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Oct 27, 2026, 5:36 PM

Live long and prosper: The Jewish boys who imagined a better galaxy

Walter Koenig’s death is a reminder that Chekov, Kirk and Spock were all sons of Jewish immigrants, and that Spock’s famous salute is a priestly blessing Walter Koenig died on Sunday at his home in North Hollywood. He was 90....

Oct 27, 2026, 5:08 PM

Vayera: Trauma, Moral Choice, and the Possibility of Another Way

Parshat Vayera contains some of the most disturbing and some of the most hopeful stories in the Torah. It begins with Abraham opening his tent to strangers and ends with the Akedah, the binding of Isaac. Between these two...

Oct 27, 2026, 2:11 AM

Five Factors and Artificial Minds: A Sarkarian Reading of the AI Age

Neohumanism as an Ethical Compass for AI. An AI Illustration.

Artificial intelligence now solves abstract problems that occupied human minds for generations, from mathematical proofs to protein structures. This raises questions technology alone cannot answer. What is intelligence? Is it the same as wisdom? And if machines can do...

Oct 26, 2026, 6:00 PM

The Day After Tomorrow

If I were writing this after the election results came in, and they were not to my liking, you could rightfully dismiss me as a sore loser. But I am writing this on Monday, October 26th, hours before the...

Michael Bresler

Oct 25, 2026, 4:47 PM

From Finding Community to Building It

This past weekend, we were at Drexel University for Family Weekend. While we were there, we had the opportunity to spend Shabbat with both Drexel Chabad and Drexel Hillel. Both centered around something that I think about constantly Community. We had the opportunity...

Andy Blumenthal

Oct 25, 2026, 3:31 AM

Go Forth. Take the Porcelain Bird.

Every morning, I walk into the lobby of my building, a beautiful, modern complex with hundreds of units, and check the common table. It has become my daily ritual, like checking the weather, except more surprising. Yesterday: a stack of...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 23, 2026, 8:00 PM

Exclusive: Ariel Horovitz on Archaeology, Identity, and Israel’s Jewish Roots

Ariel Horovitz is an Israeli historian and sociologist whose career blends rigorous academic training with cultural education. He holds degrees in Sociology and Jewish History, with a specialization in the History of Israel, and a master’s in Leadership and...

Robert Lichtman

Oct 20, 2026, 6:48 PM

The Federations we need now

Credit: Robert Lichtman

Dear Federations, I have known you for most of my adult life. One of my first interactions with you was in the mid-1970s when my friends and I would drive from Queens College into Brooklyn to operate a storefront on...

Oct 18, 2026, 3:20 PM

Trust Before Tonnage: What Lothal Teaches India About Maritime Power

The etched carnelian beads in this necklace from the Royal Cemetery of Ur dating to the First Dynasty of Ur (2600-2500 BCE) were probably imported from the Indus Valley. British Museum. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

India doesn’t need a bigger navy to reclaim the sea, but a reputation as a trusted maritime connector, which suits a country trying to bridge the Gulf, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Four thousand years ago, on the muddy edge...

Oct 18, 2026, 8:12 AM

Love, the Currency of Life

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

Love is the currency of life. Without love, there is no life worth living. We can survive without wealth, without recognition, without power and even without the approval of others, but living without love is something entirely different. Love...

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