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Oct 31, 2026, 4:57 PM

Shayna Finds a Home

When I stepped off that plane at Ben Gurion, I knew a countdown began: two weeks in an Airbnb to find a permanent home. Somewhere to stay, versus somewhere that truly is home. In this week’s installment of The...

Oct 30, 2026, 12:33 AM

The Feeling of a 1000 Hugs

The author pictured on the right with Randi Richmond, Director, Hadassah Evolve: The Next Generation, pictured on the left. Photo courtesy of the author.

The anticipation after knocking on someone’s door always excited me. Would the people living there answer? Would they smile? Would they support us? My sister was in sixth grade and I was in kindergarten the first time we went door...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 29, 2026, 1:17 AM

IDF Veteran Amit Bar Reflects on Sacrifice, Recovery, and Hope

Introduction In times of conflict, statistics and headlines often dominate the conversation. Yet behind every story are individuals whose experiences reveal the human reality of war, resilience, sacrifice, and recovery. This interview presents the remarkable story of Amit Bar, a former...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 27, 2026, 11:22 PM

Hebraica President Celebrates Beit Halochem Benefit Event

São Paulo, October 22 witnessed an evening of deep emotion, reflection, and solidarity during a benefit event in support of Beit Halochem, an organization dedicated to the physical, emotional, and social rehabilitation of wounded Israel Defense Forces veterans. Held...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 27, 2026, 1:15 AM

The Jewish Diaspora is in Danger

Attacks on synagogues, assaults in the streets, hate speech, intimidation of Jewish business owners, and large-scale political demonstrations have once again raised alarms about the growing insecurity faced by Jewish communities in various parts of the world. In recent years,...

Oct 27, 2026, 12:05 AM

President Obama: You Know Better

Former US President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, January 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (Times of Israel)

Dear President Obama, First, congratulations on receiving an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University. It is yet another distinguished honor in a remarkable career. I deliberately waited before writing this letter, hoping you might reconsider and retract your remarks made in Belfast...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 26, 2026, 1:57 AM

Hebraica Hosts Israel-Gaza Debate with Rafael Rozenszajn and Danuza Mattiazzi

Approximately 500 people attended an event at Hebraica in São Paulo featuring Rafael Rozenszajn, a reserve major in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and journalist Danuza Mattiazzi for an in-depth discussion on the war between Israel and Hamas, the...

Oct 21, 2026, 9:58 AM

France is burning and immigrants are being blamed. I’ve seen this before

Paula Slier reporting during the Yellow Vest protests in Paris, 2018-2019, as a fire burns in the street behind her. (Personal archive)

I saw looters ransack Paris shops 8 years ago. Now, amid fresh riots and claims of antisemitism, the rush to judgment feels familiar

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...

Oct 15, 2026, 2:35 AM

The Echoes of the Shofar: Why the 2020s Are Beginning to Look Dangerously Like the 1920s

I wasn't around in the 1920s to witness what was beginning to happen in Europe. I arrived on the scene a little later—in the spring of 1941—when much of what had been brewing during those earlier years was reaching...

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