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Haredi protesters attempt to block traffic on a road in Beit Shemesh during a demonstration on June 9, 2026. (Israel Police)

Tobey Finkelstein

If only just a few Haredim were calling police ‘Nazis’ and women ‘shiksas’

Ultra-Orthodox rioters are no longer fringe extremists: I watched local teens block cars and my Haredi neighbors cheer them on – as the police did nothing

Members of an Iraqi Shiite group attend a funeral of a Kataeb Hezbollah fighter, who was killed in a US airstrike in Basra province south of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Ab Boskany

The perilous fantasy of US withdrawal from the Mideast

For those who imagine a peaceful region if America retreats: What will happen when Iran’s radical proxies fill the power vacuum and Israel has to face them alone?

Women in Lycra exercising at the gym. (iStock)

Talyah Ginsberg

I have met the enemy and she is wearing Lycra

There’s a lot less of me than there used to be, but now they say I have to exercise and I’m conducting treaty negotiations with myself about a 10-minute walk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the state comptroller election at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Shimon Sheves

How chaos became the government’s most powerful political tool

By normalizing disruption, the country’s leadership is chiseling away at the public’s discomfort with tyranny, as we head to elections

I had to choose between my Zionism and my disability advocacy

Protest encampments may no longer block our path to class, but Jewish students like me who are attached to Israel are still barred from full participation in campus life

Shirley Pinto is applauded in sign language by members of parliament during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, on July 12, 2021. (Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

When hands speak louder than politics

The Knesset’s recognition of Israeli Sign Language is a historic victory for human dignity – and for leaders who can transcend partisan battles

A man looks at the wreckage of an Iranian missile that landed near the West Bank city of Jericho, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Dan Sagir

Israel needs a deal with Iran, not another war

After years of escalation, military gains have reached their limits. A US-Iran agreement can freeze Tehran’s nuclear program and open the door to disarming Hezbollah

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Jun 12, 2026, 1:01 AM

Stop Defending. Keep Building.

I have been thinking a lot about the energy we spend defending Israel’s legitimacy, especially in online spaces that rarely reward understanding. There is a place for answering lies and calling out antisemitism, but those cannot become the center...

Jun 12, 2026, 12:58 AM

The Knicks, a Wedding, and a Masterclass in Unity

My Wednesday started with texts and posts to childhood friends about the upcoming Knicks playoff game. I was nervous, like some of my friends, that the Knicks would break our hearts with a game 4 loss. Being a Knicks fan...

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Jun 11, 2026, 11:38 PM

Israel’s Quandary

A few days ago President Trump had a not just heated, but rather hostile and full of expletives phone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where Trump made clear that Israel cannot retaliate against a missile attack conducted by...

Jun 11, 2026, 11:21 PM

The Relief of Not Being Alone in the News

I do not know about you, but I am tired of being the news. This past Tuesday, I gave an interview to an Indian news network about the mental health toll of living in Israel right now: the war, the...

Jun 11, 2026, 11:17 PM

629. Reciting the Shema in the Kedusha of the Repetition of the Amidah

JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL 629. Reciting the Shema in the Kedusha of the Repetition of the Amidah As Byzantine rule returned to the Land of Israel after a brief Persian occupation, Jewish worship was forced into the shadows....

Jun 11, 2026, 11:03 PM

Kurdish Memory is Older than Trump’s Resentment

Kurdish YPG fighters, 2016. Photo by Kurdishstruggle, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, CC BY 2.0.

Trump may speak of disappointment, but the Kurds know the deeper history of betrayal When Donald Trump says he will “remember” the Kurds, it is worth observing that the Kurds, too, have a long and painful memory. His recent...

Jun 11, 2026, 10:58 PM

The President and the Word ‘Ceasefire’

It’s not easy writing and editing dictionaries. As the world changes so does the vernacular. Besides introducing new words that come along, there is a core responsibility of the lexicographer to revise existing words that have taken on new...

Jun 11, 2026, 10:35 PM

Why Extremes Unite Against The Jewish State

What anyone can see every day is this: a hostility so pervasive and structurally aligned that it defies the traditional categories of our political geography. We are no longer merely witnessing separate outbreaks of prejudice; we are documenting a...

Jun 11, 2026, 10:28 PM

Myths About Israel, Debunked: Why Iranian Democracy Is the Path to Peace

False narratives about Israel obscure the real engine of conflict: Iran’s regime, its proxy armies, and the democratic future for Iran that could bring peace to the Middle East. Myth. Social media is all abuzz with the same recycled myth:...

Jun 11, 2026, 10:25 PM

A Tired Nation Cannot Dream

For most of Israel’s history exhaustion was not an option. The generation that founded the state drained swamps, built roads, fought wars, buried friends, welcomed refugees, and somehow still found the energy to imagine a future that did not yet...

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