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Sharon Cohen

When animals save people

Stand beside a donkey (or a sheep) and you’ll breathe differently – and that’s just one way structured time with animals helps heal soldiers’ trauma (Noah)

Omer Shem Tov. (social media)

Erica Brown

Invest in love: An evening with Omer Shem Tov

When the former hostage sets rage aside, he teaches the rest of us to refocus on the best of humanity and to internalize expectations of goodness

Opposition Leader and Beyachad party member Yair Lapid speaks at the 'Law and Lies' conference, on October 12, 2026, in Israel. (Avshalom Sassoni/ FLASH90)

Yair Lapid

What makes countries successful

Until four years ago, Israel met every criterion of a successful country. That’s no longer the case. But since the damage came from the top, the repair can come from the top, too. And it will

Elchanan Poupko

Religious Zionism’s dangerous euphoria

As Israelis leave, allies lose patience and the Jewish world faces mounting threats, too many members of the community insist they are living in a time of miracles

Aron Schoenfeld

It takes 10 minutes to return a gun

After five months of reserve duty, turning in my rifle was easy. Finding my place again in a life that had learned to carry on without me is another matter

East of Eden. Promotional still courtesy of Netflix. Used for illustrative review and commentary purposes under Fair Use.

Sarah Ansbacher

East of Eden and north of Jaffa: John Steinbeck’s hope

The author’s 19th century ancestors moved to the holy land to help teach the Jewish community to farm. I found traces of them in Tel Aviv – and on Netflix

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Barak Seener

Netanyahu has changed the Middle East. Will Israel ensure it lasts?

After Oct. 7, the Jewish state dramatically weakened its enemies, but Israel’s leaders must have the resolve to protect those hard-won gains

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Oct 17, 2026, 12:24 AM

Israel’s Fight Is Bigger Than Israel

Illustrative: AI image created by the author.

Confronting jihadism begins with naming the deliberate targeting of civilians, and holding terrorists and their state sponsors responsible. Terror is a choice Yaron Lischinsky bought the ring the week he died. He was thirty. He planned to propose to Sarah Milgrim,...

Mario Tomas Selem

Oct 17, 2026, 12:23 AM

Qatar, Hamas and Netanyahu’s government

Who Was Funding the Enemy While Israel Slept? For years, Benjamin Netanyahu presented himself to the Israeli people as the leader best equipped to guarantee their security. His message was always clear: a firm hand against terrorism, no concessions to...

Hamidreza Zarifinia

Oct 16, 2026, 11:54 PM

Ukraine Strikes Russia as the “Free Palestine” Propaganda Wave Falters

At a time when the world remains consumed by turmoil and political adventurism in the Middle East, fresh data from the online sphere paint a different and deeply thought-provoking picture. Charts tracking online activity from October 5 to 11 show...

Bruce D. Forman

Oct 16, 2026, 11:54 PM

The Death Penalty: What Judaism Knows About Justice and the Power of Restraint

The recent controversy surrounding the suggestion of a public execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of murdering 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, has renewed interest in capital punishment. The Trump administration’s proposal to livestream...

Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 PM

New Book: Universal Zionism Helps Define Zionism For All

Photo: Weitz

Some days I feel like taking a mic, bringing a friend and having them tape a random “Talk On The Street” to prove a point, most people can’t define what Zionism is. How can anyone, including so-called journalists, celebrities and...

Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 PM

The Antizionist Who Acquitted Israel: One of 36 Who Changed Their Minds

In June of this year, I put a question to strangers: Did October 7th change your views about Israel? I asked because it had changed mine. I once held views of Israel I no longer subscribe to. I viewed...

Oct 16, 2026, 11:51 PM

After NAZA: The IDF, AI, and the Threat-Primed Brain

After NAZA: The IDF, AI, and the Threat-Primed Brain Reading Lavender Through the Neuroscience of Threat Detection Before it was a metaphor, Lavender was a spreadsheet. The idea came from a 2021 book by the head of Israel's intelligence Unit 8200, which...

Diego Serebrennik

Oct 16, 2026, 8:39 PM

Why Always the Jews?

The accusation that survived two thousand years For almost two thousand years, Jews have been accused in the Christian Worlds of an extraordinary variety of evils. They have been persecuted when they were rich and when they were poor, when...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Oct 16, 2026, 8:33 PM

Lithuania Has Promised the Truth for Thirty Years

Presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers have vowed to face the Holocaust. The state they lead still honors the man who signed the orders. If they will not tell the truth about the murder of their own citizens, what...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 16, 2026, 8:28 PM

Brazil: Zimerman and Kramer Speak at CIP on Jewish Identity

The Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP) will hold, on Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.m., a special dialogue featuring Rafael Zimerman, a Brazilian survivor of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks in Israel, and Noam Kramer, psychologist and researcher with...

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