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Alexander Lutsenko

Jul 5, 2026, 4:35 PM

When Israel’s Right Starts Asking About Russian Media Influence

When Israel’s Right Starts Asking About Russian Media Influence. The image is a screenshot from the channel "Anetta Shapiro: Israel Without Borders."

On July 5, 2026, something notable happened in Israel’s media space. A question that had usually been raised by “Ukrainian” activists, pro-Ukraine Israelis, and smaller media outlets following Kremlin propaganda suddenly appeared from a different direction — from the Israeli...

Jul 4, 2026, 10:50 AM

The pot calling the kettle black

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

The pot calling the kettle black. That is exactly what happens when people who claim to stand for Israel start spreading unverified information themselves. Time To Stand Up For Israel has a clear mission written into its articles of association. Truth...

Jul 3, 2026, 12:24 PM

When Hate Becomes Social Media Policy

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

There was a time when social media promised to connect humanity. It promised dialogue, understanding, and the free exchange of ideas. It claimed to give everyone an equal voice. Today that promise feels increasingly hollow. For many supporters of...

Jun 30, 2026, 11:20 AM

Lunar Shield Bearers: Halakhic Warfare in Rabbinic Journals

Rabbi Kasher’s Man on the Moon, first published in Noam, reprinted as separate booklet.

Buzz Aldrin photographed by Neil Armstrong, NASA photo ID AS11-40-5903, https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=AS11&roll=40&frame=5903, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AS11-40-5903_-_Buzz_Aldrin_by_Neil_Armstrong_(full_frame).jpg

In the 1969-1970 issue of the journal Noam: A Forum for the Clarification of Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Rabbi Benzion Firer (1914-1988) published a responsum addressing the question of whether Jewish law was applicable on the Moon. Firer reached a...

Ari M. Solomont

Jun 29, 2026, 5:52 AM

Chashash Chayei Adam

It started out like any other call. "Chashash Chayei Adam." A suspected life-threatening emergency at the Central Bus Station in Ashkelon. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, this is a standard dispatch code used by emergency services. It tells us very little...

Jun 28, 2026, 9:03 AM

The Battle Before the Battle

David vs. Goliath: The Battle Begins. Long before the first blow is struck, the battle is fought in the realm of narrative. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Before People Debate Borders, They Decide Whose Story They Believe The phrase The Battle Before the Battle is often associated with the biblical account of David and Goliath in I Samuel 17. Whatever one takes from that story, it reminds...

Eugene J. Levin

Jun 27, 2026, 12:17 PM

How Propaganda Chooses the Date

A government does not need to deny a murder. It only needs to choose where the calendar begins and where it ends

Jun 25, 2026, 10:45 PM

The Grievance Economy

Illustrative. Grief in a living room. Outrage on a screen. How media and algorithms turn private loss into public grievance. Created by the author.

This essay is part of an ongoing series on “peace preparation” — the emotional, relational, and narrative work that political agreements cannot do on their own. Earlier pieces traced how grief becomes identity and identity becomes grievance; this one...

Jun 23, 2026, 8:25 PM

Israel is the Only Country We Must Argue Into Existence

Israel is often introduced differently from almost any other country. Most places in the world are first encountered through geography, culture, or some form of neutral description. You learn where they are in the world, what language is spoken...

Barry Mellinger

Jun 23, 2026, 5:50 PM

The Guardian’s Post-Judaism

There is a pattern in the Guardian’s coverage of Jewish life. It is too consistent to be accidental and too convenient to be ignored. At this point, the absence of journalistic honesty is not a flaw, it is the...

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