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As We Leave Egypt and Covid, We Cannot Simply ‘Go Back’ To the Past (Passover 5781)
If you have a European or Middle Eastern heritage and you grow up in the Southern Hemisphere, you suffer from permanent cognitive...


Overcoming the Revival of 'Hamanism' (Purim 5781)
Ridiculousness is one of the central characteristics of Purim. On this holiday, we are not afraid to be silly and absurd. We don funny...


Defying Entropy (Tu Bishvat 5781)
It takes just 13 seconds to chop down a tree with an ax. If you must know, New Zealander David Bolstad holds the world record of...


Lighting a Path into the Future (Hanukkah 5781)
Sorry to break it to you, but Hanukkah is not that unique. Almost every culture has a midwinter holiday in which light is the main...


'Memento Mori': The Unpleasant Reminder That Makes Us Better People (Yom Kippur 5781)
Rome’s highest honor for its military leaders was the triumph. It was an extravagant and lavish affair in which the triumphator, wearing...


The Rosh Hashanah-Quantum Connection (Rosh Hashanah 5781)
According to physicist Carlo Rovelli, the most radical discovery of quantum mechanics is this: Things don’t have concrete existence, but...


To Confront Cancel Culture on Left and Right, Take a Page from the Talmud (Tisha Be'av 5780)
The Talmud, the Jewish people’s greatest work of collective genius, is the direct consequence of the destruction of Jerusalem and its...


What Would Moses Say? Of Nietzsche, Hitler and the Freedom to Hurt Others (Shavuot 5780)
Nietzsche is probably one of the most misunderstood and manipulated philosophers in history. The most pernicious manipulation of him was...


What We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself (Passover 5780)
Pantaphobia is a very rare medical condition in which the patient feels absolutely no fear. Thanks to a middle-aged American woman known...


Of Masks and Plagues (Purim 5780)
Time has a knack for irony. The last of Chronos’ practical jokes: making us celebrate a holiday in which we disguise ourselves, in the...


Drowning in a Flood of Instant Gratification (Tu Bishvat 5780)
Stav Harari and Dean Shoshani, both 25, had just started their lives together in a new apartment in the colorful Hatikvah Quarter in...


The Decline and Fall of Every Revolution (Hanukkah 5780)
22 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev found himself in a situation he never imagined he’d be in: broke. This was the man who had led a world...


What Israel Can Learn from the Hasmoneans
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Israel is locked in conflict over how to treat non-Jewish people living in the land. Stark divisions...


At Home in the World? (Sukkot 5780)
Until now, I’ve always felt at home in the world. I have lived in five different countries and visited close to a hundred. I’ve always...


Wake me up when it's all over. (Yom Kippur 5780)
Far from shore or any other vessel, the people on a small sailboat found themselves surrounded by sharks, just as something pierced a...


Only the Mediocre Can Save the World (Rosh Hashanah 5780)
I’ve seen the creation of the world on live TV. No, I really have; and you probably have too, many times, without realizing it. Remember...


Condensing Our Victimhood (Tisha Be’Av 5779)
One feels as if there has been a conscious attempt to minimize the days of mourning and sadness in the calendar, packing as much grief...


How Not to Become a Beer (Shavuot 5779)
A lost tribe, a brand of beer, the history and future of Jewish resilience, and how Shavuot explains it all. The Quilmes, a nation...


The Messenger Who Can't Speak (Pesach 5779)
Do you think that leaders who are assertive, self-assured, speak clearly, and “call a spade a spade” are better leaders? Think twice....


From Shushan to Sarajevo (Purim 5779)
A 19-year-old boy was arguably the most influential person in the 20th century and, most probably, you’ve never heard of him. His name...


Did Judaism Wreck the Planet? (Tu Bishvat 5779)
Antisemites think Jews cause everything bad. We’re to blame for capitalism and communism, ethnocentric nationalism and rootless...


Rivers, Rain, and Morality (Sukkot 5779)
Is there a relationship between Israel’s dependence on rain and the traits and values we developed as a people? Golda Meir famously...


Apes and Angels (Rosh Hashanah 5779)
We’re still in the Stone Age. Or rather, our minds are. I’m not kidding. The human brain has evolved very little since we were...


Third Time’s a Charm? Tisha Be'Av 5778
Whenever the Jews have had sovereignty in their land, they have messed up and lost it. Traditional Judaism has an obsession with...
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