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Jul 24, 2026, 6:03 AM

The Most Important Lesson I Learned in Israel Was How to Listen

Bushra and Me, July 2026

"Listen to understand, not to respond." Those words became the unwritten assignment of our six day delegation in Israel. As one of eleven faculty members from universities across the United States, Canada, Germany, and England participating in a policy delegation organized...

Jul 19, 2026, 1:39 PM

‘You have to destroy the bookshelves’

Professor Avi Sagi a"h (courtesy)

Avi Sagi was one of a kind: his jeans, sandals, and small kipah belied the depth of Torah he lived and breathed, and the way he read Nietzsche taught me how to think

Sarah Segal-Katz

Jul 14, 2026, 1:50 PM

Gender segregation does not remove barriers. It builds a wall

Gender-segregation signage on Hizkiyahu HaMelech Street in Katamon, Jerusalem, during a Hachnasat Sefer Torah ceremony (2018). The Yiddish signs direct men and women to separate walking routes. (Sarah Segal-Katz)

A proposed law doesn't just permit more separate university classrooms. It reshapes academia, with profound consequences for women and Israeli democracy

Jul 10, 2026, 6:29 PM

Defending the Photocopy: Why Copyright Is Failing Gen Z

Reading Culture Before Copyright: In Defense of the Photocopy. An AI Illustration. (Credit: ChatGPT)

There is a difference between having information and having knowledge. Information arrives instantly and leaves just as fast. Knowledge is built slowly, through repetition, annotation, argument, and return. It lives in the margins of a well-worn page, in the...

Jul 6, 2026, 1:22 PM

Good Ideas Are Worth Fighting For

Most nations begin with power. Throughout history, kings, warlords, dynasties, and autocratic regimes have built nations by seizing thrones, consolidating control, claiming territory, conquering land, and calling it a country. Nations measured themselves by the whims of kings, the ambitions...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 3, 2026, 4:37 AM

Legacy Begins with Stories

Educator connected to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dana L. Revi turns a lifelong dream into a children’s book that brings families closer to Jewish tradition through literature. Some dreams change over time. Others remain for a lifetime. For Dana L....

Jul 2, 2026, 10:59 PM

America, Social Media, & the Mouse Utopia Problem

I teach self-defense for a living, so I have learned to pay attention before a threat becomes obvious. A good decision usually starts before the punch is thrown. You notice behavior, timing, distance, distraction, and opportunity. You act early...

Jun 25, 2026, 3:40 AM

Dark Energy and Divine Light: A Hasidic Framework for the Structure of Reality.

The Hidden Light of Darkness: Dark Energy, Chasidut, and Human Struggle. I am going to present, in English, a free translation of a Hasidic discourse delivered by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, in 1953. When you read (or...

Jun 23, 2026, 7:43 PM

Why Now is the Time to Invest in Israeli Higher Ed

Bar-Ilan University (Courtesy)

Against the backdrop of prolonged conflict, Israel is navigating a defining moment—one that is reshaping not only its security landscape, but the future of its people and institutions. As Americans looking toward Israel’s future, we have an opportunity to...

Jun 21, 2026, 3:01 PM

One World, Many Realities: How Perspective and Bitachon/Trust Redefine Limits

How two people never see the same rainbow. The idea that a person can shape their own destiny despite external limitations is often dismissed as motivational rhetoric, yet both modern science and classical Jewish thought offer a far deeper and...

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