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Since early morning, my family and I have been living in a state of total psychological collapse. Today we learned that our homes, our land, and our entire neighborhood – every house belonging to our family and our neighbors – have been…

When Hashem created Adam on the very first Rosh HaShannah, He put Adam in a place called Gan Eden (“the Garden of Eden”) to cultivate and guard (Gen. 2:15). On the selfsame day, Adam sinned by eating from the Tree of Knowledge and was…

Ben Lazarus’ articulate blog, “My Message to My Arab Neighbours”, seems to capture the mood of the moment, one of cautious optimism that a page has now been turned. I strongly agree with these sentiments. But they are not enough.

There…

A close friend from Tel Aviv texted me from her vacation in New York. She said she doesn’t know how to read from afar how things are progressing with the deal and asked me to update her. I responded in stream of consciousness, assuming she…

As we wait anxiously to see whether the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas will take hold and become permanent—ending the massacres in Gaza and bringing the hostages home—we find ourselves in the midst of Sukkot, the festival of…

When Hezbollah terrorists snap their arms into the air, it is not a harmless gesture—it is a Nazi salute imported into the heart of the Middle East. This is not a coincidence, and it is not a matter of culture. It is a direct inheritance…

In her seminal book Eichmann in Jerusalem. A report on the Banality of Evil, Hannah Arendt described the court case of Adolf Eichmann, one of the main organisers of the Jewish Holocaust that took place during World War II. Six million Jews…

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, marks a temporary end to a long and painful war — but it is far from being peace. As the dust settles, the real questions begin: What truly lies behind…

“I rely upon Canada to do its share with increased devotion.”

These words could be uttered today by the leader of any Canadian Jewish organization. They could also be the words that each of us say daily knowing the major needs in Israel…

This blog began as a reading of Abbas Amanat’s Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi‘ism, but it became something more personal. Amanat’s study of faith and time enabled the interpretation of the Iranian Revolution as an element of a…