This Tuesday is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: a date and subsequent ten days of activism created by the United Nations to raise awareness regarding the specific sex-based violence that women face across the…
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Triggering & Brilliant: Slam Frank
Where satire, identity politics, and pure absurdity collide. I went to see Slam Frank in NYC. If you don’t already know, Slam Frank is an off-Broadway satirical hip-hop musical based (loosely, wildly, deliberately provocatively) on the story of…
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It Ain’t Over
We all know the expression “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” And we also know that it is true in many circumstances. We can’t always see how things will resolve until we are at that point. Yet we often jump to conclusions, and…
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The Hollywood History of Art by Christopher Frayling
“Most people’s knowledge of artists comes from popular media, primarily Hollywood,” argues Sir Christopher Frayling. From Kirk Douglas’s fiery Van Gogh and Charlton Heston’s Michelangelo, to Jeffrey Wright’s Basquiat, Derek Jacobi’s…
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Lebanon Has Been Too Slow To Disarm Hezbollah
The ceasefire that was supposed to end the war in Lebanon has effectively broken down as Israel continues to attack Hezbollah operatives and military infrastructure on almost a daily basis. In its latest operation, on November 23, Israel killed…
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If We Won the War, Why Don’t We Feel the Sweet Taste of Victory?
I often listen to podcasts while driving, a habit that turns traffic into thinking time. On one of those drives recently, I listened to Dan Senor interview Dr. Micah Goodman on the excellent Call Me Back show about whether Israel had won the…
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When the Ladder Meets the Tunnels: Parashat Vayetzei
Since October 7, even the familiar rituals of Shabbat — breaking challah, pouring water — feel different. What once brought quiet joy now feels layered with tragedy, memory, and longing. For many of our fellow citizens who were held hostage…
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When the Ancients Dreamed: The Philosophers’ Guide to Night Visions
Dreams have fascinated and troubled humans since the earliest times. By the Classic era, the inhabitants of the ancient world regarded dreaming as a divine act, used as a channel of communication with the gods. Understanding dreams could…
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Getting up to speed: The Abraham Accords – More relevant than ever
A New-Old Framework for Peace Five years ago, something shifted in the Middle East. Israel normalized relations with the UAE and Bahrain, followed by Morocco and Sudan. This month, Kazakhstan joined as the latest partner. These agreements,…
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The BBC’s Israel problem has been apparent for years
The leaked internal BBC memo, published by the Telegraph earlier this month, confirms what many already knew: that the BBC’s Israel coverage is riddled with bias. Hardly shocking, I know. Written by Michael Prescott, a former journalist and…
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