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May 19, 2025, 5:32 AM

The Scythians: Lords of the Steppe in the Shadows of History

In the windswept plains of Eurasia, from the Black Sea to the Altai Mountains, once roamed a people who captivated ancient chroniclers and continue to challenge modern scholars. The Scythians—nomadic horse-warriors whose culture emerged and flourished between the 9th century...

May 12, 2025, 1:12 PM

Cutting contact versus staying in touch

I've noticed there are, generally speaking of course, two types of people: type one never severs a relationship with others, merely suspends it, or forgets about it and moves on. I used to know a Polish Jew like that....

May 8, 2025, 5:56 AM

From Jerusalem to Kyiv: Uniting Against the Iran-Russia Axis

Israel stands at a perilous crossroads, confronting an unrelenting barrage of threats from Iran and its proxies—Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other terror groups that seek to undermine its existence. The recent announcement by US President Donald Trump on...

May 1, 2025, 8:42 PM

In the name of light

The title of this blog post is in honor of a song by the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine. It's an uplifting song, a hard-hitting song and a call to arms. Along with Ben Shapiro, whose excellent interview with Zelensky is...

Sheldon Kirshner

Apr 27, 2025, 5:52 PM

Trump’s Betrayal Of Ukraine

Donald Trump, in a geopolitical betrayal of seismic proportions, appears to have switched sides in the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war. Until Trump's return as president on January 20, the United States backed Ukraine unequivocally. Joe Biden, Trump's predecessor, condemned Russia's brazen...

Apr 15, 2025, 8:40 AM

Diaspora Jews, the Mother: Israel, the Baby

Understanding the ombilical interdependency between Diaspora Jews and Israel - by Frederic Eger - The Jewish Diaspora has played an indispensable role in the existence and development of the State of Israel since its creation until today. This relationship is...

Justine Johnston Hemmestad

Apr 3, 2025, 6:38 AM

Iowa in the Middle East, from The Dayton Leader

Captain Johnson

On March 25, a town hall meeting was held in the Readiness Center in Fort Dodge to discuss the local Army’s impending deployment to the Middle East. Captain Johnson, of the Iowa Army National Guard’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team,...

Dor Shabashewitz

Mar 27, 2025, 7:40 AM

Minority solidarity and the un-Jewishness of xenophobia

Restaurant offering dishes from Uzbekistan and the Caucasus in Haifa’s Hadar neighborhood. (Dor Shabashewitz)

Many Russian-speaking olim feel discriminated against by mainstream Israeli society. They complain, and rightfully so, that sabras often question their Jewishness. Rumor has it that many of them bribed Soviet officials to get fake certificates of Jewish ancestry as...

Alexander Shatkhin

Mar 26, 2025, 8:34 PM

Negotiations in Riyadh: Importance for Odesa

In March 2025, negotiations were held between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia, which resulted in agreements to cease hostilities in the Black Sea and prohibit attacks on energy infrastructure. These agreements are of great importance for the region,...

Jonathan Rosenstein

Mar 26, 2025, 1:29 AM

Israel’s Security Can’t Depend on Russia

The Current Landscape As Israel navigates the post-October 7th landscape and the collapse of the Assad regime, the second Trump administration is driving a profound shift in global and regional politics. As a result, Israel has the opportunity to achieve...

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