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Pradeep B. Deshpande

Nov 3, 2026, 6:40 PM

Israel Has the Votes. What It Needs Now Is Calm

Credit: AI-generated illustration (Claude, Anthropic)

Elections measure what people want. They cannot supply the inner steadiness leaders need to govern together afterward. Israelis voted on October 27, and once again the arithmetic does not work. With the count complete, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc holds...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Oct 21, 2026, 1:08 AM

Parashat Lech Lecha: The “Why” You Are Your Greatest Spiritual Master.

A magical characteristic of life is that even when you think your faith couldn’t possibly be stronger and is arguably the strongest in the world, it can still increase! Everyone knows about the riots in Paris that started last Saturday...

Andy Blumenthal

Oct 18, 2026, 2:35 AM

If You Have Your Health, You Have Everything

After my third surgery this year, familiar words—and familiar prayers—became personal. My parents used to say, “If you have your health, you have everything.” I believed them. But believing those words and understanding them are not quite the same. After my third surgery this year, I understand them...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Oct 14, 2026, 9:44 PM

Parashat Noach: Be Your Own Greatest Spiritual Inspiration and Teacher

Why is Tiferet, an attribute of God, associated with “beauty”? Tiferet also means harmony, and for me, this beauty includes harmonizing every part of who we are. And we don’t need to search for ideal harmony; it will reveal...

Oct 11, 2026, 11:58 PM

20 Watts: The Energy Price of Thought

Twenty Watts - The Energy Price of Thought

As artificial intelligence (AI) consume ever more power, we must ask what intelligence is worth and what we intend to think about. The human brain runs on about 20 watts, roughly a dim bulb. It composes symphonies, proves theorems, and...

Oct 11, 2026, 11:57 PM

Teardrops of Hope

With the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 invasion now passed, I find myself thinking about peace in Israel. The concept seems near obsolete. Yet, there I was last week harvesting olives in the West Bank with a group of...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 1, 2026, 10:02 AM

On Reflection – Part 2 – Mindful.

Reflection, Part 2 There is a difference between looking and seeing. There is a difference between hearing and listening. And there is an enormous difference between passing through life and actually paying attention to it. In the first part of this discussion, I...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 30, 2026, 7:48 AM

On Reflection – When Moses (a.s.) asked to see.

On Mindfulness: Savouring and relishing moments in life. In an age obsessed with quick and more, perhaps the Qur’an occasionally asks something different of us: stop, reflect, and ponder. There is a peculiar temptation in religious and secular life today. More. Read more...

Andy Blumenthal

Aug 22, 2026, 11:37 AM

The Work of Living After October 7

ALS scares me. So does terrorism. Both force us to confront how suddenly life can change. I did not come to Tuesdays with Morrie as someone revisiting an old favorite. I came to it after October 7, carrying questions I...

Andy Blumenthal

Aug 9, 2026, 6:35 AM

When No One Is Watching, What Does G-d See?

Character is rarely tested in the moments we prepare for. It is not proven only in the grand public causes we argue about—justice, war, peace, or the future of nations. Often, it is revealed in unwatched moments: a medical...

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