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Andy Blumenthal

Aug 22, 2026, 11:37 AM

The Work of Living After October 7

ALS scares me. So does terrorism. Both force us to confront how suddenly life can change. I did not come to Tuesdays with Morrie as someone revisiting an old favorite. I came to it after October 7, carrying questions I...

Shamai Leibowitz

Aug 21, 2026, 8:37 AM

The Stranger in Your Tent

What do returning lost property, a desert tent, and the Arabic greeting—adopted by many Hebrew speakers—Ahlan wa sahlan ("welcome") have in common? They all have a connection to the Semitic root: א-ה-ל (A-H-L). While Hebrew kept Ohel (אֹהֶל) as the physical tent, Arabic came to use ahl (أَهْل) to mean the family living inside it....

Menachem Rosensaft

Aug 20, 2026, 8:35 PM

Drawing numbers on Palestinian detainees? What were they thinking?

A Palestinian marked by IDF soldiers during a raid of the northern West Bank village of Qabatiya on August 17, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

Whatever the soldiers’ intent, reducing anyone numbers is dehumanizing — and ‘lessons were learned’ is no longer an adequate response

Aug 20, 2026, 1:19 PM

From Tehran to Kashmir: The New Terror Challenge

Basij members attend a ceremony at Imam Khomeini's Hussainiyeh, Tehran, November 26, 2025.
Photo: Khamenei.ir, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

Terrorism and security are evolving as the outcome of the growing use of networks as tools of control, monitoring, and violence. The same strategic change is playing out in diverse ways, from Iran’s increasing intelligence networks inside society to...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 18, 2026, 12:35 AM

The Nordic Rift: How Scandinavia Estranged Israel

The Postwar Consensus and Shared Idealism In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the nations of the Nordic world viewed the nascent State of Israel not with suspicion, but with a profound and genuine affinity. This was a...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:05 AM

Don’t Wait for Tragedy to Bring America Together!

America Needs a 9/12 Without a 9/11 September 11, 2001, was a day of unimaginable horror and loss. But those who lived through it also remember something remarkable about the next day. On September 12, America felt different. Flags appeared everywhere. Strangers...

Andy Blumenthal

Aug 16, 2026, 7:18 AM

Israel Needs a Drone Army—Before the Next War

At the Combined Resolve exercise in Germany this spring, Ukrainian drone operators faced US forces and reportedly detected and simulated strikes against American troops and armored vehicles so effectively that exercise controllers had to return “destroyed” units to the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 12, 2026, 4:44 AM

Southern Eyes: Crushing Iran’s Western Terror Hub

Long before the State of Israel woke up to the threat, the Islamic Republic of Iran recognized Latin America as its ideal strategic depth. The timeline of Tehran’s unchecked penetration is a damning indictment of regional security. In 2008,...

Menachem Creditor

Aug 11, 2026, 5:04 PM

Strip Away the Glamor: October 7 Was Pure Ugliness

I am a proud Jewish New Yorker and a proud Zionist. I believe deeply in the dignity of cultures, the necessity of human rights, and the power of communities to build beauty from pain. Precisely because I hold those...

Aug 10, 2026, 1:26 PM

Shmuel’s wife was killed in the Sbarro bombing; he responded with kindness

Shmuel and Shoshana Greenbaum stand in front of the now infamous pizzeria in 2001, days before the bombing at Sbarro took her life. (Courtesy, Shmuel Greenbaum)

Spreading positivity pulled him through the horror of Shoshana's murder. He says we need more of that these days, starting with an immersive uplifting theme park

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