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The term MENA—Middle East and North Africa—has become so ubiquitous in policy documents, investment presentations, and academic analysis that it now functions less as an analytical category than as a reflex. It is invoked to explain…

We have reached the end of Chanukah, kindled the last flame, said the last blessings for this year.  We’ve washed the wax from the menorah and put it away, perhaps wondering what the world will look like when we next light those…

Why Do the Wicked Prosper While the Righteous Suffer

The Psalms are the most powerful prayers ever created in the history of humanity. There are no prayers stronger than the Psalms—none exist. They were spoken and written more than two and…

In the two years since October 7th, something has been happening quietly and steadily, and everywhere I go I hear versions of the same story.

I hear it from secular Jews who never once lit Shabbat candles. From parents who never imagined…

I did not set out to raise my children as experts in danger. I wanted to teach them the ordinary things: how to tell the truth when it costs; how to be kind without being naïve; how to laugh at themselves; how to walk into the world with…

In geopolitics, timing is policy. And if we want to understand why President Trump will not move decisively on Venezuela yet, we need to stop treating Caracas as a standalone crisis. Venezuela is not an isolated Latin American problem; it is…

“We are three countries that are proud of our history. And it is a fact that our countries have a glorious past. Those who believe that they can restore their empire, we tell them that this will not happen. Don’t even think about it. We…

For many years I attended an annual women’s summit at Rhode Island’s Bryant University where I listened to dozens of speeches, many given by celebrities. However, the most memorable speaker I heard at these conferences was not a…

My 12 year old son, Naftali, called me last Sunday night from a friend’s bar mitzvah at the Bondi pavilion.

“Mum. I am not joking. There is a shooter here. I… I don’t know what to do”.  

I did not for one second think he was…