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Message from the Director on the Two-Year Anniversary of October 7th
The horrific attack perpetrated by Hamas and its allies two years ago today, will forever be seared in our memories. The deaths of some 1200 Israelis along with the kidnapping of…
October 7, 2025
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Professor Matt Levitt for The Washington Institute: “External Non-State Actors as a Source of Instability in West Africa: Hezbollah and Wagner/Africa Corps”
Both Hezbollah and Russia’s Wagner Group/Africa Corps are entrenched causes of insecurity in West Africa. Therefore, any new strategic planning for the region must take their…
October 4, 2025
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Yom Kippur 5786
When the Jerusalem Temple still stood, the rituals to be performed on Yom Kippur had two central figures and two specific places. First, the High Priest, and only he, was…
October 3, 2025
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Rosh Hashanah 5786
Rosh Hashanah, whose literal translation from Hebrew is the “head” or “beginning” of a newyear, is connected to b’reshit, “in the beginning,&; …
October 3, 2025
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Professor Ori Soltes co-produces “A Sacred Piece of Home: Washington, D.C.” documentary
A SACRED PIECE OF HOME: WASHINGTON D:C. is a documentary series about places ofworship in the D.C. Area. Four half-hour episodes explore the D.C. area’s history throughselected…
September 24, 2025
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Professor Bruce Hoffman Receives Honorary Degree from the University of St. Andrews for Contributions to Terrorism Studies and Security Policy
Professor Bruce Hoffman has been awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of St Andrews. The Senatus Academicus voted unanimously to recognize his…
September 22, 2025
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Hiroshima, 90 Years Later: In divine dress or naked again?
The Hebrew Bible certainly has three main protagonists in its 24 books: God, the people of Israel, and humanity in general. The ancient Israelites and their Jewish descendants…
September 12, 2025
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The Passover Haggadah: Reflections for Pesach and Easter 5785 / 2025
The foundational event that transformed the Benei Israel into a people was their liberation from Egypt and the reception of the Torah on Mount Sinai (Deuteronomy 27:9; b.…
September 12, 2025
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When a Friend Leaves …
As soon as he was elected Pope, Francis called me on the phone and gave me the email address we could use to keep in touch with each other. From that day in March 2013 until now,…
September 12, 2025
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Professor Matthew Levitt for The Washington Institute: “Spy Versus Spy: Iran’s Playbook for Espionage in Israel”
Tehran’s recruitment of Israelis for military surveillance, sabotage, assassination plots, and other operations is on the rise, showing how the shadow war between the two…
September 2, 2025