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


Maimonides and his perplexing Guide of the Perplexed

His magnum opus, the Guide of the Perplexed, remains the most influential attempt to reconcile Judaism’s sacred texts with scientific truths.

The Rambam

Pay mindfulness forward

How much of my overall experience was not feeling well? Ten percent? Why should I let just one element, already in the minority, define the entire weekend?

Illustrative photo

IN PLAIN LANGUAGE: Jews and cruise

I contemplate both how small and powerless we humans are... yet how far Man can go in captivating and controlling our world

‘I HAVE always been amazed at the large number of Jews who frequent cruise ship

Joy to the world

Musician Yaron Cohen presents a multimedia 'message'.

Musician Yaron Cohen

A toolkit in the search for meaning

Landau touched on many topics, including arguments for both the meaningfulness and meaninglessness of life, the role of religion, and running up against the world’s imperfections.

THE SCULPTURE ‘Le Penseur’ (The Thinker, 1903) by French sculptor Auguste Rodin is seen in the garden of the Musée Rodin in Paris

11th-century Egyptian Haggada unveiled

Unearthing Jewish lives in the Middle Ages.

THIS HAGGADA follows the Eretz Yisrael tradition of Judaism, which disappeared from the world around the 12th century.

The rite of circumcision

'The remarkable capacity of the Jewish nation to outlive all its enemies may quite well be the result of this small physical intervention.'

Protesters wearing overalls daubed with red paint on the genital area demonstrate against male circumcision in 2012 in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

What artificial intelligence can tell us about morality

What does Judaism say about morals, and how does this intersect with ever-changing technology?

A Lynx robot with Amazon Alexa integration on display in Las Vegas.

Tribute to a late mentor: How a teacher activated philosophy

The spirit of my teacher exhorts me to be an activist for balance and moderation. I hope many others will join in this.

MEMORIES OF a mentor from college.

Israeli academic named head of international philosophy body

Dr. Arie Kizel will serve as the president of the International Council for Philosophical Inquiry with Children for two years.

Prof. Arie Kizel