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Jun 17, 2026, 8:10 AM

What a Sick World

Photo Credits: Sabine sterk (AI)

“The day humanity traded the beauty of nature for sterile concrete was the day we also traded our courage for anonymous betrayal.” The world is suffering from a terminal moral sickness. It is a sickness rooted in cowardice, hidden agendas,...

Jun 13, 2026, 10:21 AM

Irresistible Israel

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (Ai)

"You're insane." I have heard it countless times. People tell me I am paid by CIDI. Others claim I am paid by Mossad. Every possible accusation has been thrown at me simply because I openly confess my love for Israel. Many people...

Jun 7, 2026, 5:39 PM

The Seal and the River of Time

The Pashupati Seal A 4,300-year-old steatite seal found at Mohenjo-daro. May 27, 2026 (Source Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, X.)

A Meditation on the Pashupati Seal, the Indian Civilizational Continuum, and What Humanity Owes to the Clay’s Memory The Undeciphered Witness There are objects that survive. Then there are objects that remember. The Pashupati Seal of Mohenjo-daro, carved from steatite, no larger...

Jun 1, 2026, 4:30 AM

The Secret Place of Thunder

“...I answered you in the secret place of thunder...” -Psalm 81:8 In the deep and secret place of our heart, there is a stirring. There is a powerful illumination in the darkness. Within our innermost being that others cannot see, there is a rain that is...

May 25, 2026, 7:21 PM

Hiking Around Israel

Valley of Elah

In my first piece for Times of Israel, I wrote about how excited I am to visit Israel and the cycling I would do there. This is the sequel and has to do with hiking, running and trail running. By...

May 24, 2026, 6:35 PM

Gaay, Gayatri, Gita

Krishna and Cowherd. AI Image. (Credit: ChatGPT)

On the Sanctity of the Cow and the Grammar of Civilizational Love Before philosophy, there was milk. Before the child could receive the Gayatri mantra, that solar hymn breathed into young ears at dawn, before the young man could sit with...

May 20, 2026, 9:51 AM

The Wonders of the Wind

“He caused the east wind to blow in the sky, and by His power He brought on the south wind.” (Psalm 78:26) The wind rushes its power through the solitary night, howling its haunting song in the starry midnight and uttering its...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 5, 2026, 7:12 PM

Purification and Healing

The Haftara for Parshat Bechukotai begins with a fierce prophecy but ends with hope and consolation, as we read in Yirmiyahu 17:7-8: Blessed is the person who trusts in the Lord. The Lord will be his protector. He will be...

Apr 15, 2026, 7:55 AM

Counting the Shape of Change

In the Jewish calendar, we find ourselves in the midst of the Omer—a 49-day period that began on the second night of Passover and carries us toward the festival of Shavuot, the moment of revelation at Mount Sinai. Each...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Mar 10, 2026, 4:17 PM

Where did the incense come from?

In Parshat Vayakhel (Shmot 35:8), Moshe requests spices as a Teruma offering for the Mishkan (Tabernacle): …Spices for anointing oil, and for the incense of aromatic spices (Ktoret HaSamim)… We are already familiar with the incense from last week’s parsha, Parshat...

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