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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 2025 The true value of Israel’s achievements and activities described in these newsletters is priceless. But occasionally, it is important to highlight those that really are good valu
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Israel-Restrict Voting Rights? Many Democracies Do It!
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Israel-Restrict Voting Rights? Many Democracies Do It! Once again, the issue of ultra-Orthodox army service has become a very hot topic. In fact, it’s such an emotional issue that Yair Lapid – leader of the Opposition and he
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Jonathan Sacks: Even Higher than Angels VAYERA
Jonathan Sacks: Even Higher than Angels VAYERA It is one of the most famous scenes in the Bible. Abraham is sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day when three strangers pass by. He urges them to rest and take some food. The text calls t
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Barry Werner: The profound consequences of different interpretations of international law
Barry Werner: The profound consequences of different interpretations of international law The UN is a political battleground where nations fight for self-interest and prejudices, using interpretations and applications of international law as weapon
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UN Watch Maps Hamas Infiltration of UNRWA, Hundreds Exposed
UN Watch Maps Hamas Infiltration of UNRWA, Hundreds Exposed In wake of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent recognition that UNRWA is a “subsidiary of Hamas” — and as UNRWA mounts a fierce diplomatic offensive to resurrect its r
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Galia Miller Sprung: October 7th and My Personal Journey
Galia Miller Sprung: October 7th and My Personal Journey It’s hard to know what to write while waiting –for the hostages, for the end of the war. For the end of Gaza – maybe. Everything can change before I hit “Save.” But one date remains
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 2025 Insight Partners’ Jeff Horing: “The first generation of Israeli founders ran for exits, the new one runs for gold.” The veteran investor warns that Israel’s next wave of innovation succe
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UN WATCH: Hillel Neuer Exposes UNRWA’s Terror Ties
UN WATCH: Hillel Neuer Exposes UNRWA’s Terror Ties At the Senate in Rome: Hillel Neuer Exposes UNRWA’s Terror Ties News coverage in La Stampa, Radiotelevisione Italiana, Il Riformista, Radio Radicale, Il Tempo & more &nb
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 2025 Israelis have been enjoying watching the emotional return of released hostages to their families, friends, and even their pets. But there comes a time when a different kind of reality r
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Always on the Move: The Jewish People’s “Sauce” for Success
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Always on the Move: The Jewish People’s “Sauce” for Success The past two years have seen an increase in the number of Israelis moving overseas. A reason to worry? Hardly. Jews moving from one place to another (even from thei
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Sabine Sterk: Compassion Beyond Borders: Israel Saves Lives
Sabine Sterk: Compassion Beyond Borders: Israel Saves Lives Genocide and apartheid are terms often thrown at Israel in the media and online discourse, yet they are far from the truth. In reality, Israel and its citizens, along with Jewish organizations wo
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Jonathan Sacks: Our Children Walk on Ahead LECH LECHA
Jonathan Sacks: Our Children Walk on Ahead LECH LECHA The call to Abraham, with which Lech Lecha begins, seems to come from nowhere: “Leave your land, your birthplace, and your father’s house, and go to a land which I will show you.” Nothing has pre
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 2025 AppsFlyer sale enters final phase, seeking valuation of $2.7-3 billion. Israeli fund Fortissimo and U.S. giant Apollo among bidders in Goldman Sachs–led tender for analytics company. Read more
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Tel Aviv University: Gene Therapy for Hereditary Hearing Loss Developed
Tel Aviv University: Gene Therapy for Hereditary Hearing Loss Developed Novel Gene Therapy for Hereditary Hearing Loss Developed at Tel Aviv University Scientists from the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University introduced an inno
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Barry Shaw: From Fellahin to Fedayeen. The Palestinian DNA.
