What do we do when life suddenly forces us to come to a standstill? Why do we so often experience pausing as a punishment rather than as a protected space?
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Thoughts for Shabbat
It does not operate solely according to traditional cost-benefit analysis. Concepts such as endurance, resistance, martyrdom and Islamic legitimacy play a central role in decision-making.
If it were not for the Fall and the banishing of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, there would have been no need for a way back to God. But there is such a need.
With Israeli elections set for this fall, “we don’t want to act politically” in halting the agreement governing the EU-Israel relationship, Dubravka Šuica tells JNS.
There are moments in history when politics, war, and faith overlap so dangerously that even sober strategists speak of a possible global conflagration.
President Trump should have ignored Pope Leo’s comments, and non-Catholics should respect the papacy’s symbolism. But treating Iran as morally equivalent to Israel or America is still wrong.
It’s another clear case of light versus darkness, and we should repent of our indifference.
A handful of Democrats voted against the motions, as did every Senate Republican, further demonstrating that Israel is no longer a bipartisan issue.
The change in power in Hungary is shifting the balance in Brussels—but a unified sanctions policy remains unlikely.
