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Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 28, 2026, 4:03 AM

⁦⁧איפה משה היום?⁩ | ⁧أين موسى عليه السلام اليوم؟⁩ | Where Is Moses Today?⁩

Pharaoh’s Guide to Modern Political Leadership When you cannot answer the accusation, commission a biography of the accuser. A satire on the "modern" press "office". The first rule of machiavellian political leadership is straightforward: when someone asks what you have done,...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 27, 2026, 4:56 AM

Analysing Moses – Take off your Sandals.

Taking Off Your Sandals: Humility Before God, Responsibility Before Others Approach revelation with humility. Trust God with the unseen. Use your intellect—and protect other people’s rights. Moses عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ approaches a fire. Then he hears a command that changes the significance...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 26, 2026, 1:27 PM

The best perfume you can wear.

What the everyday conduct of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ teaches us about the impression we leave on others. Before leaving home, we check the mirror. We straighten a collar, adjust our hair and perhaps apply a little perfume. We want our...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 22, 2026, 3:18 AM

The Civilian Black Box

The Civilian Black Box When an airliner crashes, we search for the black box. We recover the flight-data recorder. We recover the cockpit-voice recorder. Investigators reconstruct what the aircraft was doing, what its systems were doing, what the crew knew and what happened...

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 17, 2026, 11:01 AM

Collateral Benefit

The real test raised by NAZA - the Hebrew military acronym for collateral damage - is not whether its filmmakers are right. It is whether a state confident in its force is equally confident in evidence, law and institutions...

Silas Anastacio

Sep 17, 2026, 4:29 AM

Tribute to Cris Monteiro: When Friendship Becomes History

This tribute marks a special moment for a truly remarkable person. Cris Monteiro, who has so often dedicated herself to honoring the Jewish people, now receives the recognition she deserves. Celebrated by rabbis and the Jewish community, Cris inaugurated her...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Sep 12, 2026, 10:59 AM

Rosh Hashanah Inspires Us to Change. Shabbat Makes Us Live It.

Rosh Hashanah asks us who we want to become. Shabbat returns every week to ask whether we are actually becoming that person. Have you noticed how often we hear “Shana Tova” this time of year and how easily “Shabbat Shalom”...

Sep 11, 2026, 5:51 PM

Shared Legacies Are Not Enough

Why remembering the civil-rights alliance is necessary—and not enough SERIES I — PART I In July 2024, I wrote a Boston Herald column titled “Blacks, Jews Must Remember Shared Legacy.” I still believe that. If younger Black and Jewish Americans do...

Brodie Mitchell

Aug 23, 2026, 10:44 PM

The Question Nobody Wants To Answer: Why Israel?

Let's get this straight. Every country deserves scrutiny. But why are ordinary Israelis met with hostility and seen as personally responsible for their government's actions when citizens of any other country are not held to the same standard? The...

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