Parashat Vayeshev relates the story of Joseph, whom Jacob sends to check in on his brothers, a task that will completely change the boy’s life. At first, he has trouble finding them, but he does meet a mysterious figure who sets him on the right…
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Parashat Vayeshev: You Might be the Other’s Angel
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Violence in Israeli Society – From Battlefield to Schoolyard
A high school student was stabbed to death in Kafr Qara; a 16-year-old boy was stabbed at a school in Ashdod; a 13-year-old was stabbed during a break-time fight at a high school in Be’er Sheva; nine minors were arrested on suspicion of brutally…
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The Coat of Dreams and Betrayal
The Torah’s depiction of Yosef opens with a set of tensions that will define Sefer Bereishit’s final movement: parental partiality, fragile family dynamics, and the unsettling power of dreams. The coat that Yaakov bestows upon Yosef conveys…
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Antisemitism is weaponized, but not the way you think
A dear colleague of mine, with whom I have serious disagreements regarding the war in Gaza, recently published an op-ed that I know firsthand to be disinformation. I contacted her privately, suggesting she double-check her sources. She replied…
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A discreet diplomacy towards a strategic shift
The revelation of a “secret trip” by the Taiwanese deputy foreign minister to Israel is not only a diplomatic detail. It is a strong signal: In a world where polarization is on the rise, medium-sized governments are looking for new allies as the…
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Amnesty, October 7, and human-rights NGOs gone wild
In a new report on Hamas, Amnesty International has stopped pretending to be committed to real human rights values. It's about time.
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Rafael delivers Spyder air defense system to Georgia – report
Ukraine’s “Militarnyi” website reports that Rafael has flown a Spyder system to Georgia as the countries around Russia deploy Israeli air defense systems.
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Israel and Bond Market Buster Bomb: How Europe’s Fury at Washington Spills Over
The great transatlantic melodrama of 2025 has taken an unexpected turn. Europe — furious that Washington has cut a Ukraine–Russia understanding over its head — is threatening to retaliate not with tanks or tariffs, but with its most potent…
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Pay the Band, You Parasites: The Global Humiliation of Live Musicians
There is a quiet little scandal happening in bars, restaurants, and “live music venues” across the world — a scandal so normalized that most people don’t even notice it. Live musicians, the human engines of atmosphere, emotion, and…
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The GOP’s Transactional Recast of the US–Israel Relationship
The “special relationship” between Israel and the US, a concept coined by President Kennedy during a conversation with Israel’s then Foreign Minister Golda Meir in 1962, stemmed from a combination of shared values, common interests, and…
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