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Josh Fine

What Boy George taught me about being Jewish

The man in sequins has refused to let the dominant culture push him to trade truth for acceptance over more than 40 years. No wonder he ‘stands with the Jews’!

(Pixabay)

Pnina Omer

A woman’s own free will: On the sanctity of the marriage covenant

A healthy marriage means choosing each other anew every day – where turning consent into a mechanism for subjugation warps its very essence (Chayei Sarah)

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Leah Stern

The nasty woman in my neighborhood

It began with cleaning up after my dog. It continued when she yelled at me and my kids. It ended when I gave up the grudge I nursed until I learned how wrong I’d been

Magen David Adom emergency vehicles at the scene of a suspected murder in Petah Tikva, November 2, 2026 (Magen David Adom)

17 women murdered. We cannot accept an 18th victim

Before another woman is killed by a family member, Israel’s next government – and its men – must take responsibility for preventing violence

US aid to Israel costs 4 pints of Guinness a year

Americans pay a pittance. Israel pays with its strategic independence. It’s time to end the arrangement

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addresses thousands of supporters, gathered in the Tel Aviv Municipality plaza. Rabin was assassinated on his way home from the rally, on November 4, 1995. (Wikipedia)

Yoav Ende

Rabin’s legacy: We must carve a path through our deep disagreements

He modeled the struggle for peace within, with our neighbors, and for the sake of our children’s security – and we can follow in his footsteps without falling apart

Ra'am chair Mansour Abbas (L) stands alongside Yoav Segalovitz stage following the release of exit poll results in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, October 27, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Is racism keeping Arab parties out of Israel’s government?

The divide between Jewish and Arab parties is rooted in national conflict and mutual distrust. Overcoming it requires more than invoking democratic rights

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Nov 6, 2026, 6:08 PM

The Party of the Last Day

Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. with House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senator Ben Cardin, 24 July 2024. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Winston Churchill won the war and lost the election. In July 1945, weeks after victory in Europe, Britons voted out the man who had saved them. Labour’s Clement Attlee did not win by calling Churchill a bad man. He...

Nov 6, 2026, 6:04 PM

Isaac and Prayer (Chayei Sarah, Covenant & Conversation)

One scene in this week’s sedra has left a mark on Jewish law. Abraham has sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac. He finds Rebecca, and brings her back with him. The first glimpse she has of...

William Hamilton

Nov 6, 2026, 6:04 PM

Surmounting Challenges

How did David defeat Goliath? Judah Taub in his terrific new book, Moonshots for Israel, suggests a fresh answer. David found a way to make Goliath’s powers irrelevant. Fascinating. Let’s bookmark this insight. Only two biblical personalities are associated with...

Aaron T. Walter

Nov 6, 2026, 6:03 PM

The Arithmetic Against the Apartheid Charge

Israel’s Arab-led parties won a record 19 of the Knesset’s 120 seats on 27 October. On Thursday they recommended Gadi Eisenkot to President Herzog, which brought his total to 67 recommendations against 46 for Benjamin Netanyahu. A minority said...

Nov 6, 2026, 6:01 PM

Israel’s Democracy Defies Expectations

Three years after October 7, Israel has endured war, national trauma and bitter political divisions. Yet its election has revealed a society more resilient, more politically complex and more capable of democratic renewal than either its fiercest critics or...

Nov 6, 2026, 5:56 PM

Eshkol: Where Israel’s Food Grows and Families Heal

Three years after October 7, the farmers and hosts of the western Negev are opening their greenhouses, glamping tents and a former ostrich farm to families. Most of the vegetables on Israeli tables start out in the Eshkol Regional Council,...

Yuval Feinstein

Nov 6, 2026, 5:53 PM

Israel’s anti-Netanyahu bloc built its own walls. Now it needs gates

A coalition Rashomon Since election night, everyone has been reading the same numbers differently. Netanyahu’s bloc fell from 64 seats to 53. The four Zionist opposition parties, known as the Change bloc, won 48, and the Arab parties won a...

Nov 6, 2026, 5:24 PM

The End of Jewish Influence in the USA

The results are in and the big losers were the GOP. Just kidding. It was us. I don’t mean that Republicans did well. They got wiped out, and watching it was about as much fun as I have had since my refrigerator...

Freddie Russell

Nov 6, 2026, 5:20 PM

Kazakhstan, one year on: The Abraham Accords beyond the Middle East

A year ago today, on 6th November 2025, Donald Trump announced that Kazakhstan would join the Abraham Accords, the first country from outside the Arab world to do so. The announcement came as President Trump hosted the leaders of the...

Nov 6, 2026, 5:17 PM

I Will Never Forget You

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.” (Psalm 137:5–6) I...

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