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President Trump on Feb. 22, 2018, hosted a discussion at the White House in the second year of his first term on the critical issue of firearms violence for a “listening session.” Also from the White House was Secretary of Education,…

The Teachings of Parashah Miketz

Parashah Miketz is not a story of redemption, nor of success. It is a study in transformation under reversal: what happens to a human being when the conditions that shaped them are violently replaced by their…

At this stage, it is natural for us to be guided by our perceptions and to try to interpret events positively. However, reality can sometimes be harsher, and as the saying goes: “There is none so blind as he who will not see.”

The attack…

The Grammar of Trust: Honor, Legitimacy, and the Social Foundations of Gaza Phase II

Western debates about Gaza Phase II tend to orbit around demilitarization plans, reconstruction schemes, and the architecture of a hundred‑billion‑dollar…

I recently ate a small family-owned and very special restaurant in the Baka area of Jerusalem. It stands out in its creativity and had the vibe both in the kinds of food one would think would be destination Michelin-style restaurants, while…

What is so special about Chanukah? Why has it become such a central holiday to our national culture? It’s not the latkes or doughnuts. On Chanukah we celebrate the time that we, Am Yisrael, chose Hashem en masse. It was the harder choice by…

In this episode, kisses and rejections, drashes and derisions at Isaac Luria’s seder.

The Eternal Jew’s Tale
A Pesakh Montage, The Crystal Haggadah
Midrashbase

Lurianic Seder Midrashim, Tsfat, 1570 CE

Now here presented is a summary of the…

Better late than never.

This aphorism applies to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

As he now admits, just a few days after two Muslim terrorists killed 15 people at a Chanukah celebration at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, his…

These polls should be printed in the comics section

In all the years I’ve been in Israel, I never read anyone who trashed the polls here like I have already done more than a dozen times. Am I mistaken? Is anyone paying attention? Does…

Some individuals have indicated that it is poor timing to advocate against the death penalty in the wake of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre. L’chaim members feel otherwise. On the contrary, there is no more appropriate time than now to…