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Orly Lavi Travish

May 31, 2026, 1:45 AM

Humbling or Humiliating? Why Language Teachers Are Here to Stay

Imagine celebrating one of your proudest professional milestones, only to discover that an algorithm told your friends and colleagues you had been publicly humiliated. That is exactly what happened to me recently. I was thrilled to share on social...

May 7, 2026, 10:10 PM

America Without a Lincoln or Roosevelt

The evening at the Washington Hilton left behind a sense of fear that is difficult to describe. Having lived in the United States for many years, I have grown accustomed to a public discourse that is sharp, often excessive....

Apr 20, 2026, 10:53 PM

Is Meta hallucinating its Holocaust denial ban?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces changes to the company's content moderation framework, January 7, 2025 (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The rules exist, but enforcement doesn’t — leaving antisemitic content free to thrive on Facebook and Instagram

Feb 11, 2026, 5:06 AM

The power of one

At the base of all computers is a binary numbering system in which every letter and number is represented as a unique series consisting of only two characters: 0 and 1. In computer algorithms, 0 and 1 are typically...

Feb 8, 2026, 3:14 PM

Why Jerusalem is More United Than America Right Now

Photo from Mahane Yehuda Market https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Mahane_Yehuda_Market_P1020256.JPG

I live in perhaps one of the most divided cities in the world: Jerusalem. Not only do the followers of the three Abrahamic religions vie for their place here, but Orthodox and secular Jewish communities struggle over what kind...

Feb 3, 2026, 11:08 AM

When Lies Become Louder Than Evidence

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

When Lies Become Louder Than Evidence “Israel is one of the most documented countries on earth, yet it is also one of the most lied about.” This sentence captures the core of Israel’s struggle in the modern information war. No other...

Feb 2, 2026, 4:45 AM

When the hallowed turns hollowed

On January 25, and ironically two days before the International Holocaust Day of Remembrance, Tim Walz stood at a press conference and decided to go for a travesty of a blunder to add to his already extensive repertoire: an...

Justine Johnston Hemmestad

Nov 19, 2025, 8:31 PM

‘Things I’ve Learned from the War – about Myself, about the World’

"Things That Have Changed in Me.” By Leah Waldman Gelband Once the Nameless One’s neighbor, Leah Waldman Gelband gives a beautifully vulnerable witness testament to her lived experience with war in Israel. Through writing, Waldman Gelband beckons the world to see...

Sep 30, 2025, 7:49 AM

When beauty turns ugly

Huda Kattan, founder of the billion-dollar cosmetics brand Huda Beauty, created a TikTok video in which she blamed Israel for World War I, World War II, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the October 7 Hamas massacre. Saying that she...

Krishna Paksha Thapa

Sep 9, 2025, 4:49 AM

Nepal’s GenZ protest: The Social Media Ban That Claimed 19 Lives

In Jerusalem’s Ramot neighborhood, Palestinian gunmen brutally opened fire, killing six innocent people. As this heartbreaking news spread, another tragedy surfaced from Nepal. During protests against the government’s social media ban, police turned on their own people—young GenZ voices...

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