The drone strike on Sunday against the Golani Brigade training base in Regavim in central Israel is the worst attack of its kind by Hezbollah since the war began over a year ago.

[The strike] highlighted how Hezbollah retains the ability to hurt Israel despite devastating Israeli attacks on its leadership and infrastructure. It also pointed up Israel’s defensive shortcomings…

The IDF says it eliminated a top commander in Hezbollah’s aerial unit who was responsible for launching drones at Israel for both intelligence-gathering and attack purposes.

…the Iranian regime appears to have misread the conflict between the Hamas terror group and Israel. It saw Israel’s failure to quickly defeat Hamas as a sign of its own military strength. This was a strategic miscalculation, ignoring the complexities of asymmetric warfare.

Khamenei holds his nation hostage to a doctrine that courts the conflict it also seeks to avoid. Iran needs to make a historic shift if it is to avert a disastrous war that few Iranians want—and begin building a better future instead.

Yoram Ettinger, head of Second Thought: A U.S.-Israel Initiative and a former Israeli ambassador, makes the case that the Islamic Republic poses such a threat to the free world that regime change is the only logical solution.

I now believe that the threat facing the Jewish people is more insidious than internal division alone. Throughout our history, we have learned that baseless hatred led to the destruction of Israel and the Temples.

But I recently heard a profound insight from American-Israeli journalist Yossi Klein Halevi: Baseless hatred was not the cause, but rather the consequence of weak and corrupt Jewish leadership.

The threats of Iran, the possible reaction of Hezbollah and the continued fighting in the south are all parts of what we have to face. But I’m very much concerned that there are quite a few Israelis — mostly in the territories now occupied by the State of Israel, in the West Bank — settlers that became messianic, extreme right-wingers, that believe that we have to get rid of the Palestinians living in the territories.

Iran’s plan to acquire an atomic bomb is not an end in itself but a means. It is part of Tehran’s vision of wiping Israel off the map. Along the way, Iranian proxy forces, an existential threat in every respect, are being deployed. A lack of Israeli initiative will only bring us closer to war.

Snap out of it, Democrats. Take a deep breath and stop hyperventilating. Vice President Kamala Harris has maintained a consistent lead in the national polls, and there is no way anyone can be certain which way the swing states are swinging until the votes are counted. Stop all the doomscrolling and go win the election.

The question is whether Harris can enthuse her voters as much as the Biden administration’s failures enliven her opponents. That question gets at the root of Democratic anxiety. Kamala Harris is a bad candidate. That is no earth-shattering revelation.

Some of this perhaps can just be chalked up to normal Democratic nerves ahead of what looks like it could be among the closest presidential elections in history. Either way, it’s nerve-racking for Democrats.

There is no confirmation that Optimus can speak or verbally interact with humans, but the intention seems to be for it to respond to verbal commands as its capabilities evolve. Tesla’s focus has been more on the robot’s physical autonomy and task execution within controlled environments, such as factories.

…it was mostly just a show.

It’s obvious when you watch the videos from the event, of course. If Optimus really was a fully autonomous machine that could immediately react to verbal and visual cues while talking, one-on-one, to human beings in a dimly lit crowd, that would be mind-blowing.

I confess, I’m terrified about where AI is headed. Let’s just assume for a moment that there’s a little bit of showmanship going on with these robots here, and that they are not fully AI. Well, probably in the not-so distant future, this will be actually how robots are.

When Hamas attacked Israel last Oct. 7, the world changed. The massacre had an impact on the hearts, minds and experiences of Jews everywhere.

Zibby Owens’ new anthology, “On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates” is a window into that experience.

Jonah has emerged from the depths in the latest brilliantly-rendered modern artistic midrash from Jordan Gorfinkel and Koren Publishers. Following graphic novel versions of the Passover Haggadah and the Scroll of Esther comes the story of that unfriendly neighborhood Israelite prophet, known for running from the divine commandment to relay a message of repentance to Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian empire.

The true essence of brit milah is learning — limmud — to peel away the outer layers of perception to become aware of the concealed unity of the One Creator. Brit milah is a gift given to learn the wisdom of Torah and to learn how to see God’s reflection in the eyes of each person and to treat them with honour.