Curtailing U.S. energy production forces the world to buy oil and gas from countries like Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, which have abysmal human-rights records, low environmental standards and high carbon emissions. It doesn’t have to be this way.

The biggest risk is if the US and Europe respond to this crisis by over-investing in the future of fossil fuels… It doesn’t achieve energy independence. But it would lock the world onto a dangerous path for climate change.

In the 21st century, there is no reason why wars should be fought for and fueled by oil and gas anymore. Thanks to enormous leaps in technology, with the right policies in place, clean, renewable energy can provide most of our energy needs.

Our cultural response to the crisis in Ukraine is a perfect example of this tendency to overcorrect. What began as a reasonable and necessary effort to punish Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and pressure the Russian population into demanding an end to his war has become a hysterical overreaction.

The West has rediscovered its voice. Faced with the raw, primitive onslaught by Russia against a flawed but aspiring democracy like Ukraine, the free world has been aroused. America and liberal societies in general can often look and act dumb and divided — until they aren’t.

Vladimir Putin’s cruel war in Ukraine must be forcefully resisted, including with tough sanctions. But it is important to remember a simple truth: Although we are waging a righteous battle against Vladimir Putin, we are not at war with the Russian people. Acting as if we are is as immoral as it is counterproductive.

True, our goal is to help each and every Jew, but if we distinguish between one kind of blood to another now, it might lead to the shedding of Jewish blood in the future… Israel must minimize encouraging aliyah without giving it up…

For the past 20 years [.] Jewish organizations had to adjust to a reality – perhaps the first in Jewish history — of a world in which there were no captive Jewish communities… One of the shocks of Russia’s war on Ukraine, on top of the kind of aggression we haven’t seen in Europe since the end of World War II, is the realization that once again Jews are in harm’s way or on the run.

A country that never stops reminding the world that many countries didn’t help Jewish refugees during World War II has failed again and again at absorbing refugees itself.

Bennett asked for humanitarian corridors to be established, which would enable civilians to safely flee the war. He also requested that Russian Jews wishing to immigrate to Israel, be allowed to do so after Russia banned the withdrawal of foreign currency – a move that would affect the ability of Jews to leave.

That Bennett, Israel’s first Orthodox prime minister, flew to Moscow on the Shabbat underlined his conviction that his mission has the potential to save lives — and thus to take precedence, in accordance with Jewish religious law, over Sabbath observance.

Bennett put himself in the spotlight by making this trip. He reportedly had the blessing of the US administration and it is encouraging to see the prime minister making an effort where other leaders fear to tread.

Many have blamed media coverage for being excessively negative, focusing too often on soaring prices rather than soaring job growth. This could certainly play a role.

But inflation is bad.

…there’s a huge disconnect between economic reality, which is mixed — inflation is a big concern, but job growth has been terrific — and public perceptions, which are weirdly dismal.

The people believe that there is a connection between spending and inflation, and the administrations’ argument that its legislative agenda is anti-inflationary has fallen flat.

“The New Black,” an Israeli TV show that depicts Haredi yeshiva boys like you’ve never seen them before, is now playing on the new ChaiFlicks streaming platform… It’s a Haredi combination of the best characters from “Entourage” set in an institution as proud as the one in “Scent of a Woman.” The stern Rabbi Ashi Spitzer (Rotem Keinan) runs the place with the intensity of The Trunchbull from “Matilda.”

Jewish actor Henry Winkler will star in a new show on Israeli television in Hebrew and English that is being called a “U.S.-Israel crossover” series.

In “Chansi,” the man who brought us beloved characters like Fonzie from “Happy Days” will play the father of a haredi Orthodox woman who leaves her community in Brooklyn for Israel.

Starring Fauda’s Lior Raz, this Netflix-funded thriller set in Tel Aviv and New York was canceled despite a gripping first season finale cliffhanger. We enjoyed it even knowing the mysteries wouldn’t be resolved. Raz plays a tour guide trying to get to the bottom of who killed his American-born wife.