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Dear Ron, I am reaching out to you because you have an historic opportunity to positively influence the fate of the state of Israel as a whole and the northern communities in particular, including my place of birth – Kibbutz Manara.

We were…

Rethinking Time and Perspective

When asked what surprised him most about humanity, the Dalai Lama described a simple, yet…

Gifts for God, or Mirrors of Ourselves? Reflections on Parashat Vayikra

There is a familiar anxiety that visits us whenever we need to buy a gift for someone we love. We pause, sometimes for a long moment, and ask ourselves: What would they…

The image is revealing precisely because it refuses the usual comfort of…

Nearly five decades after Entebbe, Yonatan Netanyahu still stands in my mind as the embodiment of courage, moral clarity, Jewish resilience, and the spirit that keeps innovating the future of Israel

He was my hero before I knew enough history…

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Though obviously overshadowed by the hostilities currently engulfing our region and the disruption of normal – or is it the “new normal” – life here in Israel, that March 8 was recognized to be International…

A shin bone found in New Mexico belonged to an early but unusually large tyrannosaur, according to new analysis of an old bone published Thursday in Scientific Reports.

How big is an “unusually large tyrannosaur”? Its shinbone is 96 centimeters…

I don’t mean to sound ungrateful about being on the “winning side” and witnessing the downfall of the axis of evil but, while the whole country kind of knew for some time that this was going to happen any day, the finance ministry,…

A Tiny Land of Miracles

Israel is a small country on the map, but its landscape tells a story far larger than its size. Within only a few hours of travel the land transforms dramatically. Snow-covered mountains rise in the north, fertile…

In December, I wrote an article outlining what I see as the four layers of the Middle East conflict — a framework for understanding the forces that shape the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the broader region. That article was prompted by…