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Jul 9, 2026, 8:47 PM

Heteropessimism & Heterofatalism–Is It Really All Men’s Fault?

It’s one thing to point out the very real challenges modern women face in dating. It’s quite another to say it’s all his fault. Much is being written about “heteropessimism”/“heterofatalism”–modern first world women's frustration and disappointment when dating men. In...

Jul 6, 2026, 7:17 PM

Matot and Masei – Aliyah and Marriage Connections

On the heels of commemorating the most singular heroic and daring journey and mission of Israel’s history – the Rescue at Entebbe, comes along the commemoration of a different and unique journey of the Jewish people as recorded in...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 4, 2026, 10:26 PM

The Abyss Taught Me That Connection Is Everything

This week I had one of the most frightening dreams of my life. In it, I was severed from everyone I had ever known or loved—not merely alone, but cast into an emptiness beyond light, beyond warmth, beyond relationship...

Jun 22, 2026, 7:24 AM

The Emotional Work Peace Agreements Cannot Do

Peace deals are supposed to change everything. Maps get redrawn. Flags are raised. Hands are shaken for the cameras. Commentators talk about “historic moments” and “bold leadership.” For a few days, it can feel as if the future has finally...

Jun 18, 2026, 10:47 PM

A few days ago, my wife looked up from the living room and asked: "So, I'm alone again today?” I was puzzled. She was watching television. I was in the next room watching a World Cup match on my...

Jun 9, 2026, 10:04 AM

A Giant Leap: Lunar Landing and Legal Impossibility

Hatzofe, Friday 25 July 1969 (Historical Jewish Press, https://www.nli.org.il/he/discover/newspapers/jpress)

On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module successfully landed on the Moon. Neil Armstrong, followed by Buzz Aldrin, became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface. As Armstrong stepped out of the spacecraft, he famously...

Richard Diamond

Jun 6, 2026, 12:17 AM

The Protestant’s warning to Israel

What Intra-Jewish Fragmentation Has in Common with the Wars That Nearly Destroyed Western Civilization — and the One Solution That Worked Israel does not have a conflict between Judaism and the state. It has a conflict between competing Judaisms over...

Andy Blumenthal

May 31, 2026, 8:06 AM

Mamdani’s Enablers

We saw a disturbing display of political theater at Gracie Mansion recently. A crowd of progressive Jewish New Yorkers packed a Pre-Shavuot reception hosted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. They smiled for photos and ate cheesecake, completely ignoring the mayor’s...

Allen S. Maller

May 19, 2026, 2:50 PM

God’s Ongoing Covenant Of Love And Marriage

There are hundreds of millions of people today who have two, three or more self-identities. This was also true 3,600 years ago; although to a lesser extent than today. For example, Prophet Abraham is called a Muslim in the...

Shanee B. Michaelson

May 12, 2026, 7:11 PM

BaMidbar: Mapping Our Relationship

There are relationships built out of similarity, and relationships built out of translation. Ours has always felt like the second kind. My husband and I came from neighboring worlds that somehow still needed interpretation. We both grew up in Los...

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