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Greece’s Ohi Day and Israel’s doctrine of Ein Brera reveal how small nations survive — by turning defiance into strategy, power into peace, and alliances into security.

October 28 is not just a date in Greek history — it is a decision…

As an Ethiopian, Black, African Jew, I view Israel not only as a homeland but as a moral idea, a living story of justice, resilience, and renewal. Yet in the global arena, Israel’s diplomacy too often fails to reflect that moral depth. The…

Still, there is no safety for Jews like in Israel

Loads of Israelis have fled to calmer places since October 7, 2023, the beginning of the Simchat Torah War. Who am I to blame them?

However, public antisemitism is skyrocketing all over the…

The other night I went to sleep with just my underwear on.

I hadn’t done that in a long time. I’ve always been wearing at least a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. Many nights, I went to sleep with my shoes on. In case there was a siren. In…

There’s a quiet in the air these days — not the silence of fear, but the pause that comes after too much pain. You can feel it in cafés and bus stops, in conversations, even in the departures hall at Ben-Gurion. Israel is learning to…

A few days ago, several individuals held a small demonstration in Boston, displaying pro-Palestinian symbols and promoting violence against Israel, which received amplified coverage on Al Jazeera. This was just one of many examples of content…

In the past two weeks, as Israel celebrated the emotional return of the hostages, the air was filled with words of gratitude. We thanked the soldiers, the intelligence officers, the negotiators, the medics, and the families who endured the…

Until his brother, the former hostage Eli Sharabi, was released from Hamas’s hell in Gaza, we saw his younger brother Sharon almost every day at the Families’ Headquarters. Together with other family members, volunteers, and…

In the midst of Avram’s story, the Torah recounts an epic battle between two great alliances of kings in the Valley of Siddim, near the Dead Sea. In a final confrontation, the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah rebelled against the more powerful…