There are moments in history when the illusions we live by are torn away. Last night at Bondi Beach, our postcard of peace, ease and coastal grace, those illusions were obliterated under the crack of gunfire. Fifteen Australians killed. Dozens…
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Hanukkah marks the breaking point of Australia
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Time to Come Home
It started way before October 7th …. isolated, or seemingly isolated incidents of antisemitism worldwide that escalated and received “legitimacy “as Anti-Zionistic protests after the massacre of that Black Shabbat. Jews comforted themselves…
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The $4 Trillion paradox: Redirecting regional wealth toward regional growth
A workshop in Abu Dhabi revealed both the obstacles and the emerging solutions for regional infrastructure investment
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A massacre in Bondi
Since the beginning of the Jewish people, we have experienced miracles and tragedies. We escaped Egypt, watched the sea miraculously split allowing us to pass through, while drowning our enemies, and came to the foot of Mount Sinai where G-d…
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Dear brothers and sisters in Australia, especially the community of Sydney
From Jerusalem, the heart of our people, we send you an embrace of sorrow, solidarity, and unwavering love. Our hearts are broken by the brutal terror attack that struck innocent Jews as they gathered to celebrate the first night of Chanukah. We…
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If This Shocks You, You Haven’t Been Paying Attention
On December 14, 2025, a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach—Chanukah by the Sea—became the site of a targeted attack against the Jewish community. People gathered to celebrate a holiday of light. Someone brought a gun. As this is still…
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The Haredi Chain Reaction — How an Agent Model Can Break Israel
A semi-autonomous-agent lens on exemptions, dependency, and the slow collapse of the social contract Israel is fighting enemies on multiple fronts. But the most dangerous battlefield may be internal: a self-reinforcing social model that grows…
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After Tragedy: Ours is the Best Possible World?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) built one of philosophy’s boldest ideas challenging great thinkers of every faith: if G-d is all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good, then G-d would not create an ugly reality. For Leibniz, a devout…
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Charlie Kirk told Netanyahu how to win the ‘Information War’
On May 2, 2025, before his death, Charlie Kirk wrote a letter to PM Netanyahu, in which he said that he was a staunch supporter of Israel, but that he was “defending Israel in public more than your own government”. He also pointed out…
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Bondi Ran Red. The Government Stayed Beige — the Press Office Barely Flinched
Bondi Beach is where you go to remember the world can be soft.Sand. Salt. That smug blue ocean that looks like a screensaver for people who still believe in “normal”. Tonight, the beach became a slaughterhouse at a Jewish public Hanukkah…
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