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On January 16, 1979, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was forced to flee Iran along with…

AI Is Reshaping Academia — and Forcing a Rethink of the…

Last Friday, when I read Ben-Dror Yemini’s article in Yedioth Ahronoth, “The Covenant of the Bullies,” I felt a sense of déjà vu. He has been peddling the same narrative for years, blaming the entire world for Israel’s inadequate…

We all know that the Rambam, Maimonides (March 30, 1138-December 12, 1204) established 13 things that we proclaim after we daven (pray) every morning.

The third of those things is the following: 

אֲנִי מַאֲמִין…

There is a moment in Red Dead Redemption 2 that is easy to miss and difficult to forget.

John Marston is trying — awkwardly, imperfectly — to live an honest life. His past is catching up with him. Trouble finds him. He defends himself and…

What’s more dangerous for a country’s future: external attack or internal revolution? As a political scientist, I am not aware of any scholar who actually performed a “head count” regarding this question, but I wouldn’t be surprised…

Parshat Va’era gives a description of the first seven of the Ten Plagues. There is a subtle but important message within this description.

We learn the concept of “Hakarot Hatov.” This refers to the obligation to recognize the good that…

As artificial intelligence threatens to displace vast numbers of jobs, most public discussion centers on economic remedies: retraining programs, universal basic income, or reduced workweeks. These responses address material survival, but they…

At a moment of rising fear, Jewish history—and Jewish agency—demand presence, not retreat.

The reflections below grow out of remarks I recently shared at the AJC Long Island’s 2025 annual dinner. I left that evening convinced that what…