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Debra Weiner-Solomont

Tuesday night at the ICC-Binyanei Hauma: More than counting votes

Hundreds of us, with different backgrounds and beliefs, processed election materials in the wee hours, committed to doing our part for democracy

'Eshet Lot' (Lot's Wife). (Wikimedia Commons)

Ruthie Hollander

And salt she became

Maybe Mrs. Lot broke the rule and looked back at Sodom out of regret. Or curiosity. Or compassion. I’m sympathetic because I’d have looked back too (Vayera)

Students walk by graffiti saying 'Death to Israel' near the office of the President at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, June 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Taryn Thomas

Why my antizionism didn’t survive a Houthi missile

I spent two years protesting Israel without ever speaking to an Israeli. Then I went there

Cash seized by the IDF in the Gaza Strip is seen being counted before being deposited at the Bank of Israel, April 18, 2024. (Defense Ministry)

Tamar Landau

Hamas can always hire another accountant

Taking out the group’s financiers buys time. But breaking its grip on Gaza’s money requires a strategy built around reconstruction

Members of the "Star Trek" crew, from left, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, and Nichelle Nichols, toast the newest "Star Trek" film at Paramount Studios on Dec. 28, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith, File)

Leah Stern

Live long and prosper: The Jewish boys who imagined a better galaxy

The death of Walter Koenig – Star Trek’s Chekov – sent me back to a galaxy where the sons and grandsons of Jewish immigrants offered hope in a perilous time

Hiking in nature in the Lower Galilee, northern Israel, December 20, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Noah Efron

These elections are not a fork in the road

As we fret that the wrong outcome could spell catastrophe for Israel, it’s worth remembering what has happened here over the past 3 years

Samaritan pilgrimage on Mount Gerizim. (all photos, courtesy)

A midnight adventure into antiquity

PHOTO ESSAY: My wife and I joined the Samaritans for their 8-station pilgrimage on Mt. Gerizim, finding spirituality in the mist, amid white robes and silver-clad Torah scrolls

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Oct 31, 2026, 10:22 AM

Russia Must Explain How Foreigners Promised Civilian Jobs End Up in Its Army

In April, seven Honduran men answered job offers sent over WhatsApp: farm work, masonry, plumbing. In Russia, they were locked in a building watched by cameras. Their passports were taken. Five escaped through second-floor windows. Two older men, in...

Oct 31, 2026, 10:20 AM

The Lantos Prize and Three Courageous Afghan Women

Afghanistan has been home to many incredible women whose bravery, determination, and accomplishments truly deserve to be recognized on a global scale. Even in the face of decades of conflict, political turmoil, and deeply ingrained social restrictions, Afghan women...

Oct 31, 2026, 10:07 AM

Effective Communication: Why I Refuse to Sugarcoat the Truth About Israel

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk

There is one sentence I have heard countless times throughout my years of advocating for Israel, and every time I hear it, my irritation reaches another level. “Sabine, I agree with you one hundred percent, but you need to...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 31, 2026, 10:01 AM

In November, the Jewish Agency will host another edition of the EU VOU Fair

The promotional campaign is now in its final stage. As in previous years, the fair aims to bring together a wide range of opportunities for connecting with Israel in one place. The event is intended both for those who already...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 31, 2026, 9:59 AM

One Idea Tafsir No.4 – Aristotle, Elon, and AI

One-Idea Tafsīr No. 4 — Aristotle's Metaphysics and thinking of life as an AI Agent. Understanding Surah-Tur (Quran chapter 52) through The Creator, human agency and the architecture of existence in software terms. More than two thousand years ago, Aristotle...

Oct 31, 2026, 9:58 AM

Ekta Diwas: Why Sardar Patel’s Vision of a United India Still Matters

India's National Unity Day is a reminder of one of the most difficult tasks the country faced after independence: bringing hundreds of princely states together and building a nation out of a deeply divided political landscape. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel...

Oct 30, 2026, 11:52 PM

Sparks in the Outposts: Sitting at the Open Flap

Parashat Vayeira starts with an image that ought to make anyone who has ever felt run-down pause and pay attention. Abraham is ninety-nine, recovering from his circumcision, and sitting right at the opening of his tent in the dead...

Stephanie G. Cohen

Oct 30, 2026, 11:50 PM

Beyond ‘Thinking of You’: What Vayera Teaches Us About “Checking In”

Since my daughter Gavriella’s death almost four years ago, I have come to know, in ways I never imagined, just how lonely grief can be. It is hard to believe that so much time has passed since the world...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Oct 30, 2026, 11:19 PM

VLE Erases some Lithuanian Roles in Jewish Persecution

In Švenčionėliai, the town entry omits local actors. The ghetto entry omits the shooting squad’s Lithuanian composition. Lithuania’s national encyclopedia names Jurgis Bobelis in the order forcing Kaunas Jews into the ghetto. His biography omits the order, the battalion he...

Oct 30, 2026, 11:18 PM

Treasure Trove: ‘Never Again’ Also Applies To Us

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995. The assassin, a person who I will not name, was an Israeli law student and ultra-nationalist who opposed Rabin’s peace initiatives and, in particular, the Oslo Accords. Rabin...

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