Even as successive governments conveyed helplessness, these few stalwarts upheld the sacred task of redeeming captives
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The Goldin family taught me what my brother Elad already knew
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Jewish conservatives are looking to JD Vance to draw a line against the antisemitic right. He hasn’t delivered.
Ben Shapiro, Bari Weiss and Dan Senor were mostly in lockstep as they condemned antisemitism on the right during an event for Jewish conservatives on Sunday night.
But despite their shared concern about Tucker Carlson and…
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His successor wants to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. NYC Mayor Eric Adams just sat down with him in Israel.
Eric Adams gave his constituents in New York City a soon-to-antiquated view on Monday: that of a New York City mayor shaking hands with Israel’s prime minister.
Adams met with Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Monday, on…
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Iran’s strategic recalibration: From Russian disillusionment to a Chinese pivot
In the aftermath of the confrontation with Israel, Iran finds itself navigating a complex realignment within its anti-Western bloc. Once anchored to Moscow, Tehran’s foreign policy is now tilting toward Beijing – a shift driven by growing…
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Is There a Reason for Separation of Meat and Milk?
Originally presented for Knesset Israel of Beverlywood in Los Angeles Sukkot 5786 I. Introduction Three times in the Torah we read לא תבשל גדי נחלב אמו (Do not cook a goat in its mother’s milk) 1 The Gemora in Sanhedrin 4b says…
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The Planeload of Gazans Arriving in South Africa – a Saga of Silence and Misdirection
There is something deeply wrong with the way this story has been framed in South Africa. For a week, the country has been fed a fake narrative that suits the political and activist sector that favors casting Israel as a malignant player. The…
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Self-proclaimed experts target transgenders against all science and truth
In tune with the latest modernity trend, only emotions and narratives count The first reason I find experts targeting transgender people so vile is not related to whether they are right but to the fact that they attack, without any empathy, a…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel – Part VIII
Narrative, Memory, and the Struggle for Shared Truth Series Preface Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel explores how law, belonging, dignity, and justice shape everyday life between the river and the sea. Written from my…
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Haftarat Parshat Toldot: Yaakov and Esav, Shoulder to Shoulder
In this week’s haftara, the prophet Malakhi opens his prophecy with an expression of divine scorn for Israel’s older twin: “Is Esav not a brother to Yaakov? So says the Lord: Yet I loved Yaakov and hated Esav, so I made his mountains…
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Why Was It The Moon, Not The Sun, Which Was Commanded, ‘Diminish Yourself’
There was a moment at the dawn of all things when the question of who would descend, who would be made small, who would bear the weight of constriction for the sake of the world, hung open in the air like a silent decree not…
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