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Nathaniel Borins

Aug 18, 2026, 7:34 PM

Netanyahu, Magyar and Foreign Internal Politics

“You need leaders who can protect you.” That was Benjamin Netanyahu’s “pitch” to Hungarian voters, made in a video posted January 16, 2026. Israel’s Prime Minister followed this with a specific endorsement: “Viktor Orban has these qualities in abundance”....

Alexander Lutsenko

Aug 18, 2026, 2:09 PM

Yevhen Konovalets returns to Ukraine: Jews who stood beside him in his struggle

Yevhen Konovalets returns to Ukraine: Jews who stood beside him in his struggle. The image was created using AI.

On August 18, 2026, Yevhen Konovalets was reburied at Ukraine’s National Military Memorial Cemetery near Kyiv. His remains had been exhumed at Rotterdam’s Crooswijk cemetery on August 11 and returned to Ukraine on August 13, ending an 88-year period...

David Rosenthal

Aug 17, 2026, 11:42 AM

From Petro to De la Espriella

Abelardo de la Espriella’s inauguration as president of Colombia, held on Friday the 7th in Cali, presented a scene that sums up the country’s change of course better than any speech: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, seated next to...

Aug 13, 2026, 3:13 PM

Treasure Trove: Zionism Means Israel’s Election Involves Diaspora Jewry Too

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

If the original purpose of Zionism was to establish a home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, what is the purpose of Zionism once that home (the State of Israel) is established? That is the question...

Alexander Lutsenko

Aug 12, 2026, 9:09 PM

Ukraine’s 2,000-Hryvnia Note: Ukrainian Poet Stus, a Jewish Prisoner and Israel

Ukraine’s New 2,000-Hryvnia Note: Vasyl Stus, the Jewish Prisoner Who Saved His Poems, and the Israeli Connection. The image was created using AI.

On September 4, 2026, Ukraine will introduce a new 2,000-hryvnia banknote into circulation, worth roughly NIS 130. Its face will bear the portrait of Vasyl Stus — one of the most important Ukrainian poets of the 20th century, a...

Aug 12, 2026, 11:00 AM

Where Are Your Mom and Dad?

Today, I went to the supermarket with my 11-month-old son, Aviad.It looked like a completely normal day—just our usual routine. Aviad has been eating more solids lately, so I needed to buy a few things because I wanted to...

Aug 11, 2026, 8:27 PM

The Boy In The Bar Never Questioned Hashem

I grew up inside, so nobody needs to sell me on it. The meals that show up after a birth. The loan with no interest and no questions asked. The chevra kadisha. The man you barely know who finds...

Aug 9, 2026, 6:53 AM

The road to Israel ran through Ceuta

The Royal Walls of Ceuta and the moat of San Felipe, raised under the Crown of Portugal in the 1540s and in Spanish hands since 1640 (photo: DMY, via Wikimedia Commons)

A short history of a hostility that keeps failing to be eternal

Alexander Lutsenko

Aug 8, 2026, 9:45 AM

Why Breslov Rabbis Are Thanking Ukraine for Keeping Uman Open During the War

On August 7, 2026, an unusual message emerged from one of the oldest circles of the Breslov Hasidic world. Senior rabbis had asked that a letter of gratitude be conveyed to the President of Ukraine and to the Ukrainian...

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...

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