Barry Shaw: From Fellahin to Fedayeen. The Palestinian DNA. I have been writing and speaking recently about the lie of the indigenous Palestinian. Truth be told, a vast number of Arabs, who chose to attach the nom-de-guerre “Palestinian” to their iden
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Oct. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Oct. 2025 Media claims that Israel is isolated can be disproved by quoting the articles in this newsletter. Medical giant AstraZeneca is partnering with Israeli startup Immunai to develop an IB
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: News? It’s Also What’s NOT Said or Done
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: News? It’s Also What’s NOT Said or Done How do you define the “news”? Seems pretty straightforward, right? It’s what someone or some group recently did or said. But that’s only half the picture. Many times the news can
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Sabine Sterk: Peace Is Not a Fantasy, It’s a Fight for Survival
Sabine Sterk: Peace Is Not a Fantasy, It’s a Fight for Survival In the wake of the latest ceasefire agreement brokered by President Donald Trump, Israel finds itself once again at a crossroads between hope and hard reality. The deal, signed in Egypt wit
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Jonathan Sacks: True Morality Noach
Jonathan Sacks: True Morality Noach Is there such a thing as an objective basis of morality? For some time, in secular circles, the idea has seemed absurd. Morality is what we choose it to be. We are free to do what we like so long as we don’t harm othe
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Michael Oren: A Time to Say Thank You
Michael Oren: A Time to Say Thank You Clarity with Michael Oren Walking down 3rd Avenue and 85th Street during a recent visit to New York, I was approached by a young, professionally-dressed woman who recognized me from news interviews. “Thank you for e
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Galia Miller Sprung: It’s Always October
Galia Miller Sprung: It’s Always October October. It’s always October. The month of surprise wars – The Yom Kippur War and now, October 7th. Two years since the invasion. October used to be a good month. My parents’ wedding anniversary was on
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 2025 “It’s not a market that is easily penetrated”: Inside the quiet boom of Israel–Australia innovation ties. Despite distance and strict regulation, Startup Nation is leaving a strong mark
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Sabine Sterk: Rebuilding the Light: How Israel Can Help the Returned Hostages Heal
Sabine Sterk: Rebuilding the Light: How Israel Can Help the Returned Hostages Heal This week, twenty Israeli hostages finally came home. They were deliberately starved, held in darkness, chained, and subjected to physical and psychological torture. Some c
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Oct. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Oct. 2025 You probably can imagine the elation in Israel now that the 20 living Gaza hostages have finally come Home. Although the war with Hamas terrorists is not yet over, many Israeli soldiers
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Climate Change in the Book of Genesis
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Climate Change in the Book of Genesis The past two years – the Gaza War, Trump’s authoritarian policies – have unfortunately diverted our attention from humanity’s greatest crisis. Climate change is the real hot topic (p
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Michael Oren: How Three Businessmen Negotiated for Peace
Michael Oren: How Three Businessmen Negotiated for Peace Clarity with Michael Oren How did a group of real-estate moguls bring peace to the Middle East? For generations, soldiers, lawmakers, and ambassadors have attempted to end conflict in the region. Du
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Jonathan Sacks: A Living Book BEREISHIT
Jonathan Sacks: A Living Book BEREISHIT written by Rabbi Sacks in 2012 It is the most famous, majestic, and influential opening of any book in literature: “… בּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א” “When God began creating heaven and earth, the ear
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Sabine Sterk: From Boycotts to Balance: How Narratives Can Shift
Sabine Sterk: From Boycotts to Balance: How Narratives Can Shift From Boycotts to Balance: How Narratives Can Shift Like South Africa’s [and What That Means for Israel] There was a time when Europe and much of the Western world turned its moral outrag
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Jonathan Feldstein: The Hypocrisy and Brainwashing Over Gaza
Jonathan Feldstein: The Hypocrisy and Brainwashing Over Gaza The past few days in Israel have been filled with heart-wrenching euphoria mixed with cautious optimism and foreboding. After two years in unspeakable conditions and captivity, Hamas has relea
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 2025 “We have the best technologies in the world”: Israeli defense firms expect Europe to return once Gaza fades from view. Despite sanctions and suspensions, industry leaders remain confident in
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Mapping Israel’s Biblical Borders
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Mapping Israel’s Biblical Borders With the recently signed agreement ending the Gaza War, the far Right’s dream of resettling Gaza has evaporated. But was it really based on anything historical? More broadly, what were the
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Jonathan Feldstein: Can We Breathe Now?
