Sunday night in London saw a victory for the Stop The Hate (STH) campaign. With the St John’s Wood Synagogue due to host an event to promote emigration to Israel (aliyah), STH learned of a protest that was to be mounted by Palestinian supporters….
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Victory for Stop The Hate
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Who can we rely on
Trump? He’s supportive now. But will he always be? And in three years will he be here? The IDF? They are not perfect. A nuke? Won’t always help. Israel’s Air Force? Our jets were shot down at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War. Befriend…
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Money, Markets, and the Illusion of Ownership
The Hidden Authority That Shapes What We Call Value In the grand theater of history, we like to pit economic systems against each other — communism versus capitalism, public good versus private gain. Yet the truth is far less glamorous: in any…
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So 51% of non-Orthodox rabbinical students identified as LGBTQ
According to a 2020 Pew Research Center survey, American Jews are becoming more diverse, especially among younger Jewish generations. Compared to 8% of all Jewish adults, 15% of those ages 18 to 29 identified with a nonwhite category. Most of…
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Toldot, a Tale as Old as Time (thanks to @Disney)
Sometimes we find inspiration in telling our Torah through means beyond our traditional commentators. And sometimes that even means turning to popular media for some guideposts, some music, to keep our story alive. This is a parasha, told…
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Ending an Unfinished Task in Middle East Security
Operation Rising Lion transformed the security map of the Middle East. For the first time, conflict between Israel and the Islamic Republic moved beyond proxy warfare and entered direct confrontation. The attack was short on the surface, but its…
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Lather, Rinse, Repeat
The instructions on a shampoo bottle are simple: Lather. Rinse. Repeat. They don’t explain why you should repeat; they just assume you will. The same assumption seems to echo through the world’s ongoing reaction to Gaza. Same sequence. Same…
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Are We Against Something… or For Something?
We’ve mastered the language of opposition — and forgotten how to speak for what we believe in. There’s a fundamental moral difference between opposition and advocacy. Opposition is about what you reject. Advocacy is about what you build….
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Let’s not slip from surge to slumber
This winter is no time to hibernate our activism Since October 7, 2023, there has been a marked increase in American Jews doing “Jewish.” The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) labeled this the “surge.” Its latest survey found…
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Overcoming terrifying obstacles: A parable from the Baal Shem Tov
The Degel Machaney Ephraim, Rav Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sidiklohv, brings down in Parshas Ki Savo, an incredible ‘mashul’ ( parable) that he heard from his grandfather, the holy Baal Shem Tov. Tzadikkim say over, that this mashul incorporates…
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