Opinion

This declaration of war is not over any concrete dispute. Its purpose is to undermine the legitimacy of a parallel state judicial institution – to challenge its composition, authority, and decisions.

Even the hint of a religious consumer boycott can shut entire markets. Deals collapse the moment the “non-kosher” is mentioned.

The lesson of Lebanon is not that force is useless – it is that force without a diplomatic architecture can become a trap.

Sometimes, even a short stay in a shelter can be educational and inspirational.

Falling water levels also affect river transport and port operations. The Caspian Sea's declining levels threaten ecosystems and critical economic assets, including ports and energy facilities.

Let’s not forget for one moment that one nation here believes in civilized democracy, while the other tortures its own people.

Israel will not return to the containment policies of recent decades that prioritized restraint and diplomacy over enemy degradation and military triumph. 

This Passover was different from others because we spent too much of it in bomb shelters, pondering whether during such confinement we were truly free.

Over the past two and a half years, I’ve often turned to my pen. While so much has been rattled and shaken - writing became my way to make sense of it all, and a source of comfort.

On the eve of Pessah 1944, in Bergen-Belsen, two rabbis, Rabbi Aaron Davids and Rabbi Avraham Levison, confronted an unbearable question: What does one do when the Torah itself cannot be kept?