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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jul 9, 2026, 5:46 AM

Patrick Bet-David Must Guide Iran Out of the Chaos

The $344 billion memorandum of understanding and the malicious Turkish-Pakistani-Qatari mediation track have collapsed. Tehran extracted concessions where possible and continued advancing its nuclear threshold and proxy networks. Diplomacy without decisive leverage has again proven insufficient. The remaining path...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 9, 2026, 5:33 AM

Av 9 Miracle Of Jewish Ongoing Survival

Shia Islam and Judaism share a yearly day of mourning and fasting for a very tragic, sad, historical religious event that happened more than 13 centuries ago. For the Shia it was the slaughter and the tragic martyrdom of Prophet...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 9, 2026, 5:31 AM

Understanding Brazil: Who Really Shapes Brazilian Foreign Policy? Part I

In the last two interviews, Clarita Costa Maia argued that effective diplomacy in Brazil requires far more than an understanding of the country's formal institutions. Drawing on her experience in the Brazilian Federal Senate, she explained that many diplomatic...

Jul 8, 2026, 11:26 PM

America and Israel: Plural Loyalties and the Patriotism of Shame

The recent passing of Carlo Ginzburg, the great Italian Jewish scholar who survived the war in hiding as a child, is an occasion for reflection. As a historian, I have long taken inspiration from Ginzburg’s historical method and his...

Jul 8, 2026, 11:03 PM

Israel, you are spending our love like it’s infinite

A European Jew who grew up loving Israel without question finds himself standing at a strange distance from it now, watching a government spend seventy years of diaspora trust as if it could never run out. I am writing this...

Jul 8, 2026, 10:44 PM

A Love Letter to Jewish Education and Its Hidden Rewards

Exactly one year ago, I stepped out of the Jewish day school ecosystem after nearly two decades. When you spend that much time embedded in institutional life, your brain gets hopelessly rewired. You start thinking in rigid, predictable cycles:...

David H. Spalter

Jul 8, 2026, 9:58 PM

The Pilgrimage Road: We Will Always Pass This Way

In their 1973 hit, Seals & Crofts coined the phrase “we may never pass this way again” as an expression of the importance of embracing life’s fleeting moments. Through my personal travels, this phrase has often come to mind...

Steven Rosenberg

Jul 8, 2026, 9:57 PM

Zionism Is Not Optional for Reform Rabbis

Recent arguments opposing a Zionist requirement for rabbinic ordination at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) miss a fundamental distinction: Zionism is not merely one opinion among many within Judaism. It is the national liberation movement of the...

Jul 8, 2026, 9:18 PM

The Ubiquitous Number Three and Abraham

The word ubiquitous suggests that something is common, widespread, and constantly encountered in daily life. For example, cell phones, air, and the internet are all ubiquitous in today’s world. Abraham ibn Ezra, a famous medieval Jewish scholar and philosopher, had...

Jul 8, 2026, 8:57 PM

My introduction to recorded music

Do you by any chance remember vinyl records? Of course you do, especially if you are already in your eighties or approaching them. I was given a few of these, through which I was introduced to famous classical piano...

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