Philosophy

In a season of joy, rethinking happiness: Lessons from the tightrope

“Stability is, in many ways, an illusion. Like a tightrope walker, we do not truly stand still - we remain upright by constantly adjusting and searching for balance.”
The Writer's wedding invitation from 1955, to take place in Melbourne’s St. Kilda  Synagogue.

Wedding invitation from 1955: A stroll through cherished memories - opinion

A businessman is seen working alongside a team of robots in this illustrative image of artificial intelligence.

Forget the robot apocalypse: AI's future is in teamwork, not superintelligence - opinion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 15, 2026.

How Netanyahu's Israel is a betrayal of early Zionism - opinion


A famed French-Jewish philosopher is afraid to leave his home

Unlike most countries, France makes celebrities out of intellectual heroes. They’re revered, quoted and featured regularly on primetime television and even in film.

People attend a national gathering to protest antisemitism and the rise of antisemitic attacks in the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, February 19, 2019. The writing on the sign reads: "Antisemitism, islamophobia, racism - not in our name"

Reading Kant by the refrigerator light

JEWISH HISTORY is the story of the engaged prophet, rabbi, philosopher and mystic.

A YOUNG immigrant from Ethiopia waits upon his arrival at Ben-Gurion in 2012

Talking about philosophy in Tel Aviv

Some 100 speakers will engage audiences in all-night discussions ranging from linguistic justice to Jews leaving France, at the 5th Tel Aviv Night of Philosophy tomorrow.

A RAPT AUDIENCE at the Tel Aviv Night of Philosophy.

Did this ancient Jewish scholar introduce the world to pizza?

Before the leaven could rise, a new scholarly sub-field was born.

Pizza

Kli Yakar: Torah’s defender of the poor

The author of the Kli Yakar commentary – “kli yakar” is the “precious object” of wise speech in Proverbs 20:15 – exposed the hypocrisy of the wealthy.

A STONE offering box for the poor at a synagogue. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

Banned for decades, philosophy to be introduced into Saudi Arabian classrooms

One concern is that philosophical thinking will be taught in ways that reinforce prevailing religious doctrines.

SECONDARY STUDENTS sit for an exam in a government school in Riyadh.

Center Field: To reinvigorate Zionism, ‘Z3’ should build ‘identity Zionism’ first

Thankfully, the Z3 Conference didn’t degenerate into the III, the Israel Indignation Industry, where liberals lament Israel’s sins, while conservatives bemoan the world’s hatred.

American Jews [Illustrative]

ETHICS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Keep the change?

But what if the person who lost the object isn’t a human being but just a corporation? Corporations are owned by collections of human beings – the shareholders.

THE FACT that on other occasions you may have been given too little change also offers no excuse.

Finding a universal truth

Ken Krimstein’s graphic memoir of Hannah Arendt offers a rose-colored view of the philosopher’s work.

KEN KRIMSTEIN

Freud in Jerusalem

The focal point of the Freud of the Rings exhibition at the Israel Museum are six intriguing rings.

The last ring worn by Freud