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Jul 6, 2026, 3:34 AM

Open Letter to Dr. Anna Cohen

Dear Dr. Cohen, Through this open letter, I address your recent statement on the program “Shqip” on Dritare TV, hosted by Rudina Xhunga, in which you declared: “In 1492, Vlora had 90% Jews and 10% Albanians.” This statement has triggered...

Jul 6, 2026, 3:09 AM

The Missing Step Between Hatred and Love

We keep quoting 'baseless love' as the cure for baseless hatred. But the Torah inserts a step in between that we've quietly stopped practicing. We have more ways to communicate than any generation in history. We can respond instantly to...

Jul 4, 2026, 10:50 AM

The pot calling the kettle black

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

The pot calling the kettle black. That is exactly what happens when people who claim to stand for Israel start spreading unverified information themselves. Time To Stand Up For Israel has a clear mission written into its articles of association. Truth...

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Jul 3, 2026, 1:15 PM

Israel: Four Nations Divided by a Common (Dis)Communication System

The recent news about social media has focused on various countries’ efforts to legislatively prohibit social media use by youngsters. That’s a positive micro-turn, but not the macro-threat that is really undermining social cohesion and even democracy: the characteristics...

Jul 3, 2026, 12:24 PM

When Hate Becomes Social Media Policy

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

There was a time when social media promised to connect humanity. It promised dialogue, understanding, and the free exchange of ideas. It claimed to give everyone an equal voice. Today that promise feels increasingly hollow. For many supporters of...

Jul 2, 2026, 10:59 PM

America, Social Media, & the Mouse Utopia Problem

I teach self-defense for a living, so I have learned to pay attention before a threat becomes obvious. A good decision usually starts before the punch is thrown. You notice behavior, timing, distance, distraction, and opportunity. You act early...

Jun 30, 2026, 5:43 PM

Social Media Has Trained The World To Externalize Happiness

The most fascinating discussions I recently participated in at VidCon, the largest content creator event in the world is related to one of the main reasons that there is an inverse correlation between the explosion of social media and...

Jun 30, 2026, 11:20 AM

Lunar Shield Bearers: Halakhic Warfare in Rabbinic Journals

Rabbi Kasher’s Man on the Moon, first published in Noam, reprinted as separate booklet.

Buzz Aldrin photographed by Neil Armstrong, NASA photo ID AS11-40-5903, https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=AS11&roll=40&frame=5903, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AS11-40-5903_-_Buzz_Aldrin_by_Neil_Armstrong_(full_frame).jpg

In the 1969-1970 issue of the journal Noam: A Forum for the Clarification of Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Rabbi Benzion Firer (1914-1988) published a responsum addressing the question of whether Jewish law was applicable on the Moon. Firer reached a...

Jun 30, 2026, 3:36 AM

Fighting Hate with Action, Identity, and Joy

Antisemitism is once again making headlines across America, and nowhere is that more apparent than in New York City. Jewish communities are facing harassment, intimidation, and violence at levels many never imagined they would see in the United States. The...

Jun 29, 2026, 6:24 PM

Bankstown Nurses Ruling is No Vindication — Just the Law at Work

The exclusion of the viral video is a setback for the prosecution, but it does not erase what was said, what was admitted, or the deeper fear the case has unleashed in the Jewish community. The exclusion of the Bankstown...

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