In mid-October, an opportunity, quite spontaneously, arose to bring the young Israeli Omer and the Palestinian Faten, thirty years his...
The attempt to understand the US campaign and election for president has become a spectator sport with deep undertones and...
Following the pager attacks and the death of Hassan Nassrallah, violence has escalated in the Middle East. Hezbollah is supporting the Palestinian Hamas. Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, speaks of self-defense. Can calm ever return to a situation in which revenge is the driving force? Somewhat naively, I end up...
Two daughters died in the Middle East conflict. Their fathers, Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan, show how one can find...
Kafka and the Anti-Semitism of 2024. On the 100th Anniversary of the Writer’s Death. I have no mandate and am...
In recent months, student protests against the Israel-Palestine War have emerged on university campuses, first in the United States, then in Europe and other countries. This wave of youth uprisings has been met with criticism, but what lies behind the division? Seeing images of these protests, we are reminded of...
The coronavirus pandemic brought about an unusual and, for many, uncomfortable combination of two very different aspects of life: medicine...
Because of our consciousness, human beings are not a will-less “part” of nature, but its responsible, guiding partner. The future...
Young Hamlet cries, “The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!” He wants to set the times right, to take up his responsibility, and, with this step, he inwardly transforms from prince to king. This seems to be a symptom...
Helmy Abouleish, CEO of SEKEM in Egypt, was invited to speak at the recent Global Forum for Food and Agriculture....
Antarctica is under human protection, but human-induced climate disruption is undermining this endeavour. The melting of the ice-shelf, now categorised...
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