In last week’s Torah portion we found ourselves behind the scenes of yet another family drama, this time watching the viceroy of Egypt accuse Benjamin of stealing and planning to punish him by enslaving him. The Parsha began with the…
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The Blogs: A Nuclear Ghost Ship off Algeria: How Putin Smuggled a Reactor Under NATO’s Nose | Amine Ayoub
The Mediterranean Sea has long been viewed as a vacationer’s paradise or a tragic theater of migration, but a bombshell investigation released this week by Spanish media has redefined these waters as a radioactive transit lane for the…
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The Blogs: Somaliland Rises while South Africa Declines | Dillon Hosier
Israel’s historic recognition of Somaliland as an independent sovereign state on December 26, 2025—the first by any UN member—demonstrates profound strategic foresight. Signed as a mutual declaration with Somaliland President Abdirahman…
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The Blogs: Now is the Time for Peaceful Marriage Resolutions | Susan Barth
As the year of 2025 sunsets into 2026, the secular tradition is to make New Year’s resolutions. And since anytime is an appropriate one for taking a temperature on the status of married couples, and if appropriate to make any mid-course…
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The Blogs: Reading Our Way Toward Healing | Renee Garfinkel
My husband was wheeling some boxes out the door the other day—balanced precariously on a hand truck—when a passerby stopped, pointed at him, and shouted, “It’s cold out, Mister! Put on a jacket—what, do you think you’re 18 years…
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The Blogs: Israel’s Conflict With Iran Is Simmering Ominously | Sheldon Kirshner
As 2025 draws to a close, Israel’s volatile conflict with its arch enemy, Iran, is simmering ominously and threatening to boil over again in another war.
Six months after Operation Rising Lion, its 12-day war with Iran, Israel is…
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The Blogs: Protests in Iran Today Bring Hope for Iranians Tomorrow | Marziyeh Amirizadeh
Unprecedented protests are taking place across Iran, both in terms of the number of people participating, and number of cities in which the protests are taking place. Countless videos have documented Iranians protesting. And it’s growing….
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The Blogs: From Lab to Life: Cyclotrons’ Protons Cure Cancer | Shlomo Maital
From Lab to Life: Cyclotrons Blast Protons, Treat Cancer
Cyclotron For Radiotherapy (Source Depositphotos.com) Here is a ‘from lab to life’ example, par excellence! A device for experimental physicists, that accelerates protons and…
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The Blogs: Yemen and the Age of Unfinished Wars | Esther Surkis
In recent days, Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes in eastern Yemen near Mukalla, targeting weapons shipments and military infrastructure linked to Southern Transitional Council–aligned forces backed by the United Arab Emirates, an episode…
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The Blogs: Be Like Chushim ben Dan | Eliezer Simcha Weiss
Be Like Chushim ben Dan
To tolerate the intolerable is to make the unacceptable tolerable
When Yaakov Avinu was brought to Me’aras HaMachpela, Eisav blocked the way and delayed the kevurah. The brothers argued. Eisav demanded proof. Naftali…
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