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Voters arrive at a polling station beside Likud campaign posters depicting Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump and a Democrats banner featuring Yair Golan during Israel's general election in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Yedidia Stern

Nobody won Israel’s election. That could be a victory for everybody

A broad coalition of political rivals could tackle threats to the country’s security, democracy and international standing

A sticker in Ashdod proclaims 'Nitzahon muhlat,' complete victory - during the Swords of Iron war, in 2024. (Wikipedia)

Donniel Hartman

‘Dayenu’: The lesson of this election

We need to let go of the anger, righteousness, and certainty that have pulled us in opposite directions, or we’re in for perpetual civil war

Jewish refugees on board the Josiah Wedgwood as the ship arrives at Haifa on 1 July 1946 (Ronald Wilfred Gregory, Imperial War Museum, catalogue reference E 31953)

Vivien Kalvaria

The forgotten voyage to Palestine aboard the Josiah Wedgwood

They survived Hitler, only to find British destroyers blocking their path to a new life. Among the 1,257 refugees was my future mother-in-law

Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, left, testifies about her ordeal in the concentration camps Ravensbruck and Auschwitz at the International Military Tribunals in Nuremberg, 1946. Erika Mann, at right, returned to Germany to cover the Nuremberg trials after fleeing the country in 1933. (National Archives, College Park, Maryland; Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection)

Natalie Livingstone

At Nuremberg, women helped deliver justice. Men got the credit

They stood up to Nazi leaders, documented the Holocaust and helped secure convictions. Then history largely wrote them out of the story of the Nuremberg tribunal

US Sailors participate in a Shabbat service aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the US Central Command area of responsibility, April 2025. (Official US Navy photo)

Scott Klein

Sitting by the open tent flap

Abraham didn’t wait for someone else to welcome the travelers. Neither can we, especially in places where one warm handshake makes the difference between belonging and isolation

Israeli journalist Ben Caspit in Tel Aviv, July 14, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Eitan Chikli

‘Break the promises’: When Israel’s watchdogs become the advocates

When journalists urge politicians to abandon their campaign commitments, they cross the line from holding power accountable to helping it evade accountability

Training review book. (Debra Weiner)

Debra Weiner-Solomont

Tuesday night at the ICC-Binyanei Hauma: More than counting votes

Hundreds of us, with different backgrounds and beliefs, processed election materials in the wee hours, committed to doing our part for democracy

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Nov 2, 2026, 10:15 AM

The BBC has a problem with Jews

{Photo: Alexander Svensson / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0. Cropped from original}

The Economist Intelligence Unit and Freedom House come with divergent, if not opposite ideological baggage: the former is UK-based and liberal-leaning; the latter US-based and distinctly more conservative. Yet they agree on one thing: the Middle East is the...

Nov 2, 2026, 10:12 AM

Three Officials Must Go

Removing the Knesset Speaker and the heads of the Shin Bet and Mossad is essential to restoring institutional independence and public trust in Israel. If Gadi Eisenkot becomes Israel’s next prime minister, he will face an urgent task that leaves...

Paul Mendlowitz

Nov 2, 2026, 6:16 AM

The Trumpian Looting Begins: What Happens When Trump Loses Congress?

There is a frightening possibility that the most dangerous period of Donald Trump's presidency may not be behind us, but directly ahead. If Republicans lose control of the House on Tuesday, November 3, and perhaps even the Senate, America...

Nov 2, 2026, 6:15 AM

Sara’s Elevation

The death of Sara, follows the story of the “binding of Isaac.” Rashi explains that when she was told that her beloved son was placed on the altar as a sacrifice, her soul left her and she passed away. The...

Nov 2, 2026, 6:14 AM

Nitsana Darshan Leitner, Founder of Shurat HaDin hosts 3rd Annual NYC Conference

Yesterday I had the honor of attending the third annual conference of 'Rage Against the Hate' hosted by my dear friend and Israel advocate Nitsan Darshan Leitner and her Organization Shurat HaDin. The Organization gathers lawyers, security...

Nov 2, 2026, 6:13 AM

Arab Sovereignty Accepted, Jewish Sovereignty Denied

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI )

The inconvenient truth about borders, independence, colonialism, and the selective outrage surrounding the Jewish State. Why is the establishment of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and other Middle Eastern states generally accepted as legitimate, while Israel's independence is still portrayed as a...

Shelly Steinwurtzel

Nov 2, 2026, 4:55 AM

When Fear Makes Us Certain

By Drs. Shelly Steinwurtzel and Jessica Zmood This week, Americans will vote in midterm elections that both parties are framing as a fight for the nation's survival. Across Europe, protests have spilled into riots in city after city. On both...

Nov 2, 2026, 4:11 AM

My New Zionist Guitar And Post Election Thoughts

Howdy and shalom once again. I send special greetings to my friends in Israel who have just gone through one of the most tumultuous and momentous election campaigns. Results are still mixed but are sorting themselves out. Despite the many...

Nov 2, 2026, 4:01 AM

After November 3, World War III Is Three Decisions Away

Three capitals. Three decisions. And a chain of consequences that could turn another American strike on Iran into something far more dangerous than the war already underway. The first decision belongs to Washington. The second to Tehran. The third to...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Nov 2, 2026, 3:22 AM

Open AI related death – Risk(s) of sycophantic AI.

The Dangerous Machine That Tells You What You Want to Hear What happens when artificial intelligence stops challenging your assumptions and starts amplifying them? A recent wrongful-death lawsuit against OpenAI illustrates a disturbing failure mode that academic researchers have been...

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