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Okay, so you’ve opened the account, and you’ve transferred the Shekels, converted to Dollars. Now you’re staring at a blank screen wondering, “What stocks do I…

The grief that settled over Sydney after the Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach was heavy and far-reaching, touching families, communities, and an entire nation struggling to comprehend an act of terror carried out against people gathered to…

The blessing that Yaakov bestowed upon Yosef’s two sons, Ephraim and Menashe, has come to occupy a central place in Jewish life. It is sung in the synagogue during the “Kol HaNe’arim” aliyah on Simchat Torah, when children are…

Why did one medieval rabbi argue that today’s fast, Asarah BeTevet, is so critical that it should override the joy of Shabbat itself?

This fast marks the day in 587 BCE when the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar began his brutal siege of…

As I have argued in previous Times of Israel essays (“Should Israel clear and hold Gaza?”; “Israel must now decide: Will it win or lose this war?”), there is only one way to defeat Hamas – the enemy must be physically separated from…

MetaboCure’s therapy is based on the mRNA technology, familiar to us from COVID-19 vaccines. The formula uses messenger RNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) that travel directly to the liver and restore the production of the vital…

Wrong Paris, right rage — Part II: The Great Israeli Magic Trick, where a whole sector manages to be both above the state and fully sponsored by it.

Because listen, Israel is many things: chaotic, miraculous, traumatized, deliciously…

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege and pleasure of hearing MK Naama Lazimi speak to a group of about 75 activists affiliated with the new political party, The Democrats (a merger of Meretz and Labor), to which I belong, at a special meeting…

Despite all of the joy in having Yakov reunited with his beloved son, he was uneasy about leaving Eretz Yisrael and going to live in the most decadent place on earth.
Hashem appeared to Yakov Avinu that this is what he needed to do. The…