Jonathan Feldstein: Can We Breathe Now? It feels premature to write about the pending/proposed/possible deal that has reportedly been agreed to between Israel and Hamas with the US, Egypt, Qatat and possibly others as intermediaries. It seems imminent tha
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Sabine Sterk: Imagine… A World Without Hate
Sabine Sterk: Imagine… A World Without Hate Imagine that a miracle occurs, and Hamas lays down its arms. Imagine that, for once, their leaders surrender not to Israel, but to their own conscience. Imagine that tomorrow, all the hostages, the living and
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Michael Oren: War by Other Means
Michael Oren: War by Other Means Clarity with Michael Oren Wars are usually won on the battlefield, not around the negotiating table. But that is precisely what is likely to happen this week in talks between the US, Israel, and Hamas. Seldom does the outc
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Sabine Sterk: Time to Stand Up for Israel: A Moral Duty Beyond Politics
Sabine Sterk: Time to Stand Up for Israel: A Moral Duty Beyond Politics When I first set foot on Israeli soil at just eleven years old, I knew something inside me had changed forever. It was Haifa, in the middle of the night. The boat from Europe had dock
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Oct. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Oct. 2025 As I send out this newsletter, we have just heard that the hostages held in Gaza by Hamas may be released soon. The anticipation of this event eclipses nearly all recent news (good an
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: The Contemporary Meaning of Sukkoth
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: The Contemporary Meaning of Sukkoth Sukkoth, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, is an ancient agricultural holiday. Does it still have relevance – even significance – in the modern post-industrial (and certainly post-agri
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Shelly Schreter: David Kaufman’s Magnum Opus – The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe
Shelly Schreter: David Kaufman’s Magnum Opus – The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe David Kaufman is a Toronto-based photographer and documentary film-maker in his 70s, who is now publishing his crowning achievement
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TAU: Scientific Breakthrough in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity
TAU: Scientific Breakthrough in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity Scientific Breakthrough in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity Children’s Health Depends on the Amount of Fat in the Liver — Not Necessarily on Bodyweight The researchers: “We found
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Jonathan Sacks: Moses the Man Ha’azinu
Jonathan Sacks: Moses the Man Ha’azinu That very day the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel
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Sabine Sterk: From Blood Libel to Gaza Lies – The Oldest Hatred in New Clothes
Sabine Sterk: From Blood Libel to Gaza Lies – The Oldest Hatred in New Clothes One of the most painful images from the aftermath of World War II is not only the liberation of the camps, but the scenes of ordinary German civilians being forced by Ame
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 2025 “I hope the AI bubble bursts soon. I need it to happen for my startup to succeed.” After being ousted from RapidAPI, former teen unicorn founder Iddo Gino returns with
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Jonathan Sacks: Yom Kippur How It Changes Us
Jonathan Sacks: Yom Kippur How It Changes Us Read an extract from the Koren Sacks Yom Kippur machzor. To those who fully open themselves to it, Yom Kippur is a life-transforming experience. It tells us that God, who created the universe in love and forgiv
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Sabine Sterk: Spain’s Shameful History Against Jews and Its Dangerous Embrace of “Palestine”
Sabine Sterk: Spain’s Shameful History Against Jews and Its Dangerous Embrace of “Palestine” Spain has a long, disgraceful history when it comes to Jews and the Jewish state. From the Spanish Inquisition to the modern recognition of a so-called “S
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Steve Kramer: The West retreats before the jihadis
Steve Kramer: The West retreats before the jihadis “Gradually and then suddenly.” That quote from Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” aptly describes the retreat of many Western countries from Western embedded values, which have distinguished c
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Why is Israel Such a Mess Domestically?
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Why is Israel Such a Mess Domestically? Everyone’s attention is focused on Israel’s ongoing security issues (Gaza, Yemen, Syria et al). Meanwhile, the domestic situation – governmental, economic, judicial, social – is no l
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Jonathan Feldstein: Getting to Palestine through Oslo, Paris, London, Ottawa, and Canberra
Jonathan Feldstein: Getting to Palestine through Oslo, Paris, London, Ottawa, and Canberra As world leaders pack their bags to attend the UN General Assembly, several Western nations will mark this annual gathering with an act of treachery of global propo
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Jonathan Sacks: The Heart, the Home, the Text-Vayelech
Jonathan Sacks: The Heart, the Home, the Text-Vayelech By now Moses had given 612 commands to the Israelites. But there was one further instruction he still had to give, the last of his life, the final mitzva in the Torah. Now therefore write this song an
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Sabine Sterk: The Allies Who Stand and Those Who Betray
Sabine Sterk: The Allies Who Stand and Those Who Betray On October 7, 2023, Israel awoke to a nightmare. Hamas terrorists crossed the border in a coordinated massacre, murdering over 1,200 Israelis; children in their beds, concert-goers dancing under the
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New UN Watch Report Exposes Hamas Takeover of UNRWA Schools in Gaza and Lebanon
New UN Watch Report Exposes Hamas Takeover of UNRWA Schools in Gaza and Lebanon Evidence Demonstrates UN Was Aware of Terrorist Infiltration Into UNRWA but Failed to Act As reported by leading international newspapers Neue Zürcher Zeitung and La Stampa,
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 20 Israel’s achievements do not get enough credit. As we enter a new Jewish year, we must blow our own trumpet to send a much louder message about how Israel is making a huge positive
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Bibi: For the New Year, Try Saying “I’m Sorry” (for your own good!)
