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The news of Shoshana Strouk’s death has stayed with me since I heard about it in a way that is difficult to shake. When something like this happens, the public conversation quickly becomes loud. People begin debating the facts, choosing…

When I think about this war, my memory is exact. I remember every moment, every detail before I walked calmly into the safe room and pulled the heavy door firmly closed.

I had been sitting in my husband’s armchair at the head of the table,…

The morning after October 7th, I watched the same footage the world watched. Families are murdered inside their homes. Children killed beside their parents. Women were dragged through the streets while their attackers filmed themselves…

There’s a common stereotype that Orthodox Jews live in a bubble—insular, focused only on their own community, and uninterested in the broader society around them.

However, one member of the Stamford Orthodox Jewish community (who wishes…

We’re a family that plans. To travel using mileage points, it’s often best to book your trip 11 months in advance. Every summer, as we finished up our family trip to Israel, my husband would already be scanning flights and schedules for…

Laurent Karst is a French architect and designer trained in Strasbourg and at the Domus Academy in Milan, winner of the Villa Medici Prize in 1995. The following text is inspired by his essay: Zones of Indiscernibility Between Art and…

Israel, Iran, and the dangers of strategic collapse

What should Israel fear more: the rule of an Iranian regime projecting force across the region, or the possibility that the regime may weaken so badly that order at the frontier dissolves?…

People confuse Vayikra as just a fly-over book in the Pentateuch, whereas in truth it is part of the story that began at Bereishit. It is the course of man to come across everything in this section more frequently than what is found in all…

As analysts began to analyze Iran’s strike distribution during the initial weeks of the 2026 war, one number left everyone stunned. Almost half of all Iranian missiles weren’t aimed at Israel, the nation Iran has vowed to obliterate for…

Operation Epic Fury has entered its third week; however, commentators and analysts still remain uncertain about the objectives of the American, Israeli, and transitional Iranian authorities. The central question remains: what is the intended…