Genesis 6:1–4 בראשית ו׳:א–ד וַיְהִי כִּי־הֵחֵל הָאָדָם לָרֹב עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה וּבָנוֹת יֻלְּדוּ לָהֶם׃ וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי־הָאֱלֹהִים…
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Enoch’s Watchers, the Nephilim, and the B’Nei Elokhim of Genesis
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Rav Kook on Parshat Vayetzeh: The Home of Jacob’s Universal Mission
“וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹב מִבְּאֵר שָׁבַע וַיֵּלֶךְ חָרָנָה׃ – Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran” (Breishit 28:10) And so begins Yaakov’s journey into exile as he flees Esau’s wrath. In his…
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O JERUSALEM! Personal reflections on two mega-gatherings in the Holy City
Last month, I was privileged to be one of the thirtysomething delegates worldwide (two of us from Australia for the very first time) representing the Orthodox slate Eretz HaKodesh at the quinquennial World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, attended…
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Exodus in African & Jewish Liberation
(This is Article 3 of the seven-part series, “Bridges of Liberation: Jewish & African Paths to Freedom.” The full disclaimer regarding the author’s independent views is contained in the preceding article: Article 1: We Want You Back. We have…
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Settler Colonialism: Politicized, Ahistorical, Dangerous
Recently, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies imposed a policy mandating territorial land acknowledgements for academics wishing to submit articles to their journal, or participate in the annual conference, or who work or study at an…
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India Forged a New Kind of Power and Its Constitution Was the Engine
On 26 November, when the Preamble is spoken in Samvidhan Sadan and in schools from Kohima to Kochi, India is not recalling an old ceremony. It is reminding a distracted world that in 2025 the most serious conversation on constitutionalism is…
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When a City Tells Jews They May Not Flee
There was a time when “never again” meant something. Today, it risks becoming a slogan stripped of memory. A dangerous idea, once thought buried beneath the ruins of Europe, is quietly resurfacing in American political culture: the notion…
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Thanksgiving needs its own haggadah
We should tell the origin story of Pilgrims and Indians in ways that acknowledge its generosity and its racial violence – and push us to shape a better future
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I can’t let it pass. Neither should you
Here’s a news item in The Times of Israel I can’t let pass: “National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, whose term has seen a spike in gender-based violence, refused to approve the participation of police representatives in a hearing of…
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Old dog, new tricks, and a brain that should honestly be fired
A cautionary tale about ambition, midlife, and cognitive treason. Let’s be clear:I am not old.I am simply at the life stage where strangers feel comfortable calling me “ma’am,” and I feel comfortable fantasising about throwing them into…
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