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Bibi: For the New Year, Try Saying “I’m Sorry” (for your own good!) With the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana) right around the corner, devout Jews are now saying “Slikhot” (Repentance) to clear their conscience and start t
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Elder of Ziyon: Flotilla Silences Reporters – and No Journalists Seem Concerned
Elder of Ziyon: Flotilla Silences Reporters – and No Journalists Seem Concerned Elder of Ziyon Ansa reports: The Italian section of the Global Sumud Flotilla on Friday defended its decision to expel La Stampa journalist Francesca Del Vecchio before
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Jonathan Sacks: Why Be Jewish? ניצבים
Jonathan Sacks: Why Be Jewish In the last days of his life, Moses renews the covenant between God and Israel. The entire book of Devarim has been an account of the covenant – how it came about, what its terms and conditions are, why it is the core of Is
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Sept. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Sept. 2025 Secret AI startup Irregular surfaces with $80M to test artificial intelligence limits. Sequoia leads the rounds, joined by Wiz’s Assaf Rappaport, Eon’s Ofir Ehrlich, and other investors, ba
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Sabine Sterk: J’Accuse – I Accuse Humanity
Sabine Sterk: J’Accuse – I Accuse Humanity The world is falling. The world is sick beyond repair. And there is no hope for a cure. You can pray all you want, you can hold political debates until your throat dries out, but the rot has already spread to
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Steve Kramer: A visit to King David’s first capital: Hebron
Steve Kramer: A visit to King David’s first capital: Hebron Michal and I again ventured into Judea and Samaria, this time to visit the Jewish heritage site dating all the way back to Abraham’s entrance to the Land of Israel: the Cave of the Patriarchs
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UN Watch: From Gaza’s Prison to a Global Voice for Peace – Rami Aman Speaks Out
UN Watch: From Gaza’s Prison to a Global Voice for Peace – Rami Aman Speaks Out In a rare interview, released on video by UN Watch, a Gaza peace activist formerly imprisoned by Hamas reveals how the terrorist organization exercises influence over UNRW
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Marziyeh Amirizadeh: A Call to Courage in Dark Times
Marziyeh Amirizadeh: A Call to Courage in Dark Times A few weeks ago, I was mourning the mysterious death of a close Christian friend in Iran, someone I knew well when living there and who participated in home churches with me that the Islamic Regime bran
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TAU: Scientific breakthrough-Researchers measure memory by tracking eye movements
TAU: Scientific breakthrough-Researchers measure memory by tracking eye movements New tool measures memory without speaking, allowing assessment in infants, brain injury victims, or severe Alzheimer’s patients Unprecedented approach: Research
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 2025 Millions of people are getting the message loud & clear that Israel is vital for all of us who wish to see a better future and the end of evil. This newsletter filters out the lies fro
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Political Discourse or Diss-course? The Jewish Tradition
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Political Discourse or Diss-course? The Jewish Tradition “Diss”: insulting or disrespectful expression or talk. Due to the internet – especially regarding the political world – we are now awash in rude, crude, and generall
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Charles Abelsohn: Tribute to the Women of the IDF
Charles Abelsohn: Tribute to the Women of the IDF Letter from Israel – Rosh Hashana 5786: Tribute to the Women of the IDF Rosh Hashana 5786 12 September 2025 Shalom from Israel, Who would have guessed in their wildest n
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Charles Abelsohn: Tribute to the Women of the IDF
Charles Abelsohn: Tribute to the Women of the IDF Letter from Israel – Rosh Hashana 5786: Tribute to the Women of the IDF Rosh Hashana 5786 12 September 2025 Shalom from Israel, Who would have guessed in their wildest n
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Barry Shaw: Echoes of Venice’s Ghetto Scream at us Today
Barry Shaw: Echoes of Venice’s Ghetto Scream at us Today The new form of European Jew hatred has reached Venice, the place highlighted in Shakespeare’s ultimate exercise in ancient Jewish blood libel, The Merchant of Venice. The mayor of Venic
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Jonathan Sacks: Listening and Law Ki Tavo
Jonathan Sacks: Listening and Law Ki Tavo It would be reasonable to assume that a language containing the verb “to command” must also contain the verb “to obey.” The one implies the other, just as the concept of a question implies the possibility
