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Oct 18, 2026, 9:45 AM

Could Putin Use a Low-Yield Nuclear Bomb at Chernobyl to End War with Ukraine?

More than four years after Vladimir Putin launched what he called a “special military operation” in Ukraine, the Kremlin faces a reality it almost certainly did not anticipate in February 2022: Ukraine has neither surrendered nor ceased to inflict...

Sheldon Kirshner

Oct 13, 2026, 5:56 PM

Trump Has Tilted Toward Russia In Ukraine War

The war in Ukraine seems interminable. It erupted in February 2022 with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin described as a "special military operation." It has since dragged on remorsefully, killing roughly 400,000 to 450,000 Russian soldiers...

Oct 13, 2026, 7:59 AM

Seeing Red: Hubris and the Halakha of Space Flight

Rabbi Nachum Eliezer Rabinovitch, photo: Nadav Efrati / Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nahum_Eliezer_Rabinovitch

Vladimir Menshikov, Boga Nyet! [There is no God!], 1975. State Museum of the History of Religion in Saint Petersburg. Scaled-down, low-resolution image permitted under fair use clause, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82_1975.jpg

In 1961, as humans reached Space, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch (1902-1994) wrote a private letter in which he declared that Space travel was permitted according to Jewish law. The Lubavitcher Rebbe offered a broad, affirmative framework for...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 4, 2026, 4:02 AM

Elections in Brazil: Political Tension and Impact on the Jewish Community

This Sunday, October 4, 2026, Brazil faces a decisive moment that may redefine not only the country’s future but also influence the entire Latin American region. The vote takes place amid a turbulent backdrop, marked by corruption allegations involving...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 1, 2026, 10:18 PM

Israel’s Benghazi Option: Realism Over Diplomacy

Egyptian subversion greeted King Hassan II’s February 1961 ascension, as Gamal Abdel Nasser’s assassins actively targeted the new monarch. In response, Mossad intelligence exposed the plot and alerted General Mohamed Oufkir, allowing Moroccan troops to dismantle the hostile Casablanca...

Kostis Konstantinou

Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 AM

The Walkout, the Empty Seats, and the Story Sold

Hiram Johnson, the American senator — not Aeschylus, as often claimed — is credited with saying that truth is the first casualty of war. Nowhere has that seemed more apt than in Gaza. We have had the absurdities about genocide; fairy...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Sep 22, 2026, 2:37 AM

Bag Ortega Before the Houthis Bag Haifa

Houthi missile batteries have officially entered a kamikaze phase, mimicking the exact suicide tempo that the Iranian regime deploys against global shipping and sovereign cities on this side of the world. Illustrating the stakes, Saudi air defenses intercepted a...

Alexander Lutsenko

Sep 22, 2026, 1:36 AM

Russia Fought Nuclear Pressure on Syria. Now It Is Doing the Same on Iran

Russia Fought Nuclear Pressure on Syria. Now It Is Doing the Same on Iran. The image was created using AI.

In September 2026, the IAEA finally resolved the Assad-era Syrian nuclear case while escalating its dispute with Iran. Russia had opposed international pressure in both files at crucial stages. The Syrian case now offers a rare chance to see...

Sep 15, 2026, 3:22 AM

The 2026 BRICS Declaration: The Grammar of EMDE-Centrism

PM Narendra Modi at BRICS Summit Session on “Inclusive Global Governance and Strengthening Multilateralism” at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi on September 12, 2026. (Photo Credit: PIB/Govt. of India).

From a bureaucratic category to a language of collective leverage, the New Delhi Declaration shows how BRICS is weaving EMDEs into its claims over capital, representation, and the architecture of global economic governance. On September 12, 2026, BRICS leaders unanimously...

Alexander Lutsenko

Sep 10, 2026, 4:45 AM

Russia Is Losing Its Syrian Leverage – and the Threat to Israel Is Fading

Russia Is Losing Its Syrian Leverage - and the Threat to Israel Is Fading. The image was created using AI.

On August 9, 2026, Syria and Russia reached an agreement that may matter to Israel far more than the simple question of whether Russian soldiers remain on Syrian soil. After roughly 18 months of negotiations, Damascus and Moscow agreed that...

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