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George Washington. During troubled times, we may nostalgically yearn for past heroes. Or maybe not. Perhaps it is better to not know history and to not even care to know history or its lessons. That is a tragic, short-sighted, dangerous, and…

It was reported recently that Benjamin Netanyahu will soon be speaking to the only Jewish political leader who rivals him for global attention: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky told Israeli news channel i24: “He has what I…

There are lives that do not belong to a person alone, but to a people, a language, a fragile continuity carried across centuries like a thin, unbroken thread. The passing of Ilia II of Georgia, Orthodox Catholicos Patriarch, Head of the…

There is a great deal to unpack in the book of Vayikra, with its focus on sacrifices. It is not always an easy topic to relate to, and for many of us it can feel distant, even uncomfortable. Yet within that world of korbanot (sacrifices) are…

As bombs fall on Tehran and the Supreme Leader lies dead, Washington is once again mistaking the destruction of a regime for the creation of a new one. The disastrous legacies of Afghanistan and Iraq are repeating themselves – but this…

Counting Front

How many fronts is Israel really fighting on?

Ask the question casually and the answer seems simple. Seven fronts. That is what analysts, commentators, and even AI systems tend to say. Gaza. Lebanon. Iran. Syria. Iraq. Yemen….

(Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)On Thursday, March 12, a man named Ayman Mohamad Ghazali waited for two hours in the parking lot of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He had a rifle. He had commercial-grade fireworks. He had…

The federal government has quietly reduced one of the primary programs designed to protect America’s houses of worship.

In 2024, FEMA’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program provided roughly $454 million to help religious institutions and…

On the night of March 16, 2026, the Israeli Air Force launched a series of targeted strikes across Tehran. By Tuesday morning, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security…

While the world remains transfixed by the specter of ballistic missiles traversing the skies over Tel Aviv and Tehran, a quieter but equally consequential development has unfolded on NATO’s southern flank. Between March 11 and March 14,…