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Sep 18, 2026, 5:18 AM

Israel must challenge rather than engage ‘pro-Palestine’ performance politics

The Macklemore battle presents a trap that pro-Israel activists have yet to escape Two options: Either stay silent as more and more celebrities accuse Israel of genocide in ever more prominent forums, and hope the tide will pass, or wield...

Sep 17, 2026, 8:01 PM

Book Review – I Read This Over Shabbos: Reading Jewish History in the Parasha

Pirkei Avot 1:6 advises, “Acquire for yourself a friend.” In I Read This Over Shabbos: Reading Jewish History in the Parasha (Koren Publishers), Rabbi Dr. David Bashevkin shows that he has certainly taken that advice to heart. Throughout the book,...

Sep 16, 2026, 11:13 PM

I never let my children fundraise, until now

Illustrative. A Haredi yeshiva, August 29, 2013. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90/ File)

When the Israeli government cut its subsidies for Haredi Torah study, the rabbis enlisted the community to make up the shortfall. Even the girls. Even my daughter

Sep 10, 2026, 3:45 PM

The Best Books of 5786

The term People of the Book, which sounds much better in Hebrew, Am HaSefer, is indeed apt. Walk into any Jewish bookstore or browse on Amazon, and new titles arrive daily. 5786 is coming to a close, and the year, like...

Sep 7, 2026, 4:34 AM

Violence is winning

Haredi kids blocked me as I rushed in an ambulance to treat a woman in labor. They endangered her life and violated Jewish law

Sep 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

A Conversation Overheard in a Tel Aviv Café

A Conversation Overheard in a Tel Aviv Café Israel, a Jewish State and a Democracy: I had no intention of listening to their conversation. They were sitting at the next table in a Tel Aviv café, the kind of place where people...

Sep 3, 2026, 7:50 PM

The Forgotten Soldiers in the Forgotten War

Me (left) and members of my IDF combat medical extraction unit (Palmar) inside Gaza. Photo ©️ 2026, T. Book.

As the third anniversary of the October 7 massacres approaches, I find myself on my eleventh tour of duty in reserves with my PALMAR medical extraction unit. Most of my time has been spent on the Gaza and Lebanon...

Dina-Perla Portnaar

Aug 30, 2026, 4:19 AM

Accept that another voice can exist beside our own

For those who have missed it: I exchanged the Netherlands for Cyprus permanently. Truly, the best decision of my life. I’m full of life again. But the start here was insanely difficult for many reasons. After a difficult period, I...

Aug 27, 2026, 5:51 AM

The Legal Theory Orthodox Jews May Come to Regret

A developing application of federal forced-labor law raises a question Orthodox Jewish institutions should take seriously: When can the powerful influence of a religious leader or close-knit community be treated by the government as evidence of psychological coercion? The question...

Aug 26, 2026, 12:48 PM

‘I have chosen the way of faith’

Shas party's election campaign kick-off event in Holon, central Israel, August 20, 2026. (Yaakov Cohen)

As President Rivlin's chief of staff, I came to understand Haredi resilience: Don't think you can frighten or embarrass the community into abandoning its principles

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