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For years, the European Union avoided talking about designating Hezbollah as a terrorist group, in part because Hezbollah was not blowing up things on the continent. Two cases, one in Bulgaria and one in Cyprus, have changed that, and the EU is finally being forced to reconsider giving Hezbollah a free pass for terrorism. During […]

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There is a famous business concept called caveat emptor (buyer beware). In secular society, as long as a seller does not blatantly lie or actively conceal a defect, it is the full responsibility of the buyer to exercise due diligence and to inspect what is being purchased. Jewish law takes a totally different approach: It […]

I’m not completely sure why I remember this particular episode of my childhood quite so clearly, but I do… One day, when I was in third grade, I went to the supermarket with my mother. While there, we happened upon my English teacher from the Yeshiva where I studied. I remember staring at her, completely […]

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