Why Mahsa Amini’s death matters more than ever this year
Why does Mahsa’s murder still echo so powerfully today? Because the savagery hasn’t stopped; it has only intensified.
Rosh Hashanah 5787: A Historic Jump Toward Redemption
For those watching the process of Geula unfold before our eyes, there are times when its significance is impossible to miss. Rosh Hashanah 5787 was one of those times.
Betting on the outcome of an election that will never happen
The fact that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently issued a decree calling for elections this coming November is the first red flag that the elections will probably not happen. If they do, there will be no semblance of democracy.
“He was always learning”: Rabbi Pesach Wolicki remembers Charlie Kirk, one year later
One year after Charlie Kirk’s murder, Rabbi Pesach Wolicki remembers the man who inspired Israel365’s rapid-response network, and the last conversation they had.
Supporting new immigrants isn’t just nice. It’s prophetic.
By the time the new family arrived, meals were being prepared for a week, help was offered with their kids starting new schools in Hebrew, furniture was borrowed, and more.
The blueprint and the boundary
For centuries, Temple-related commandments remained mostly theoretical, studied in detail but rarely translated into practical preparation. In recent decades, that has begun to change, with much of the momentum for real-world planning and readiness coming from outside the people of Israel.
Israel’s crowded political sandbox: New parties, old faces, and the coalition puzzle ahead
As Israel’s election approaches, a wave of new political parties has entered an already crowded field, reshaping how Israeli voters think about their choices and complicating what was already going to be a difficult coalition-building exercise, especially for undecided voters
Why are they hosting a pundit who accused Jews of buying Congress?
This October, one of the most prestigious Jewish congregations in America will host a talk by a pundit who has claimed Jews bribe Congress. Does that make any sense? Is this any way to follow up the third anniversary of October Seventh?
The covenant God refused to cancel
I was taught, as most Christian pastors are taught, that the Old Covenant Scriptures were given to the Jews and the New Covenant Scriptures were given to the Church. Two books, two peoples, and only one of them still mattered.
Holocaust education: An American tragedy
Far too many professors of Holocaust history and staffers at Holocaust-related education agencies in the U.S. perversely twist the memory of the Shoah and, at the same time, falsely malign Israel as committing genocide in Gaza.