Human Interest
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Guy Itzhaki is not the kind of man who startles easily. A decorated IDF intelligence officer with more than 27 years of service, he spent his career on the front lines of Israel’s most shadowed threats. He fought in the Second Lebanon War, exposed Hezbollah tunnels along the northern border, tracked Iranian arms smuggling, and […]
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Many of the concepts espoused in the Torah and Jewish tradition seem quintessentially modern, yet go back thousands of years. Here’s a roundup of some ideas that we take for granted today that are an integral part of ancient Jewish wisdom. 1. Monotheism Judaism introduced the powerful notion that one God created and rules the […]
Wikipedia’s co-founder, Jimmy Wales, has declared that an entry on his crowd-sourcing online encyclopedia site is so egregiously anti-Israel that it “fails to meet our high standards and needs immediate attention.” Despite his alarm, over a week has gone by without any change. Wikipedia operates much like a traditional encyclopedia, providing detailed information about a dizzying […]
“Mickie?” I groaned inwardly. Hearing my mother call my name usually meant she needed something. What was it now? Still, I knew her requests were never demands. She was the least demanding person I’ve ever known. But as she aged, she came to rely on me more — physically and emotionally. Needing others had never […]
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Empires rose and fell, but Judaism endured. What's the secret?
