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Ne’ilah in a Kohelet Light

Yom Kippur ends with Ne’ilah—throats raw from confession, hearts set on change. Within days, many communities read Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), a book that cools our fever with unflinching realism: breath, vapor,…

Where are your voices now, the ones who proclaimed “ceasefire” from red carpets, social feeds, and open letters? You who once thundered in defense of Gaza’s civilians—why is your cry silent now that Hamas is asked to make a hard…

For decades, the loudest Christian voices about Israel have come from the West, often American evangelicals quoting Genesis 12 and Romans 11 with zeal. But there is another voice, quieter yet deeply influential, that tells a very different…

On 29 September 2025, a tribute was paid to Indian soldiers on the occasion of “Haifa Day” in Haifa. On this occasion, Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav said, “It is being corrected in our history books that Indian soldiers played a significant…

Oh, just put a damn sock in it already. You sailed into a war zone with arrogance, against the warnings of serious leaders, as if your little stunt mattered more than the soldiers risking their lives against terror, more than the civilians…

Another synagogue. Another Jewish community under siege. Manchester joins…

The so-called “civilian-led initiatives” that keep emerging under the grand banner of humanitarianism are, in reality, little more than international roadshows of pro-Palestinian activists—or, to put it bluntly, Hamas affiliates dressed…

As the world has just marked the International Day of Non-Violence on October 2, Zakaria El Hamel, peacebuilder and founder of Youth for Peace and Dialogue Between Cultures, reflects on Gandhi’s legacy and shares his vision of a just and…

My conversation with Justin Tron, Founding Director of the film, October 7: Bearing Witness to the Massacre. Streaming on Apple TV+.

FILM SYNOPSIS
Todd Morehead, an American Christian, visits Israel to bear witness to the atrocities of October…

Over the past few weeks I have been listening constantly to the Israeli musician Yagel Oshri’s “Latzeit MiDikaon/ Getting Out of Depression” (“לצאת מדכאון”). It’s not just the lyrics or the melody that has been drawing…