Because the first truth of being is not “thing,” but no-thing. The hidden infinity called Ein Sof is also called Ayin—Nothingness, No-thing-ness—not as negation, but as the pure unboundedness from which all boundedness can arise. From…
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The Blogs: Are Europeans Funding Israel-Hating Propaganda? | Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez
Something is rotten in Europe — and it is not confined to the marble halls of parliaments or the gilded corridors of palaces. The rot festers in the newsrooms — in the propaganda engines masquerading as “public broadcasting.”
From…
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The Blogs: Profits, Prophets, and the AI Craze | Andy Blumenthal
Like many investors, I’ve watched the stock market’s remarkable recovery since the 2022 downturn—followed by an extraordinary surge fueled by artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and a mix of broader economic forces. While I am a…
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The Blogs: The Fire That Still Burns in Israel | Pinchas M. Orbach
It has been almost a decade since I last wrote here. Back then my focus was technology, startups, and the curious machinery that keeps this improbable country humming. I wrote about networks and systems, about the improvisation that passes…
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The Blogs: When Victory Is Subjective: Reflections on the Post-Agreement Reality | Harel Ben-Michael
This week, we could finally breathe a little easier.
Finally, A circle has been closed, with a deal that saved the lives of the remaining live hostages and marked the beginning of the end of the war—and of what’s being called “the day…Continue Reading
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The Blogs: Breathing Again | Aaron J. Goldberg
There is a moment, in every new life, when breath first fills the lungs. A baby, moments after birth, gasps for air — a raw, instinctive act that signals both pain and possibility. It is the sound of life beginning. Or a diver surfacing…
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The Blogs: Unprecedentedness | Shawn Aron Weiss
We live in uncertain, unpredictable times. Reality seems to be shifting daily beneath our feet, regardless of who we are and what presumptions about the world and the nature of reality we harbor within us, no matter if we are…
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The Blogs: Pontius Pilate and the Shifting of Blame | Yigal Bin-Nun
At critical moments preceding the crucifixion of Jesus, the evangelists introduced the most dramatic scenes of the death narrative. When the priests presented Jesus to Pilate for him to pronounce the death sentence, the Roman representative…
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The Blogs: How to debunk conspiracy theories, including new ones | Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden
No deep research needed
What you need to understand is the basic structure of viral fake news.
1. An official explanation of reality is dissected and called weird or suspect.
2. A wild, unsubstantiated theory is offered as an alternative.
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The Blogs: A Wide Range of Emotions in a Short Period of Time | Fred Guttman
Being in Israel can generate such a wide range of extreme emotions in a very short period of time. This is the reality of life in Israel, especially during the last two weeks.
Jews have just finished celebrating the festival of Sukkot, known…
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