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Madeline Albright, z’l (zichrona livracha – May her memory be for a blessing), US Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001 and US Ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 1997, was known for the pins she wore. Her pins visually…

The Hebrews’ flight from Egypt is on a lot of Jewish minds right now, as the annual cycle of Torah readings has reached the Book of Exodus.

But for many Jewish leaders in Minnesota, the ancient story has particular…

Almighty,

by the Torah You gave,

You shaped the world,

and through it, the world lives.

The Torah is a wellspring of life,

given to humanity

so that life may be guarded

and the path of life may be walked.

For in the Torah it is taught

that by…

The coming confrontation between Iran and the United States is often framed as a binary moment: Washington acts or holds back; Tehran retaliates or absorbs the pressure. This framing is simple, accessible, and largely misleading. If…

Greenland was part of the American international geostrategy long before social media rediscovered the Arctic.

In World War II, Washington denied Nazi Germany access to North Atlantic weather stations and air routes.

During the Cold War,…

In a few weeks, first-year students will begin their university studies, while others return to Australian campuses. For Jewish students and for their parents the question is immediate and unavoidable: what kind of campus are they walking…

For over half a year, 120 children in Ra’anana have been left stranded without a school.

In America, activists are often praised by liberals and criticized by conservatives. Throughout history, activism has been regarded as subversive, disruptive, and often radical, with civil disobedience serving as its defining instrument….

“Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.”

Desert, Minnie Louise Haskins (1908)

[Quoted by King George VI, Christmas broadcast 1939]

At first glance, it appears to me a godless place, a dark, dingy, musty, moldy,…

We are often asked what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say if he were alive today. The question itself is a form of avoidance. Martin Luther King Jr. already answered it. The real question is whether we are prepared to listen.

Dr. King did…