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AI (Artificial Intelligence) in everyday life in Israel didn’t arrive for me as a shiny “future” thing. It arrived as a way to stop losing whole afternoons to forms, phone menus, and the particular kind of bureaucratic friction that…

I lead the Israeli-American Civic Action Network. For years, my work has focused on antisemitism, Holocaust distortion, civic advocacy, and the U.S.-Israel alliance. Before ICAN, I served for a decade as Political Officer at the Consulate…

In France, identity is contained.
In the Middle East, identity is exposed.

In France, between containment and exposure lies a discipline – a way of carrying origins without displaying them, of translating memory into a language that does…

Parshas Vayikra opens with a discussion of “karbonos,” the daily service in the Temple where offerings were brought on the altar. We begin every day’s prayers with the recitation of the order of “karbanos,” which is translated as…

Scripture

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One.”
— Deuteronomy 6:4

We live in a world that divides everything.
Faith from work.
Worship from justice.
Belief from behavior.

The Shema was given to confront that fracture.

It is…

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There is an old story about Operation Margarethe, the German occupation of Hungary in March 1944.

A German general asks:
“How long would it take to occupy Hungary?”
“Twenty‑four hours if we go in as enemies,” comes the reply,
“but…

Of all the books of the Torah, Sefer Vayikra is the most mysterious and seems the most foreign. Concepts like קרבנות-sacrifices, טהרה-purity, and כהנים-priests are all difficult to comprehend individually, let alone in the…

The question of whether rabbis should speak out on controversial national issues beyond the daled amot (four cubits) of our Jewish community is one that is being discussed and debated more and more frequently in many forums, including in this…

A person born in Puerto Rico can run for president of the United States.

This should not be a recurring national puzzle. It should be basic civics.

The United States Constitution sets only three requirements: the president must be a…

In 2018, while already a member of NATO and the European Union, Lithuania’s Parliament (Seimas) formally recognized Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas as the head of the Lithuanian state for the period 1954 to 1957. Lithuania’s defense ministry…