After decades of proxy war and direct missile attacks, this response is not a violation of international law — it is what the ...

As I was writing during 2025, dramatic events in Israel and around the world were unfolding and the narratives arrived quickly. My surprise was how easy it was to find punchy proverbs to serve as ...

The Shoes memorial is a cenotaph for such disappeared people, and the Danube is the grave for those who have none. It marks the rupture left by victims who could not be witnessed in death, buried, or ...

For Yechezkel, the process of purification is placed within the national life of Israel to restore the people as a whole. Unlike Parshat Para, which focuses on the restoration of an individual so they ...

In Perek Shirah, the cat sings a verse drawn from the Psalms: “I will pursue and overtake; I will not turn back until the task is complete.” The sages did not read this as a zoological observation.

The episode of the Golden Calf stands as the Israelites’ lowest moment, a profound betrayal of God occurring so soon after the revelation at Sinai. While still on the mountain, God informed Moshe of ...

That is the signal to watch: the politics of a superpower begins to resemble impression management rather than risk management. For Israelis, the practical takeaway is uncomfortable but simple. Read ...

Covenant, separation, and the hope of return – Through a father’s lament, and Torah’s echoes of brothers who found their way; ...

Purim will always be relevant, and so, too, its real-time connections and implications. Yes, maybe soon, we can eat our ...

Tel Aviv is usually a city of noise, but yesterday – for two minutes – silence was louder. At Habima Square, a group of twenty young people stood with cardboard signs and a desperate plea for peace.

“For such a time as this” Her courage crossed the Scepters hiss This moment Her legacy would not let her miss Choosing her ...

The war that erupted on February 28 between Israel, the United States, and Iran has sent shockwaves through the international ...