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There is a particular chill that runs through Jewish history when powerful men decide antisemitism is not worth confronting. It’s not always shouted. Often it’s shrugged off, minimized, waved away as inconvenient or distracting. And when…

The U.S. government has released new dietary guidelines to address obesity. Like most nutrition advice, they focus on what to eat. The harder problem is why eating is so difficult to regulate at all.

Eating is one of the most powerful forms…

Vice President JD Vance again downplayed the idea that conservatives should safeguard their ranks against antisemitism, a week after his ally Tucker Carlson hosted yet another antisemitic conspiracy theorist on his web…

For Jews who don’t quite believe the old story, can’t escape its shape, and feel racked between Israel’s fear and Israel’s guilt.

There’s an Israeli word that explains more than it should: freier.

Lo tihye freier—“don’t be a…

On January 3rd, the United States military landed in Caracas, Venezuela, and abducted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Maduro, his wife, son, and three others have been indicted on four counts: “ narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine…

The pattern is no longer subtle. Within weeks of returning to office, Donald Trump had revived territorial ambitions that would once have been dismissed as erratic provocations: renewed pressure over Greenland, threats surrounding the Panama…

Fundamentally, for Israel, alliances have never been about manners. They have been about maps. While diplomats perform virtue and analysts chase applause, Israel has always asked a colder question: where is the pressure point? In today’s…

There is a reason we refer to the Five Books of the Torah as Torat Moshe. Moses’ life and his choices become a paradigm, not only for leadership, but for what it means to be human in the face of oppression. And, just as importantly, the…

The departure of Ambassador Elizabeth Moore Aubin from Algiers on January 5, 2026, was not merely a routine diplomatic rotation; it was a deliberate closing of the books on the policy of “balanced management” in the Maghreb. As the Trump…

As 2026 begins, Iran stands on the edge of a profound transformation.

Across the country—from the historic corridors of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar to distant cities, towns, and villages far from the capital—Iranians are making a choice that…