As we step into the last week of the year 2025, it is hard not to pause and reflect back. The year 2025 was both turbulent and transformational. It moved so fast that there was hardly any time to ...

Today marks the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that shook the nation and changed the world. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day in New York City, Arlington County, ...

Both are tragic, and both changed the world. From that broad perspective, some of the lessons gleaned from Wolf’s experience in the aftermath of 9/11 apply today. A key one is who we are considering ...

“Even a dog knows its master — and who the enemy is”. This Khmer proverb speaks to instinct, loyalty, and clarity — qualities so fundamental that even animals possess them. Yet in Cambodia’s political ...

Indeed, our haftarah does something remarkable: It names names. Not just heroes but absentees. Not just those who fought but those who consciously chose not to. After Israel’s defeat of the Canaanite ...

What we learn in school comes in part, and perhaps the smaller part, through the manifest curriculum. We first learn skills—how to read and write and do arithmetic—and then we begin the long process ...