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Adam Brody and Kristen Bell star in Season 3 of "Nobody Wants This," a romantic comedy about a rabbi and his Jewish-curious girlfriend. (Netflix)

Yael Buechler

Is it OK to watch ‘Nobody Wants This’ after Adam Brody said 'genocide'?

The Netflix rom-com about a rabbi and his non-Jewish girlfriend returns with new plotlines — and an off-screen uproar over Israel

Israelis demonstrate for peace in Tel Aviv, September 1978. (Danny Gotfried/IPPA, via the National Library of Israel)

What if the Israel I believed in is no longer the Israel Israelis want?

After nearly 50 years in Israel, I fear that even if Netanyahu is replaced, the country I came here to help build may be beyond restoration

Jewish worshippers pray as they perform Tashlich, a traditional Jewish ritual symbolizing the casting away of sins, during the second day of Rosh Hashana at a beach in Bat Yam, central Israel, September 13, 2026. (Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Tani Frank

Israel’s Jewish revival might not be good news for religious parties

Since October 7, Israelis have moved closer to Judaism, but many reject the idea that any political camp should define it for them

Photo courtesy of the authors.

Ruthie Hollander

We are, after all, kin

I believed my only choices were enduring painful arguments or going no-contact with my parents. Abraham’s example taught me the value of a little distance (Lech Lecha)

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein shake hands after the signing of the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty, at the Wadi Araba border crossing, October 26, 1994. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Farah Bdour

Dear Israelis, we must not forget the peace between our countries

As a Jordanian, I understand your need for strong borders. But barriers alone cannot provide the security that diplomacy and cooperation have helped sustain

Ballot papers of various political parties are displayed at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general election, October 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Seth Farber

The soul of the nation: What Israel’s election is really about

Judaism mandates our leaders’ active participation in the community’s survival, from the strategic future to the rule of law, the draft, and a robust Oct. 7th inquiry

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Rabbi Avi Schwartz (Courtesy Rabbi Avi Schwartz)

Avi Schwartz

The lesson of Oslo: A fragile Knesset majority can imperil our nation’s future

Gideon Sa’ar’s account of the parliamentary arithmetic behind the Accords convinced me Israelis must vote with only one issue in mind: security

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Oct 25, 2026, 8:27 AM

Defeating Netanyahu Is Not Good Enough

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an election campaign tour in Ashdod, September 29, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)

With the election only days away, polls continue to show that the coalition and opposition blocs are running neck and neck. Future historians will look at this juncture and try to comprehend how it is that as Israel marked...

Oct 25, 2026, 8:24 AM

Physician, Heal Thyself

Marco Rubio visits Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata during first Official India Trip. May 23, 2026. (Representational Image/ChatGPT)

A cardinal warns of a Europe without Christ. He should look at who has been selling Christ abroad. Cardinal Robert Sarah says that if Christianity disappears in Europe, the whole world is threatened. It is a magnificent line, and it...

David Breakstone

Oct 25, 2026, 8:18 AM

Make Herzl Proud. Vote Ra’am

Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas (left) and former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz in a handout photo released by the party on August 26, 2026. (Courtesy)

This may be our last chance to secure a greater Israel. I’m a firm believer in the Zionist dream. The original one. Herzl’s. His was a vision of a Jewish state in which “my associates and I make no distinction...

Oct 25, 2026, 8:17 AM

You Can’t Replace It. You Must Protect It.

Some of the most important systems in the world were built for a different technological era, long before the quantum era became a consideration in cybersecurity planning. They regulate water supplies, manage industrial processes, support transportation networks and keep...

Oct 25, 2026, 8:14 AM

World War III: Why Israel May Be Better Prepared Than Europe

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

The world is entering a period of dangerous instability. Military tensions are rising, international alliances are being tested, and the possibility of a third world war can no longer be dismissed as an unimaginable scenario. Yet one country possesses...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 25, 2026, 8:12 AM

One Idea Tafsir No.3 – Shakespeare’s 7 ages of man

The Self-Sufficiency Trap Sūrat al-ʿAlaq through the seven ages of man The Daily Brew — Short Tafsīr on the Go · No. 3 Today's article begins where God began the Quran, with the word - "Read". The first word revealed to humanity...

Oct 25, 2026, 8:11 AM

The 37 Flavors of Israeli Political Parties

(But you only get to choose one) This Tuesday is Election Day in Israel, and I get to vote for the first time. I'm excited. There are 37 parties to choose from. That's even better than Baskin-Robbins’ 31 flavors. What...

Oct 25, 2026, 8:11 AM

Another Time…Another Place?

“Don’t preach Zionism to me.” Those words were not spoken by an “activist” on an American campus. They did not come from Zohran Mamdani, Abdul el-Sayed, Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn or Jean-Luc Mélenchon. They came from an Israeli student for whom...

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Oct 25, 2026, 6:33 AM

Important Lessons from Peace Negotiations

What are the most important lessons from past Israeli–Palestinian peace negotiations? For thirteen years, I researched and wrote Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Critical Study of Peace Negotiations, Mediation and Facilitation between Israel and the PLO (Cambridge University Press,...

Yoseph Janowski

Oct 25, 2026, 6:30 AM

The Gaza experiment proved, that giving away land will not bring peace. The past three years proved, that the way to achieve peace, is 1) by not giving away land, and 2) by mobilizing and showing you are ready...

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