The Tower of Babel provides an example of the human ego that grows so big that it shuts our ears, making us unable to understand one another. Just as it plays out in that story, such a state can once again lead the world to…
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Is the Tower of Babel a Literal or Symbolic Story?
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The Oldest Person at My Family’s Thanksgiving Table? Me? How Did This Happen?
I can’t remember the exact moment when I realized I was to be the oldest person at my extended family’s Thanksgiving table. But I remember it was quite jarring. How did this happen? Clearly, I know it’s the circle of life. But how did I…
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Erdogan’s Turkey poses an immediate strategic threat to Israel
The Nagel Committee, which presented its recommendations in January 2025, warned that “a new threat will be created if… the Syrian force becomes, in practice, a Turkish proxy, as part of implementing Turkey’s dream to restore its ancient crown…
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The West Bank is Burning, Where is the Outrage?
Recently, I caught up with a friend who works at Hillel. Our friendship preceded October 7th, but deepened through our shared alienation from the intense polarization surrounding Israel-Palestine both on and off campus. During our chat, we walked…
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What Is It That Yaakov Did Not Know?
Forced to flee his home to escape his brother’s deadly threat, Yaakov found himself in the midst of an existential crisis. Alone, he journeyed toward Haran to seek refuge with his mother’s family. As nightfall overtook him, he fashioned a…
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Hybrid Thinking: The Convergence of Human and AI Cognition
Introduction Hybrid Thinking represents an emerging evolution in intelligence, where human symbolic reasoning and synthetic vector reasoning operate in structured convergence. It is neither Artificial General Intelligence nor machine…
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What Trump Gets Right That Even Liberals Can Agree
Aristotle believed that man is a political animal. He was wrong. Foremost and utmost, man is a partisan political animal. The difference is gargantuan. As such, logic and reason are seldom enough to change one’s mind. And nowhere it is more…
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Rainbows, Covenents and Extremist Settler Violence
A fragment of rainbow suddenly appeared, rising up from the trees right in front of me, its colorful swath disappearing into the dark clouds above. I gasped. And then, suddenly, in the distance on the opposite horizon, another fragment of…
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Why Is Everyone Overwhelmed?
It seems that the term “overwhelmed” is getting a significant amount of ink these days. What does it mean and why do people use it so often? According to the online etymology dictionary, it is a mid-14th Century word describing, “to turn…
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Blocking the Truth About October 7- We Cannot Afford His Evasion
Israelis have carried the weight of October 7 with extraordinary courage. Families shattered by loss are rebuilding. Survivors and evacuees are piecing their lives back together. Soldiers return to the battlefield time and again with unwavering…
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