B"H Esther, a young Jewish woman who becomes a Persian queen, is an unusual biblical heroine.Initially a passive and obedient girl, she follows the instruction of Mordecai, her cousin/adopted father,...

My name is David Joseph Nunes Nabarro, and I am in the process of applying for Portuguese citizenship under the provisions of the Portuguese law introduced in 2015 (Decree-Law 30-A/2015), which can...

“COVID-19 has fuelled anti-Semitism in Europe. We need to take it seriously or risk losing the Jewish community, writes Michael O’Flaherty (2021) Seventy-five years after the liberation of the...

Israel must depend on no foreign power, use savvy to navigate between world powers and be both willing and able to use force when necessary to protect its sovereignty. With fighting raging in Ukraine,...

To untrained eyes such as mine, the distinction between the prelude to war and war itself has largely been lost in the mud of Eastern Ukraine. When this column was submitted, Russian and Ukrainian...

B"H The word chesed means kindness or benevolence. It denotes the unbounded loving-kindness with which G‑d created the world and with which all of creation is permeated, as the verse states, "The...