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Jordan Minev-Jones

Nov 9, 2026, 6:41 AM

We Cannot Afford Another Sinat Chinam

On November 1st, days after Israel's election, Haredi protesters and police clashed in Jerusalem after a yeshiva student had been arrested for not complying with conscription. Earlier that day, Haredi protesters at the Tel Hashomer IDF base tried to...

Julian Ungar-Sargon

Nov 9, 2026, 12:35 AM

The Husk, the Spark, and the Critic’s Shadow, Part I

FRUM: Fil Rishes un Veynik Mitsves There is a Yiddish joke that reads FRUM as an acronym: fil rishes un veynik mitsves, much wickedness and few commandments. Like the best Yiddish jokes, it is a theology compressed into a wince....

Barry Mellinger

Nov 8, 2026, 6:26 PM

Abrahams Resting Place Cave of the Patriarchs Source Wiki Commons

Last night I sat with my eight‑year‑old daughter as she prepared for a general‑knowledge challenge: the first five trials of Abraham. She was reciting them the way children recite anything for a quiz: a list, waiting to be memorised. I...

Nov 1, 2026, 2:13 PM

A Handshake or a Chokehold? Two Visions of Political Solidarity

Solidarity on Our Terms - Building a Nation or Breaking One? An AI Illustration

Gadi Eisenkot and Sharjeel Imam represent two contrasting visions of political solidarity - one built on shared principles, mutual obligations and democratic participation, the other, on ultimatums, coercion and the suffering of those caught in the crossfire. Some phrases sound...

Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

Oct 28, 2026, 8:42 PM

How Exploiting Religion Endangers Human Rights in the West and Beyond

Across the globe from the Middle East to democratic societies in Europe and the United States a destructive force is tightening its grip: the cynical weaponization of faith. Religion, which should serve as a moral compass for human dignity,...

Oct 25, 2026, 5:37 PM

The Right Way To Flip Out…

What if the biggest mistake we collectively make about the year in Israel is assuming that longer skirts and tzitzis hanging out tell us a success story? What if, beneath those very real and often beautiful religious changes, there...

Oct 25, 2026, 8:24 AM

Physician, Heal Thyself

Marco Rubio visits Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata during first Official India Trip. May 23, 2026. (Representational Image/ChatGPT)

A cardinal warns of a Europe without Christ. He should look at who has been selling Christ abroad. Cardinal Robert Sarah says that if Christianity disappears in Europe, the whole world is threatened. It is a magnificent line, and it...

Oct 22, 2026, 9:16 AM

When Religion Becomes an Obstacle to Peace

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

When Religion Becomes an Obstacle to Peace: Why Israel's Existence Is Not Negotiable The Middle East Will Never Achieve Lasting Peace While Religious Extremism Denies Jewish Self Determination Religion has shaped the Middle East for thousands of years. It has inspired...

William Goloboy

Oct 21, 2026, 9:21 PM

The Priest of God Most High

Ephraim Moses Lilien, Abraham Contemplates the Stars (1908), illustration from The Books of the Bible, German edition. Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

In this week's parshah, Lech Lecha, we read the story of the war of the four and the five kings. In this war a confederation of four kings from Mesopotamia comes and attacks five kings in the Jordan Valley....

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...

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