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Yesterday our granddaughter Chayala who resides in Lakewood, called me while I was on my way to the market. She is working on a school project related to the Shoah.

“Wait, Chayala,” I said.
“Let me park my car and then I will talk to…

On Christmas Day 2025, while Americans were unwrapping gifts, the skies over Sokoto State, Nigeria, glowed red. A barrage of US precision-guided munitions slammed into the forest encampments of the “Lakurawa” militant group, a strike…

Donald Trump was re-elected on a clear promise: to stop engaging the United States in conflicts that would benefit neither security nor the American economy. Yet the facts seem to contradict this discourse. Strategic involvement alongside…

This conversation was meant to be a podcast interview.

It was scheduled weeks in advance, planned as a recorded interview about marriage, motherhood, and the recent US release of her book, I Wanted to Be Wonderful. But when Lihi Lapid joined…

Faith, History, and Who Belongs in Israel

The land of Israel, often called the Holy Land, is sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. Yet the way each faith relates to this land, historically and theologically, is profoundly different….

“Death should never be the answer in a civilized society.” – Elie Wiesel.

This famous statement is what Elie Wiesel would no doubt reiterate if he were alive today and asked about Israel’s proposed death penalty bill for convicted…

Analysis of the geopolitical and security impact of the recognition of Somaliland

On December 26, 2025, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar signed a declaration recognizing the Republic of…

Archie Bunker reminded me, on some levels, of my own Zadie, both in temperament and physical stature. Not because he was cruel or small-hearted, but because he was complicated. Like Archie, my Zadie carried prejudices that now make me wince….

I’m writing about a wound.

Not the respectable kind. Not the kind that comes with a plaster, a casserole, and a stranger doing that soft, ceremonial voice — “Shame… are you okay?” — the one that means, I’m sorry you’re…