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Allen S. Maller

Aug 2, 2026, 4:49 AM

“From River to Sea Both Sides Must Free Themselves+End Hatred and Suffering”

Iran should learn from the 1979 peace treaty signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat that was witnessed by President Jimmy Carter at the White House that is still alive, even though Hamas opposed...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 1, 2026, 6:07 PM

A Mahdi And Two Messiahs Will Fill Each Religion’s Hopes

Messiah son of Joseph (or Messiah ben Joseph) is a Messiah that we find in rabbinic literature. He comes from Galilee and dies, pierced by ruthless foes, at the gates of Jerusalem. He appears in scores of rabbinic texts,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 1, 2026, 10:07 AM

Spain Lost Ceuta: Morocco Must Now Finish the Job

Spain has lost control of Ceuta. On July 30, 2026, Madrid’s sovereignty over its Northern African colonial enclave evaporated as tens of thousands of Moroccan nationals—primarily military-aged men, alongside subsidized families—swam around the Tarajal breakwater, bypassed maritime defenses on...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jul 28, 2026, 3:31 PM

Pickaxe Mountain: Turn Tehran’s Shield Into a Trap

President Trump’s threat to strike Pickaxe Mountain exposes the gap between rhetoric and reality. Iran’s Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La rises 1,608 meters in the Zagros, just 1.5 kilometers south of Natanz. Analysts place its main halls at least 100...

Jul 24, 2026, 12:31 PM

The Burned Beams Beneath Jerusalem

The Givati Excavation
Photo: Gary Todd, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Yesterday, I read a fascinating article about a new archaeological discovery in Jerusalem. Archaeologists excavating in the City of David uncovered enormous wooden roof beams, blackened by fire and still lying where they had crashed down when the Babylonians burned...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jul 23, 2026, 10:28 PM

Bringing good news to Jerusalem

In the Haftara for Shabbat Nachamu (Yishayahu 40:1-26) we find four voices of comfort. The fourth voice, the voice of Mevaseret Zion, the female bearer of good tidings, is found in verses 9-11: Ascend the high mountain, you who bear...

Jul 23, 2026, 6:05 PM

Lion on the loose

No ship can be expected to reach its destination safely if it is not well-manned. What has already been and is today being built in Jerusalem assures that the younger generations will pay a heavy price as the captain...

Linda Pardes Friedburg

Jul 23, 2026, 10:22 AM

Tzur Misgabi – Strengthening Jewish Life in Judea

"Behold, Hashem your God has given you the Land. Go up and inherit it...Do not fear and do not be discouraged." (Devarim 1:21) We must be unequivocal about the rights of Jews to live everywhere in the land of Israel...

Eliezer Avraham

Jul 23, 2026, 9:30 AM

The Rebuilding Chronicles

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A Journey Through Loneliness, Brokenness, Destruction and Renewal A lighthouse for the weary soul, a companion for Tisha B’Av and the dawn that follows Every soul that rebuilds walks through four pillars: Loneliness, Brokenness, Destruction and Renewal. These are not obstacles....

Jul 22, 2026, 5:00 AM

Tisha B’Av and the neighbor behind the hedge

Illustrative. A Jerusalem home on Ramban Street. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Would my family's Shabbat prayers disturb our secular neighbor? Would he complain about our new porch? Would our different 'labels' destroy the peace of my home?

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