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From Lab to Life: High School Reject to…Nobel? Yifat Merbl

The Times of Israel has just reported that Weizmann Institute scientist Prof. Yifat Merbl has been…

Zevachim 112 — “The Firstborn Opportunity Cost”

Our Gemara on Amud Beis discusses that prior to the inauguration of the Mishkan, sacrificial service was performed by the firstborn. They lost this privilege due to the sin of the Golden…

On Friday December 2025, Israel became the first country to formally recognize Somaliland’s self-government state. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the move as “in the spirit of the Abraham…

About a year ago, I made a deliberate choice: I no longer wanted to observe the global rise of antisemitism from the sidelines. I wanted to be proactive.

That decision led me to connect with the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism…

At the beginning of Parshas Vayigash, Yosef dramatically ended the saga with his brothers by revealing his identity to them: “I am Yosef” (Bereishis 45:3). His brothers “were unable to respond” to this and were silenced. Translators…

That’s it. One simple reason.

October 7 has taught us this important lesson.

Talking about other reasons or other issues just distracts from the clear reason for not giving away land. It’s just too dangerous.

So all those who talk about…

How Judaism Shaped Humanity’s Moral Compass

Modern society often speaks about universal values; human rights, equality, justice, the sanctity of life, as if they emerged naturally through human progress or Enlightenment thinking. In…

The reunion of Yosef and his brother, Binyamin, and the reunion with Yakov, were very emotional meetings.

Our commentators describe how Yosef cried on the shoulders of Binyamin, and Binyamin cried on his shoulders. They were able to see into…

Palmer Luckey is often celebrated as a Silicon Valley wunderkind: a teenage inventor who built a virtual reality headset in his parents’ garage, sold Oculus to Facebook for billions, and later re-emerged as a defense-tech entrepreneur…

Metastability, nucleation, and the logic of tipping points

Phase-transition language can illuminate not only Joseph’s story but also the history of humanity.

To be clear, this is a metaphor, not a reduction. Human history is not governed…