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PARASHAH BO — Existential lessons

History doesn’t always advance in light. Sometimes the real beginning happens when the light is gone and you’re left with nothing but night — thick night, the kind that makes the air feel heavier than…

Prof. Reinhard Genzel recently visited the Physics Faculty of my university, Technion. Genzel won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of a super-massive black hole near the…

When I opened the whatsapp message from Dina, I had no idea what kind of warmth was about to enter my life – and the lives of my fellow evacuees from Nirm.
I’ve learned that saying “yes” to the unexpected can lead to deeply human,…

There are times when statistics are not intended to inform but to anaesthetise. When numbers are deployed not as evidence but as chloroform.

“Approximately 43,000 killed, 350,000 injured, 20,000 arrested and awaiting possible execution.”…

President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” has already drawn attention as an unconventional vehicle for reconstruction and investment in conflict zones. But the real danger it poses is not political, diplomatic, or even humanitarian. It…

There is a taboo today that works more reliably than most laws, committees, or constitutional safeguards. It is not about corruption. It is not even primarily about violence. It is about something more basic: the cognitive, mental, and…

The thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty – a group that I co-founded – has advocated vociferously against Israel’s proposed death penalty bill for terrorists since National Security Minister Itamar…

I practiced law in Rhode Island and Massachusetts at the time of the Boston Marathon bombing, and argued cases before the First Circuit. When I read opinions from my former jurisdiction, I pay close attention not only to legal outcomes but…

How the UK managed to annoy absolutely everyone in a single news cycle!

It takes a certain genius to alienate your closest ally, embolden your greatest strategic rival, and look weak in the eyes of the entire world—all before lunch on a…

On a Future That Can Be Lost — and a Future That Can Still Be Saved

Sometimes a person lives a long life.

They have children.

They have work.

They are constantly moving forward.

And yet — there is no future.

This thought came to me while…