the two nations have already begun the groundwork for a robust health care partnership. Israel’s development assistance for the Somaliland health…

20. The Joy of Forgiveness

Our Gemara on Amud Aleph (see Rashi, “aderaba”) discusses the idea that the wine libation, after the blood is sprinkled, represents the joy and relief of obtaining atonement.

The Yalkut Divrei Yosef (Succos)…

I stood on the second floor of our rental in Mammoth Mountain and gazed at a gathering of at least thirty men, assembled for the purpose of creating a Minyan.

We had been to this vacation spot many times. We took the family for winter…

We are at critical point in world history when International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27, 2026) coincides with an unprecedented rise in international anti-semitic hate crimes, anti-Israel, pro-terrorist and neo-fascist…

(Reflections on the Haftorah for Beshalach)

(Judges 4:4 – 5:31) 

Decisive women came to the rescue;

Deborah led Barack to battle with few,

To free the nation from fear and oppression;

Yael stopped the tyrant from future aggression.

The…

It remains to be seen whether the Western leaders who found their voices in Davos will now raise them to insist on implementation of a comprehensive plan to end the occupation of the entire OPT and not just “the beautiful piece of…

Georgetown’s role in American espionage history is not anecdotal; it is evidentiary. The neighborhood’s significance emerges most clearly when specific counterintelligence cases are examined over time. Again and again, the same pattern…