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 ...

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

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

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

“Light in the Darkness: UNT Students Honor October 7 Victims Amid Hostility and Hope” ...

The Anglo-Soviet invasion of 1941 and the post-war settlement did not restore Arabistan; British files from the era show deliberate decisions to “wash hands” of the sheikh’s heirs precisely to avoid ...

The seed of this uprising was planted when thousands protested against Morocco’s normalization with Israel. Those rallies were not merely anti-Zionist—they were anti-elite, anti-hypocrisy, ...

The harvest theme of Sukkot always resonates with me. It is symbolic of abundance and plenty and holiday foods are often stuffed or overflowing to represent this motif. Other compelling draws are the ...

Thinking about not wanting to say anything, yet finding myself saying something, I was reminded of a book I finished reading a couple of months ago, Ambivalence: Crossing the Israel/Palestine Divide ...

Jewish wisdom teaches that foresight is a sacred virtue. Maimonides wrote that the highest form of tzedakah is helping others before they fall into need. Planning ahead, giving intentionally, and ...

Lead: On October 8, 2025, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that Israel “went beyond what Hitler did in terms of genocide,” and that it is neither just nor realistic to place “the entire ...

In a rather quiet night in Jerusalem, the buzz of discussion about the judiciary in Israel is getting even more intense, and the Jerusalem in the early 2025 is the tension that is a bit familiar but ...