This book is dedicated to Vivian Silver, a wonderful woman and peace activist, who was killed in her home at Kibbutz Beeri by ...

The term comes from The Matrix (1999). In the movie, Morpheus offers Neo two pills: Red pill → see the truth about reality, ...

In memory of Rabbi Felipe Yaffe Z”L, my teacher of Tanach, who taught me to fall in love with biblical structures and ...

Compassion unmoored from truth, however, curdles quickly. It can transform cruelty into “context,” and barbarity into ...

The sukkah is a poem of leaves and sky. It is a dwelling that refuses to be a wall, a home that insists on its own impermanence. When the Torah bids us “dwell” it asks for a posture of belonging that ...

The Anglo-Soviet invasion of 1941 and the post-war settlement did not restore Arabistan; British files from the era show ...

The seed of this uprising was planted when thousands protested against Morocco’s normalization with Israel. Those rallies ...

The harvest theme of Sukkot always resonates with me. It is symbolic of abundance and plenty and holiday foods are often ...

Jewish wisdom teaches that foresight is a sacred virtue. Maimonides wrote that the highest form of tzedakah is helping others ...

In a rather quiet night in Jerusalem, the buzz of discussion about the judiciary in Israel is getting even more intense, and ...

Barghouti is the one Palestinian leader whose legitimacy reaches beyond faction. He is admired by Hamas supporters, respected ...

Lead: On October 8, 2025, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that Israel “went beyond what Hitler did in terms ...