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Aug 18, 2026, 5:59 PM

A 1,000 Year Old Prophecy – Unfolding Before Us

There are passages in our ancient texts which we read for years without fully understanding why they are there. Then history happens, and suddenly they speak to us with an urgency that is almost unsettling. The first Rashi on the...

Aug 18, 2026, 2:08 PM

In an Alternate Universe, Iran Hangs Mamdani as a Zionist

On February 28, the mayor of New York stood in front of a camera and called his own government’s war “a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression.” Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war....

Aug 18, 2026, 12:30 AM

What’s in a Name

My sister and I were the unfortunate bearers of names with Cultural Significance, but not in the way you might think. I was born just a few years before the movie Star Wars appeared on the scene, and my...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Aug 17, 2026, 11:47 AM

The Democratic Party’s Jewish Reckoning Has Arrived

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory has forced Jewish Democrats to confront a question their party can no longer evade: How much are Jewish voters expected to tolerate in the name of defeating Donald Trump? There comes a point when political loyalty...

David Rosenthal

Aug 17, 2026, 11:42 AM

From Petro to De la Espriella

Abelardo de la Espriella’s inauguration as president of Colombia, held on Friday the 7th in Cali, presented a scene that sums up the country’s change of course better than any speech: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, seated next to...

Aug 13, 2026, 3:13 PM

Treasure Trove: Zionism Means Israel’s Election Involves Diaspora Jewry Too

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

If the original purpose of Zionism was to establish a home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, what is the purpose of Zionism once that home (the State of Israel) is established? That is the question...

Yakir Englander

Aug 12, 2026, 2:43 PM

What Mamdani offers young liberal Jews

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prays at the Ohel - the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, December 16, 2025 (Chabad Virginia Beach via Facebook)

People who are deeply attached to Judaism through values, prayer and practice can find a home in progressive politics. Don't dismiss them because of their views on Israel

Uri Pilichowski

Aug 11, 2026, 5:50 PM

Calling Herzl Secular Misses What Matters

The long journey home ended on Mount Herzl. In a quiet ceremony heavy with meaning, the remains of Theodore Herzl’s grandparents were reinterred in the soil of the Jewish state their grandson had summoned into being. The effort required...

Jaime Kardontchik

Aug 11, 2026, 8:02 AM

Israeli elections: A perspective from California

Front covers of my books

The Israeli public will most probably concentrate in the coming elections on the urgent internal problems of the Israeli society. However, Israelis must not lose sight that these are irrelevant in the international arena, for which the critical question...

Aug 10, 2026, 3:33 PM

When the King is in the field: The Yachad Journey

As the month of Elul begins, Chassidic tradition offers one of its most beautiful images for this period of the year: 'HaMelech Basadeh' — “the King is in the field.” Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, in his Likkutei Torah commentary...

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