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Today is October Eighth, 2025. Yesterday was two years since the Hamas attack on Israel. There was a book launch I wanted to go to but couldn’t. To sit in a literary event on this day seemed distasteful to me. But how did I want to spend…

This is part four of a four-part essay. Part One parsed Tucker Carlson’s headline claims; Part Two set them against law, institutions and evidence; Part Three clarified the operational conditions for any settlement. This final instalment…

Financial wisdom and moral purpose rarely align, but 2025 is just such a year. As the US tax landscape shifts with the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, individuals and families have a brief but powerful window to make their…

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig is a Sephardic philosopher and independent researcher. He is the creator of the Possest–PQF model (Philosophical–Quantitative Filtration) and co-author of Kabbalah Antision (with Andityas Matos). His…

In a rather quiet night in Jerusalem, the buzz of discussion about the judiciary in Israel is getting even more intense, and the Jerusalem in the early 2025 is the tension that is a bit familiar but even heavier. In March, the government…

The word genocide carries an unbearable weight. It is the most damning accusation that can be leveled at a people or a nation, because it describes a systematic attempt to erase an entire group from the face of the earth. The Holocaust, the…

Should the world have pardoned Eichmann?

As I explained earlier, Chamas’ need for ‘further details’ before agreeing is, in fact, a refusal to sign. Trump’s positive spin just must make them laugh.

The main reason to release these mass…

How the story of the quiet youngest son became a tale of resilience – revealed on Simchat Torah two years ago

Benjamin is a mystery to me (and also the name on my passport). He’s the youngest son of Yaakov, born in sorrow. Rachel, his…

The Hebrew language documentary, Air Born, delves beneath the surface to examine a little-known facet of the Israeli Air Force, the backbone of Israel’s armed forces.

Now available on Izzy, an Israeli streaming platform, this intriguing…

The Gemara Yerushalmi (Peah 1:1) teaches that despite King Achav’s wickedness, he was successful in his wars because the nation was united. In contrast, although King David was righteous, he was less successful in battle, as the nation in…