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Aug 14, 2026, 6:27 PM

Harvard Won the Lawsuit. It Was Not Exonerated

Judge Stearns found no plausibly alleged continuing Title VI violation. He did not absolve Harvard of its conduct after October 7. A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit accusing Harvard University of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli...

Aug 12, 2026, 9:04 PM

Factors leading young people to communism augmented with virulent antisemitism.

Progressive academia indoctrination and void in religious faith are factors leading young people to socialism/communism augmented with virulent antisemitism. We left Soviet Union close to a half a century ago, a decade before the “communist paradise” had fallen apart. The...

Aug 11, 2026, 7:49 AM

Boy George–We Will Dance Again

Moshe stared at the screen of his iPhone, smiled, and said, " Mordechai, this one video makes life worth living." "Which one?" Mordechai inquired. "The one by that English-born Catholic lad from a working-class Irish family. The one he sings with...

Aug 10, 2026, 7:46 PM

A Generation of Leaders Enters the Workforce

2026 graduates of Bar-Ilan University. Photo provided by Bar-Ilan University.

Graduation ceremonies are usually celebrations of possibility. Students cross the stage looking toward their first jobs, graduate school, or whatever comes next. This year, many graduates at Bar-Ilan University crossed that stage carrying something far more significant than a...

Aug 7, 2026, 7:19 PM

Inches to Metric: Creating Sacred Spaces – Mercaz Kopin

Mercaz Kopin circa 2000. Photo Beth Kopin

Follow your inner voice. When I was a little girl, we lived on the South Side of Chicago in a modest (white box) home. My parents hired a designer. The transformation was magical. I was dazzled/hooked! By the age of...

Sarit Silverman

Aug 4, 2026, 7:49 PM

The hidden costs of all that reserve duty

An IDF reserve soldier takes part in a military drill in northern Israel along the border with Lebanon and Syria. (Michael Giladi/ Flash90)

New research shows that reservists pay the greatest price for their additional service not in today's lost income, but in tomorrow's lost opportunities

Aug 4, 2026, 6:24 PM

10 stories about my grandfather-in-law, Rabbi Norman Lamm

Rabbi Lamm with Yeshiva University student Mikey Butler. Courtesy of the Lamm Legacy. Used with permission.

Known for his ideas, Rabbi Lamm was also a grandson, a disciple, an embattled university president, and a caring person who never lost sight of the individual

Jul 31, 2026, 12:06 AM

From Rebbe to Jung to Quantum Physics: The Truth that Less Means More.

Chassidic teaching offers a profound paradox: “The true Yesh is Ayin.” And “The Ayin is the true Yesh.” Translated: the only real “something” is the “nothing” of self-effacement before God, and that “Nothing” is the only true “something”. At the intersection...

Jul 29, 2026, 8:59 PM

Hands up if you think you’re normal!

In Israel, missiles fly, schools reopen, teenagers go off to war, and we carry on. I hate to break it to you, but life is different in other countries

Silas Anastacio

Jul 29, 2026, 6:50 AM

Fisesp Holds 19th Aging Seminar Focused on Rights, Care, and Active Longevity

Representatives from Fisesp, Unibes, CIP and Einstein

By 2030, Brazil will have more people aged 60 and over than children and adolescents up to 14 years old, according to IBGE projections. The rapid aging of the population brings new challenges to society and reinforces the need...

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