3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (752+ words) An He summoned Moshe and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting (Mishkan) , saying: Speak to the Bnei Israel "and tell them: If an Adam (person) presents an animal offering to God "you (i.e. they) should bring your sacrifice from…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (490+ words) Back in March 2023, according to The Blue Square Alliance Against Hate website, a Blue Square symbol was launched "as the universal symbol of unity in the fight against hate." At the time, it was a small, discrete, symbolic pin, much…...

9+ hour, 32+ min ago  (785+ words) When we reflect on AI, we ought to take note of the continued development of its capabilities. This essay continues my fascination with Franz Kafka's essay, A Report to the Academy, as a springboard for how an LLM might be…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (870+ words) What appears today as a sudden crisis is, in fact, the culmination of a transformation decades in the making. The Era of Consensus Disagreements existed, but they rarely challenged the underlying assumption that Israel's wars were defensive and morally necessary....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (256+ words) As the conflict from US and Israeli strikes on Iran continues, most attention has rightfully focused on the future of Iranian leadership, the risk of further regional escalation, and the ongoing volatility in the Strait of Hormuz. However, while the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (413+ words) And in the middle of all of it stand Orthodox women: largely unrepresented, spiritually serious, and politically homeless. The story begins in 1988, when the Original Women of the Wall first gathered to pray at the Kotel. Their initial demand was…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago  (339+ words) This week, we enter the Sefer Yayikra (Book of Leviticus) " and with it, one of the Torah's most striking transitions. The dramatic narrative energy of Sefer Shemot (Book of Exodus) gives way to something quieter and more demanding. The drama…...

4+ day, 27+ min ago  (689+ words) Elli Lieberman teaches at the University of Maryland College Park. His areas of interest include international security, the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli conflict, deterrence theory, and WMD Proliferation. His articles appeared in Security Studies, the Institute for National Strategic Studies,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (428+ words) The most dangerous political movements rarely begin with mobs. They begin with professors. In 1930s Germany, scholars provided intellectual scaffolding for persecution. Today, a different academic campaign seeks to redefine the legitimacy of the Jewish state. The parallel is not one…...

18+ hour, 59+ min ago  (540+ words) Gregory Lyakhov is a prominent political advocate and one of the youngest voices shaping U.S. and Israeli policy discussions. A Newsmax columnist, his insightful analyses have been featured in The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Reason Magazine,…...