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Sept. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Sept. 2025 “Good AI is invisible, it’s just there.” According to Orna Kleinmann, Managing Director, SAP Israel R&D Center, “One hundred percent of the processes in the organization will eventuall
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Steve Kramer: Western Europe Turns Muslim
Steve Kramer: Western Europe Turns Muslim I attribute much of the animus towards Israel, Israelis, and Jewish citizens around the world to the apparent ‘open borders’ policy of so many European countries. Perhaps too late, the indigenous citizens have
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 2025 Many of the articles in this week’s positive Israel newsletter are beyond belief when you realize that this is a country that has been at war for its entire 78 years of existenc
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Alegemeiner: Gazan Boy, Said to Be Killed by IDF, Shown Alive in New Video, Debunking Viral Lie
Alegemeiner: Gazan Boy, Said to Be Killed by IDF, Shown Alive in New Video, Debunking Viral Lie Alegemeiner News Service: by Corey Walker A Gazan boy who was previously reported as killed by Israeli forces in May has been found alive, cast
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 2025 Israel has so many recent towering achievements. In this week’s newsletter, a huge donation will help finance “Hope Tower” – the largest cardiological and neurol
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Haredim Fighting the Torah Instead of Israel’s Enemies
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Haredim Fighting the Torah Instead of Israel’s Enemies Yesterday’s Torah reading was Shoftim (Judges). It’s the only one in which specific instructions are provided regarding which Jews have to fight wars and who is exempt.
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Jonathan Sacks: Greatness is Humility SHOFTIM
Jonathan Sacks: Greatness is Humility SHOFTIM There is a fascinating detail in the passage about the king in this week’s Parsha. The text says: “As he presides upon his royal throne, he must inscribe a copy of this Torah for himself upon a scroll, in
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Palestinian Media Watch: Death as a “Martyr” is “greater” than finishing high school, says senior Palestinian Authority official
Palestinian Media Watch: Death as a “Martyr” is “greater” than finishing high school, says senior Palestinian Authority official By Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch Top Palestinian Authority official Laila Ghannam has expressed one
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Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: Latest Israel News
Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: Latest Israel News Gazan Child Featured by UK’s Daily Mirror Suffers from Disease, Not Malnutrition, Israel Reveals (Jerusalem Post) The IDF Coordinator for Government Activities in the Terri
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Aug. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Aug. 2025 Verint agrees to $2 billion buyout by Thoma Bravo. Acquisition delivers 18% premium for shareholders and signals acceleration of AI-driven CX automation strategy. Read more The legitimacy
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 2025 Unusually, there are only five medical articles in this week’s Positive Israel newsletter. Then it struck me – the “Good Medicine” article shows that not all med
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Listening In, Reading Out? What the Bible Says Out Loud
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Listening In, Reading Out? What the Bible Says Out Loud Why is podcasting growing in popularity? (IsraelSeen has loads of them: https://israelseen.com/category/podcasts/) Meanwhile, to take the other side of the coin, why is time
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Michael Oren: Whether on a Ladder or a Tree, Israel Must Decide to Go Down or Up
Michael Oren: Whether on a Ladder or a Tree, Israel Must Decide to Go Down or Up Clarity with Michael Oren In English, one says that a leader or a government has “climbed up a ladder” while in Israel the expression is “climbs up a tree.” Either wa
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Jonathan Sacks: The Politics of Freedom Re’eh
Jonathan Sacks: The Politics of Freedom Re’eh Having set out the broad principles of the covenant, Moses now turns to the details, which extend over many chapters and several parshiyot. The long review of the laws that will govern Israel in its land beg
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Tel Aviv University Study Highlights the Risks of Using AI in Visual Media
Tel Aviv University Study Highlights the Risks of Using AI in Visual Media Repeated Exposure to an Image – Even If Fake – Increases Its Perceived Credibility Research team: “The findings raise concerns about the spread of false visual informa
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Michael Oren: A Chosen State?
