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Oct 16, 2026, 6:31 PM

The Three Clocks: A Material Theory of Indian Endurance

The Three Clocks (Biophysical, Institutional and Technological). An AI Illustration.

India should stop asking where it ranks and ask what lets it endure across successive world orders. Endurance is not a disposition. It is a budget, and it is balanced or unbalanced in specific, measurable ways. So the useful...

Oct 14, 2026, 3:08 PM

Ramat Rachel’s Mysterious Waterworks: Two Discoveries in Jerusalem in Six Months

Ramat Rachel’s Water Mystery: Why Two Major Discoveries in Six Months Call for a Systemic Engineering Approach This week, the discovery of a roughly 2,000-year-old aqueduct south of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, within Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries, was announced. The approximately 300-meter section...

Oct 11, 2026, 11:57 PM

Teardrops of Hope

With the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 invasion now passed, I find myself thinking about peace in Israel. The concept seems near obsolete. Yet, there I was last week harvesting olives in the West Bank with a group of...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Oct 7, 2026, 10:03 PM

A Thorny Situation

After they ate from the tree, Adam, Chava and the snake were all cursed. The thorn represents Adam’s curse (Breisheet 3:17-18): “…Accursed is the land because of you; by painful toil you shall eat all of the days of...

Oct 1, 2026, 1:39 PM

The Copper Scroll Sec 4, the New Testament and Baptism 2030: A Research Proposal

An Administrative Station for Ritual Purity and Tithe Redemption: A Hydroclimatic and Halakhic Reading of Section 4 of the Copper Scroll (3Q15) Introduction: Mapping Administration, Ritual Purity, and Flood Risks Among the various groups within Jewish society in the early first...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Sep 22, 2026, 2:25 PM

The four species as a symbol of unity in Israel

Hadas (myrtle) growing in Neot Kedumim nature preserve

In Vayikra 23:40, we read about the four species which are used on Sukkot: You shall take for yourselves, on the first day, the fruit of the beautiful tree, a branch of palm trees, boughs of thick leaved trees and...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 19, 2026, 1:43 AM

On Urban Planning – Multiple use city spaces.

The Two-Job City Cities have a space problem. Land is expensive. Roads consume enormous areas. Roofs sit beneath sunlight while rainwater is sent immediately into drains. Walls absorb heat. Car parks bake in the sun. Streetlights illuminate roads at night and...

Sep 14, 2026, 7:30 PM

From Jerusalem to Jericho, Did Gold Classify Water Quality in the Copper Scroll?

From “Waters of Gold” to a Water Registry: The Linguistic Sources of the Copper Scroll The use of “gold” as a metaphor for exceptional quality, purity, and supreme value is familiar in modern Hebrew expressions such as “the golden age,”...

Sep 9, 2026, 2:14 PM

Kahlat and the Hidden Archive of Section 60: Jordan River and Copper Scroll

Geographic Background and Identification Traditions: Ein Samiya versus Ein Kahlat Over the years, research on the Copper Scroll has examined several sites in an attempt to identify the mysterious location called “Kahlat.” Ein Samiya (in the Wadi Yitav system): The largest...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Sep 2, 2026, 9:10 PM

Stomping on our enemies

The days between Tu B’Av and Sukkot have always been considered the wine pressing season in the Land of Israel. The farmers would be out in the vineyards harvesting the grapes which would then be brought to the winepress...

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