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May 10, 2026, 4:25 PM

What the Abraham Accords Mean for India

Conceptual illustration: The flags of India, Israel, and Gulf nations appear above a symbolic diplomatic handshake, representing the growing strategic, economic, and geopolitical impact of the Abraham Accords on India and the wider Middle East. Image: AI-generated using OpenAI tools (Free for commercial use).

When the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020, the global conversation predictably fixated on Israel and the Arab states directly involved. The agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain was hailed as a historic Middle East breakthrough....

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Mar 23, 2026, 12:46 PM

The Enemy as Glue

The gravest danger in this war may not be defeat. It may be relief. Not relief at destruction. Not relief at death. Not relief at escalation. Relief that Israel, after years of inner fracture, exhaustion, and self-doubt, can become legible...

Shawn Aron Weiss

Mar 1, 2026, 5:57 PM

I God, in My grace, have summoned you, And I have grasped you by the hand. I created you, and appointed you A covenant people, a light of the nations — Opening eyes deprived of light, Rescuing prisoners from confinement, From the dungeons those...

Feb 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

Rav Kook’s Guide for Today’s Perplexed

It is with tremendous excitement that לנבוכי הדור, a long lost and even unknown treasure of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, has been translated by Rabbi Aryeh Sklar. The buzz around this is due to a work from Rav...

Itzchak Evan-Shayish

Feb 6, 2026, 5:21 PM

Rav Kook on Yitro: Becoming a Holy Nation by Establishing a Holy Goverment

“וְאַתֶּ֧ם תִּֽהְיוּ־לִ֛י מַמְלֶ֥כֶת כֹּֽהֲנִ֖ים וְג֣וֹי קָד֑וֹשׁ“ “And you will be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation to me.” As Israel reaches Mt. Sinai and before they hear the Ten Divine Speakings, YHVH explains to Moshe the purpose of His...

Jan 29, 2026, 8:11 AM

The Way You Wear Your Hat

I love my Burns hat. For the uninitiated, Burns Cowboy Shop is a Utah-based family business that makes custom hats, saddles, boots, and belt buckles – pretty much everything that a Rosh HaYeshiva in Great Neck could possibly need. ...

Jan 21, 2026, 11:30 PM

Psalms of Jabotinsky: Psalm Two. Israel Is Pikuach Nefesh for the Jewish People

Almighty, by the Torah You gave, You shaped the world, and through it, the world lives. The Torah is a wellspring of life, given to humanity so that life may be guarded and the path of life may be walked. For in the Torah it is taught that...

Itzchak Evan-Shayish

Dec 10, 2025, 8:23 PM

RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYESHEV: DIVINE COINCIDENCES MOVE HISTORY TO TOTAL GOOD

RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT VAYESHEV: THE DIVINE COINCIDENCES THAT MOVE HISTORY TO ABSOLUTE GOOD “אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ תֹּלְד֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֗ב יוֹסֵ֞ף…” “These are the chronicles of Yaakov:Yosef…” (Breishit 37:2) Thus the Torah begins to chronicle an extraordinary series of events that lead by the end of...

Itzchak Evan-Shayish

Nov 26, 2025, 3:27 PM

Rav Kook on Parshat Vayetzeh: The Home of Jacob’s Universal Mission

"וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹב מִבְּאֵר שָׁבַע וַיֵּלֶךְ חָרָנָה׃ - Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran” (Breishit 28:10) And so begins Yaakov's journey into exile as he flees Esau’s wrath. In his first night, he has an extraordinary dream vision of a...

Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

Nov 16, 2025, 5:43 AM

The Cavalry Of Righteousness: The Tzaddikim & The Zohar’s “Horses Of Might”

Iyov / Job 39:19–25: הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארוֹ רַעְמָה הֲתַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּה הוֹד נַחְרֹו אֵימָה יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת נָשֶׁק יֵשַׂח בְּפַחַד וְלֹא יָחִיל וְלֹא יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי חָרֶב עָלָיו תִּרְעַשׁ קֶשֶׁת לַפִּיד וַחֲנִית בְּרֹעַ שׁוֹפָר יֹאמַר אָח וּמֵרָחוֹק יָרִיחַ מִלְחָמָה רַעַם שָׂרִים וּתְרוּעָה “Do you give the horse its might? Do you...

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