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In the year since October 7th, we have witnessed not only an atrocity but also the spectacle of its systematic obscuring. The real question is whether we think the interpretive chaos around October 7th is a problem to be explained or a…

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The Book of Kohelet is read on Shabbat Chol Hamoed. It was written by King Solomon and reflected his perspective on the physical, natural world.

It is read on Succot, because this was traditionally, a time when people felt wealthy, after…

To Know How to Bless Each and Everyone

Torah Portion – v’Zot ha’Bracha (Deuteronomy 33:1 – 34:12)

 

 

Dear reader:  this sonnet  brings to a close,  the series of “Torah in Verse”, Torah portion reflections  of this entire…

In an article published in The Free Press, Ben Freeman, a British Jew, writes that he is leaving the UK and plans to move to Israel.  He no longer feels safe in the country where his family has lived for generations.  And yet Israel cannot…

“Is it time to leave?” – she asks.

“As reports shows Europe in the same anti-semitic (nowaday as anti-zionism too) situation of the 1920’s and 1930’s…is it time to leave?”

“As the current Socialist Parties in Europe forget…

On October 7, I went to celebrate life at the Nova Music Festival. Instead, I found myself running through fields under fire, trying to escape the deadliest terror attack Israel has ever known.

From the start, something felt off. The entrance…

The day I first touched the soil of Eretz Israel became, decades later, the day it bled under my feet –  and taught me what it truly means to call this place home.

35 years ago – Oct 7

I cut the umbilical cord of Africa that had fed my…

The Gaza Flotilla and the Law: Israel Acts, Hamas Would Kill

When a group of activists once again set sail in 2025 towards Gaza,  waving the flag of “humanitarian aid”,  the world’s cameras were waiting. Among them, Greta Thunberg…

Ralph Seliger edited The Third Narrative website from 2015 until June, 2025. Prior to that, he edited the print and online publications of Meretz USA (now Partners for Progressive Israel). He’s been an active supporter of the…