Should we look upon the 21st century with optimistic hope or with fatalistic trepidation? Is the world and our society heading towards a wonder-filled new age, or toward a doomsday? Or are both ...

Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, the Rav of Brisk, wonders why this verse appears in Parshat Beshalach, when we speak about the ...

The Doctrine of Discovery, another tragic example, asserted a divine right for Christian nations to conquer and colonize non-Christian lands. The devastating consequences—colonialism, exploitation, ...

From the blog of Gil Mildar at The Times of Israel ...

Many strategic analysts make a mistake by reducing Iran solely to its Persian identity, failing to highlight the ethnic ...

In Jewish tradition, names have power. A name can shape a person’s fate, reflect their character, or honor a legacy. For us, ...

Business culture in the West differs fundamentally from that in the East. In the West, business comes first, and friendships ...

Émile Durkheim was a son of a son of a rabbi. This legacy traced back eight generations and he himself was in a yeshiva ...

Perhaps the most powerful moment in the verdict came when Judge Sezer explicitly declared: “ Antisemitism is not an opinion! ...

The Tkuma Law is a step in the right direction, but mechanisms are needed that encourage investments to drive economic growth ...

Moscow saw an opportunity to remake the global order in its own image -- in which values are irrelevant, alliances are fluid, ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman insists the kingdom will only establish diplomatic relations with Israel if it ...