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Tell tall stories to amuse,
though they are lies, for they
should please your listeners who refuse
to hear the truth that’s gray.

The story’s all that really counts,
and as for its veracity,
it won’t fall flat but have a bounce
inspired by…

Fifty-five years ago, I was a carefree 14-year-old. That changed when I was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and held hostage in the Jordanian desert with my family. Those experiences shaped my understanding of…

The following essay is a revised version of the d’var Torah I posted here in 2024. This year I have re-edited it into two parts.

According to the midrashic text The Aleph Bet of Ben Sira, Jacob gave Serach a blessing saying: “This…

The Israel-Hamas conflict has made visible a different kind of battlefield – one where information itself becomes a weapon.

This isn’t about telling you what to think.

It’s about recognising when thinking is being outsourced.

One of the…

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Scriptural evidence from the Quran on Abrahamic covenant, Isaac’s lineage, and the inheritance of the Promised Land for the Children of Israel (Bani Israel)—from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, with…

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s proposed death penalty bill for terrorists is an abject abomination for Israel and for twenty-first-century Judaism. As a former Jewish prison chaplain and co-founder of “L’chaim! Jews…

It’s not easy being a Jew these days. As our forbears used to say: “Schver tzu zayn a yid.” An excruciating war, the anguish of the hostages and their families, anti-Jewish hate crimes, antisemitism sweeping social media. The election…

For years, Bangladesh was treated by Western policymakers as a peripheral concern in the global fight against Islamist extremism—too distant, too inward-looking, too preoccupied with domestic politics to matter strategically. That illusion…

Since October 7, 2023, and for several years, the eastern Mediterranean has been experiencing a profound strategic realignment. The strengthened military and security collaboration among Israel, Greece, and Cyprus is no longer just a matter…

Tom Barrack has been a trusted friend of President Donald Trump’s for decades. He has had a long career with years of experience in the Gulf, both as an attorney and an investor. He has Lebanese roots and an extensive network in the region….