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Sep 25, 2026, 11:48 PM

Shamati L’Libi: I Listened To My Heart

Grave of author's great-grandfather in Machpelah cemetary.

Photo by Zarachti Nur, July 2026.

Shamati L'Libi The air is thin up here It's too far to see Israel No matter how clear Still my heart knows East is the way home That my dreams show Staying put is dismal Only one place to be Endless stories to tell I've held back too long Now...

Sep 17, 2026, 2:12 PM

The Same Sky, the Same Land, a Different Generation

Member of Garin Yachad at the site in Mevuot Arad where the community will be established

There is something almost theatrical about the opening of this week's Torah reading of Parshat Haazinu. As Moshe approaches the end of his life, he does not simply address the people standing before him. He calls on the universe itself: “Give...

Sep 12, 2026, 5:03 PM

The High Holidays Climate Verdict: Ancient Mediterranean Survival in Warming Era

The High Holidays Climate Verdict

Every autumn, as the Jewish calendar pivots from the solemn introspection of Rosh Hashanah to the open-air vulnerability of Sukkot, tradition introduces a quiet, existential question. According to the Mishnah, it is during Sukkot that the world is judged...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Sep 11, 2026, 7:51 PM

Israel Should Lead the Pacific AI Agenda

Israel already successfully exports its sophisticated water systems, cyber weapons, and anti-missile infrastructure to global markets. However, Jerusalem has somehow failed to establish an artificial intelligence footprint among the critical Pacific island states that routinely defend the Jewish state...

Sep 3, 2026, 7:54 PM

When Pioneering Gets Personal

For the past few weeks, I have found it difficult not to notice the names of the weekly Torah readings. Ki Tetze. Ki Tavo. Nitzavim. Vayelech. Literally translated as When you go out. When you come in. Standing. And going. For someone...

Aug 10, 2026, 3:33 PM

When the King is in the field: The Yachad Journey

As the month of Elul begins, Chassidic tradition offers one of its most beautiful images for this period of the year: 'HaMelech Basadeh' — “the King is in the field.” Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, in his Likkutei Torah commentary...

Aug 1, 2026, 10:40 AM

How a Cornered Israel Could Drag the Whole World Into Nuclear Winter

Nine countries hold nuclear weapons. Eight of them can lose a city and still be a country the next morning. Russia could absorb a strike on Moscow and govern from a hundred other places across eleven time zones. The...

Daniel Chamovitz

Jul 26, 2026, 6:13 PM

Five laws for the Negev, not five culture wars

Approaching the Beersheba Central railway station. (Shabatashtiot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)

The coalition just proved it can pass divisive bills at breakneck speed. Imagine using that same discipline to bring physicians, rail, research, and jobs to the south

Chaim Meyer Scheff

Jul 24, 2026, 12:37 PM

Ka’afikim baNegev: Israel’s Massive Water Resource

In colloquial 1970’s Hebrew: “מֵי בְּרֵאשִׁית” (Waters of Creation) - in English: “Fossil Water” -and- Israel has more than enough for many centuries of flourishing domestic needs; including ALL household, agricultural, industrial, and recreational uses. This Astoundingly Enormous water...

Jul 3, 2026, 7:11 PM

Dear Olim, explore more of Israel

We all love the beaches of Tel Aviv. We enjoy walking through Shuk Ha Carmel and the Levinsky Market, and few things are better than sitting at one of the city's many cafés with a good cup of coffee,...

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