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A woman watches as Palestinians retrieve items from the rubble of a destroyed building following overnight Israeli army bombardment on al-Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Gaza’s women get lost in the argument about them

Girls are being handed to older men and women forced to trade sex for food. But instead of trying to protect them, we debate which side is to blame

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Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

After the fall, will Iran be free or just different?

The country I loved was the people, the language, the mountains… What will it take to bring it back and not risk suffering under a post-Islamic Republic regime?

Troops of the Golani Brigade's Reconnaissance Unit operate at the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published on May 31, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Benjamin Lau

Easy to enter, hard to leave: Israel’s return to Lebanon

With Israelis divided sharply for decades over an IDF presence in Lebanon, leaders must explain the war’s objectives to win the people’s necessary support

US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Yedidia Stern

Get off the Trumpoline

Israel is the ‘bestie’ of the king of the world. For now. But that comes at a price, and the Jewish state must put itself first for the long-term

The scene where a missile fired from Lebanon toward Israel caused damage in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, May 30, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Mooli Lahad

Northern Israelis are paying the price for their resilience

The longer residents showed their ability to cope with life under fire, the more politicians felt free to abandon them

The annual Tel Aviv Pride parade (Courtesy LGBTQ Center Tel Aviv)

Abe Gurko

When Jewish Heritage Month meets Gay Pride Month

To be honest, the latter is a total drag

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Guy Lurie

The AG bill threatens one of Israel’s key democratic safeguards

The law would turn an independent watchdog into a political appointee, eroding one of the few remaining checks on executive power

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Jun 4, 2026, 11:27 PM

For Father’s Day: My Dad’s Life of Curiosity and Hospitality

The author's family photographed in 1968: Steven, Michele, Dorothy, Janet, Howard Braun. Photo courtesy of the author.

My father really enjoyed Hadassah Magazine. As a dyslexic, he read slowly and also very carefully. As an intelligent individual, he had a significant vocabulary and particularly appreciated well-written and well-thought-out articles. I suspect he read each issue more...

Jun 4, 2026, 11:21 PM

Kosovo and Somaliland: Two Paths to Statehood

Kosovo and Somaliland present two of the most compelling modern cases of self‑determination, offering sharply contrasting models of state formation and international recognition. Both emerged from violent conflicts and now function as de facto states, yet their diplomatic outcomes...

Jun 4, 2026, 11:16 PM

A Blind Spot I Have Begun to Notice

Recently, during a Brookline, Massachusetts Town Meeting debate about commemorating Brookline residents who were killed on September 11, a speaker warned about the dangers of Islamophobia. I agreed with him. After 9/11, many innocent Muslim Americans experienced suspicion, hostility, and...

Jun 4, 2026, 11:11 PM

Pandemics and other biases

A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a disease affecting many people across multiple continents. It is usually caused by a new virus to which most people lack immunity. Ebola and the hantavirus are now in the headlines. In...

Ella Ben Emanuel

Jun 4, 2026, 11:02 PM

We are all sick to death of war

The wars have different names. For most Israelis, they feel like one long war that never ended. As usual, last Sunday I gave Yaakov a ride to our community Hebrew-speaking improv session. For some strange reason, Israeli men seem to...

Alexander Lutsenko

Jun 4, 2026, 10:55 PM

‘For Assistance in the Defense of Kyiv’: Israel’s Ambassador Receives Award

On June 4, 2026, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko met with Israel’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country, and presented him with the city’s badge of honor “For Assistance in the Defense...

Jun 4, 2026, 10:48 PM

At the Word of Hashem – Parsha Beha’alotcha 5786

Numbers 9:23: על פי יהוה יחנו ועל פי יהוה יסעו את משמרת יהוה שמרו על פי יהוה ביד משה "At the Lord's bidding they would encamp, and at the Lord's bidding they would travel; they kept the charge of the...

Jun 4, 2026, 10:46 PM

Through the Eyes of G-d

Israel has always been one of my greatest passions. I love this country in an almost irrational way. Oftentimes, I try to express how I feel, but as anyone fortunate enough to love understands, words will always fall short. I...

Jonathan Muskat

Jun 4, 2026, 10:45 PM

When We Decide the Law No Longer Applies

The disturbing attack this week on Justice Noam Sohlberg's home in Alon Shvut should concern every Israeli and every Jew, regardless of political or religious affiliation. Dozens of draft protesters gathered outside his home, shattered windows, broke flowerpots, smashed...

Gabrielle Bartelse

Jun 4, 2026, 10:42 PM

The Culture of Boycott

When art betrays its own freedom

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