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 The Mistake of Believing Israel Is Dictating His War

Since the beginning of the war between the United States and Iran, one interpretation has taken hold among some analysts: Donald Trump was supposedly drawn by Israel into a confrontation…

The unsung heroes of the war are, drum roll please, the children. Really. I have five kids. Three of them are under 12 years of age. My 11-year-old is in grade 6. He started grade one wearing a mask and was in school for approximately two…

The wind is blowing in Jerusalem. My first tulip has bloomed yellow. The first white lily sways its head. I have lost count of how many sirens we have had.

We are at war with Iran.

The day finally came — the one foretold by the Doomsday…

Introduction: Beyond Traditional Alliances

In an era defined by shifting alliances and intensifying geopolitical competition, the concept of a “strategic ally” has evolved. No longer limited to shared ideology or geographic proximity,…

Hitching a ride with the diaspora: an Israeli-Canadian nudnik non-Jew in a self-imposed exile

This morning I…

ECHOES OF SEPHARAD

Was Columbus Jewish?
Identity, Memory, and the Politics of Reputation

Was Christopher Columbus Jewish? The question refuses to die, and that persistence tells us as much about our changing views of Columbus as it does about…

When Donald Horne coined the phrase “the lucky country,” it was intended as a rebuke. Yet for those who arrived in the aftermath of the World War II, including my grandparents who were Holocaust survivors, it came to mean something else…

Daniel Biss, a Jewish progressive who is highly critical of the Israeli government, is virtually assured of a seat in Congress after prevailing in his primary in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District on Tuesday.

He…

The Portion of Vayikra begins with a simple but loaded verb [Vayikra 1:1]: “[G-d] called (Vayikra).” Before law, before procedure, before sacrifice, there is a summons. That opening move is easy to miss but it frames everything that…

Methuselah lived 969 years. Or did he?

The Torah records lifespans that seem extraordinary—far beyond anything we observe today. Adam lives 930 years. Methuselah reaches 969. Noah, 950.

Taken at face value, these numbers appear impossible….