Tunisia, once celebrated as the sole democratic success story of the 2011 Arab uprisings, is rapidly reverting to the authoritarian playbook of its past. Under the rule of President Kaïs Saïed, the state has replaced the promise of political…
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Kais Saïed’s Mask: Tunisia’s Shift from Democratic Hope to Judicial Farce
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Intermarriage
The subject of intermarriage comes up as we learn more about Yakov and Eisav. We see the strong emotions felt by their parents. The Torah tells us that when Eisav was forty, he married to Hittite women, Yehudit and Basmat. He tried to give the…
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Enough Is Enough: A Plan for Action
This week, supporters of Hamas escalated their campaign of intimidation and hatred in profoundly disturbing ways. In New York City, they harassed attendees outside a synagogue hosting a Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah seminar, shouting calls for death,…
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Anti-Zionism Is Not the Answer
Once again, rapid upheavals are reshaping global attitudes toward Jews. As in the late 19th century, moments of profound social and political instability have produced new forms of antisemitism. Then, the crisis of European modernity redefined…
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Tucker Weaponizes Epstein Against Israel
The Epstein scandal is not just back — it is a political wrecking ball blowing holes in Washington’s shaky alliances. Larry Summers has already vanished from the spotlight. Hakeem Jeffries is getting dragged into the mess. But the real…
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An open letter from Jerusalem to Marjorie Taylor Greene
Thank you for protecting yourself Indeed, it’s no use to martyr yourself for the country. Trump will be gone, one day. There’s no way of telling if it’s in six weeks or six years. But one day, it will be game over for him and…
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We Need a Futurama for Israel and the Jewish People
“I have seen the future.” Who would be so bold to wear a pin that makes this claim? This was the pin handed out to all visitors to “Futurama” at the General Motors pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. Futurama…
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Who benefits the most from China–Israel, India-Israel cooperation?
The essence of peace is to merge two opposites. Therefore, your notions should not scare you if you see another, who absolutely opposes you, and you presume that there is no chance for peace between you two. On the same token when you see two…
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Enraged and Sedated, Confronting Normalization
The perception of the immediacy of the threat dissipated when air raid sirens ceased being a part of our daily routine. Headlines about escalating threats from the north – Hezbollah ready to attack, targeted Israeli strikes – sounds like a…
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Inhale Anti-Zionism, Exhale Antisemitism
How a fashionable distinction became a moral fig leaf I was motivated to write this by the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City. He is an avowed anti-Zionist who insists he is not antisemitic. Looking at his background, I see a…
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