Michael Oren: A Chosen State? Clarity with Michael Oren After agonizing months of war, the concept of ‘am sigula’ remains powerfully relevant SAPIR Journal invited me to write this article at the end of March, 2025, shortly after much of the world bla
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Israeli Innovation & Technology News Aug. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Israeli Innovation & Technology News Aug. 2025 Israel’s innovations and positive activities can either be described as “hot stuff” or “really cool”. The high temperatures outside have not r
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Reviving Israeli Democracy by Expanding It
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Reviving Israeli Democracy by Expanding It Last week (https://israelseen.com/prof-sam-lehman-wilzig-a-one-branch-democracy-is-not-rooted/), I examined the steady “takeover” of the Legislative Branch of government by the Execut
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Aug. 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Aug. 2025 AppsFlyer in advanced talks to be acquired at over $3.5 billion valuation. The Israeli company, with 1,300 employees and $400 million in revenues, is closing on a potential purchase by a private
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Jonathan Sacks:The Morality of Love Eikev
Jonathan Sacks: The Morality of Love Eikev Something implicit in the Torah from the very beginning becomes explicit in the book of Devarim. God is the God of love. More than we love Him, He loves us. Here, for instance, is the beginning of this week’s P
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Breakthrough from Tel Aviv University on Development of Food Allergies
Breakthrough from Tel Aviv University on Development of Food Allergies Scientific Discovery: Neutralizing a Protein May Prevent the Development of Food Allergies A new study from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University may m
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Aug. 2025 This week’s newsletter theme is “Tomorrow”. It is packed with innovations and activities that promise a better tomorrow. Kidneys that can be grown in the laboratory; s
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: A One-Branch “Democracy” is Not Rooted
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: A One-Branch “Democracy” is Not Rooted Political “devolutions” i.e., the gradual withering away of the democratic structure of government, are not easily recognizable – compared to political revolutions that usually occu
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Jonathan Sacks: A Tiny, Treasured People Va’etchanan
Jonathan Sacks: A Tiny, Treasured People Va’etchanan There is a statement made towards the end of Parshat Va’etchanan, and it is so inconspicuous that we can sometimes miss it, but it is a statement with such far reaching implications that it chal
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News August 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News August 2025 M&A spotlight shifts to Lasso, Aim, and Pillar after SentinelOne’s $250M Prompt deal. After Prompt’s quick exit, other early-stage Israeli GenAI security players are fielding buyout offers
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel August 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel August 2025 There is always something new in Israel, whether a groundbreaking medical discovery or a new venture that is likely to take the business world by storm. This week’s newsletter
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Steve Kramer: Why they hate us – the world vs the Jews
Steve Kramer: Why they hate us – the world vs the Jews Israel is being castigated almost universally for its war against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza. The animosity towards Israel for this defensive war to destroy Hamas and release 50 captives
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Israel; Corruption Disruption: Forcing Full Financial Disclosure
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Israel; Corruption Disruption: Forcing Full Financial Disclosure Israel isn’t a Third World country. However, it’s among the worst in one important aspect: ministerial corruption – including (perhaps: especially) at the top
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Michael Oren: A Hopeful Deja Vu
Michael Oren: A Hopeful Deja Vu Clarity with Michael Oren The situation might sound familiar. A major Middle Eastern power declares its intention to destroy the State of Israel and, to help carry out that goal, surrounds us with massively armed proxies. I
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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News July 2025
CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News July 2025 Palo Alto closing on over $20 billion acquisition of CyberArk. Landmark cybersecurity deal would mark Palo Alto’s boldest move yet and reshape the identity security market. Read more Wi
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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel July 2025
Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel July 2025 Almost every article in this Positive Israel Newsletter is an example of Israeli “togetherness“. Protecting Syrian Druze, defending Israel against hostile missiles, medics s
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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Israel’s Real Long-Term Threat (Not What You Think)
Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Israel’s Real Long-Term Threat (Not What You Think) These days Israelis are naturally focusing on their current existential crisis with the country’s “neighbors” near (Hamas) and far (Iran/Houtis). Unfortunately, that prev
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