Cultural Survival and Repair

We have always lived with trouble. Wars have come and gone. Economies have risen and fallen. Nations have struggled, leaders have disappointed, and uncertainty has always shadowed human life. Yet something feels different today. The unease many people carry is no longer simply concern about particular problems. It is the growing sense that the world

There are moments when the world no longer appears merely troubled, but dangerously unrestrained. Not in theory—but in what we see unfolding. Naval forces gather in narrow waterways where a single miscalculation could ripple across the global economy. War continues in Eastern Europe, grinding forward without resolution, only accumulation. Rival powers position themselves across regions

There are moments in history when a system reveals itself—not gradually, but all at once, through the elevation of a single individual. The rise of Donald Trump was not an accident. It was the product of a society already strained—distrustful of institutions, fatigued by political theater, and increasingly alienated from the very structures meant to

The Jewish people, perhaps more than any other group in human history, have stood at the intersection of suffering, survival, and significance. They have been exiled, expelled, scapegoated, massacred, admired, envied, and imitated. Their historical arc is not merely a saga of persecution and persistence but a philosophical mirror to civilization itself. In this moment

Return to Articles I want to begin by saying a word about who I am, and why I am speaking to you now. I am an 85-year-old, relatively introverted man who, like many of you, has spent his lifetime observing, wondering, questioning—looking at the world and trying to make sense of what we are doing

Return to Articles Drafted in the Ashes, for the Generations to Come I. We Begin With Silence Let the old slogans fall from our lips.Let the loud ones wait.Let us listen—not to those who once ruled, but to the quiet:   – The farmers.   – The midwives.   – The teachers no one filmed.   – The forests

The conflict now unfolding between the United States, Israel, and Iran is often described as a geopolitical struggle—another clash of interests, weapons, and alliances in a troubled region. But events like these rarely arise from strategy alone. Beneath the calculations of governments lies a deeper current shaped by memory, identity, and emotion. Nations carry their