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October 13, 2025 is a day that won’t soon be forgotten. The remaining living hostages came home after 738 days—a true miracle culminating in a collective exhale that was palpable across continents.

The number’s significance is…

The yamim noraim have come and gone.

Every year, people ask me ‘how was your yom tov?’ and for the longest time, I have given the same response of ‘ask me in a year from *now*’, by which often, people are puzzled.

And they look…

It is the most famous, majestic, and influential opening of any book in literature:

“… בּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א”

“When God began creating heaven and earth, the earth was void and desolate, there was darkness on the face…

The most well known of Allah’s 99 names is Ar- Rahman -‘the kindest and most forgiving one’; but Allah has kept to Himself the knowledge of His greatest name, the 100th name, and He has not granted knowledge to any of His creation on…

This is the first entry into my Blog and it marks a new year of reason.

I live in a Diur Mugan, and we are surrounded by families of Haridim on one side and a community of small stores on the other who by no stretch of the imagination vote…

During my Sixth Form summer break, I worked part-time at McDonald’s and once covered a night shift for someone who’d called in sick. Around midnight, the delivery truck arrived, and I helped the team unload.

As I waited, I noticed a tall…

Germany–Afghanistan: Negotiations to send back Afghans to Kabul

The European Union, through Germany, is pulling Afghanistan out of diplomatic isolation—after Syria, which has already managed quite the comeback.

Germany is negotiating with…

After October 7th, it became impossible to be a Jew online without experiencing some degree of antisemitism. Suddenly, every Jew worldwide was forced to either denounce and condemn Israel or be branded a ‘Zionazi’ across social media.

For…

The past week has been filled with scenes of joy, as Jewish communities around the world marked the return of those hostages still alive from their captivity in Gaza.  It’s nearly impossible to watch the reunions with family and friends…