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Apr 4, 2020, 8:44 PM

Thinking of Collective Liberation

It has been a long time since the Jewish People were all under threat at the same time. We suffered pogroms in Europe, farhuds in Iraq, and other persecutions - but there was always another Jewish community less affected....

Jan 1, 2020, 11:56 PM

2019: The Year of English-Speaking Antisemitism

In many ways, 2019 will be remembered as the year anti-Semitism returned to the center of Jewish identity in English-speaking countries. From California through New York to England and Australia, Anglo Jewry found itself facing a very real, very...

Feb 13, 2019, 3:39 PM

US Jewry has challenges unrelated to Netanyahu

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addresses the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 24, 2018. (Saudi Press Agency (SPA) via AP/File)

Americans who say the Jewish state must deal only with liberal democracies should know they are kissing peace with the Palestinians goodbye

Jul 22, 2015, 11:45 AM

Will Iran deal warm Israel’s ties with Saudi Arabia?

Much has been written about the recently signed deal with Iran, and the reservations and concerned voiced by Israeli politicians. So, with the risk of being way off target, I'll throw my (somewhat hopeful) two cents worth into the...

May 27, 2015, 2:00 PM

Then they came for Riskin – and rabbis spoke out

A well known and often-quoted poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller described the horrors of the Holocaust as happening because no one spoke out until they were the victim, and by then it was too late. First they came for the...

Apr 24, 2015, 3:09 PM

At Gallipoli, a Hebrew fighting force is born

Under the cover of darkness, shortly after midnight, the navy ships carrying thousands of men made their way toward the fortified shores of the Ottoman Empire. Within hours all of them would become part of a battle that would go...

Mar 29, 2015, 7:37 AM

Size doesn’t matter – it’s how you use it

Elections are behind us, and coalition talks are the tumultuous waters being crossed until we reach the formation of a government. And, just like the previous time this happened, once again the debate about the size of Israel's government is...

Mar 6, 2015, 7:33 AM

Voting for Israel, in Australia

As one of the few Israelis allowed to vote outside of the country, he went out of his way to cast his ballot

Nov 24, 2014, 9:18 AM

It’s about Israel’s (lack of) constitution

Israel has never had a calm political system, with the turmoils often coming because of internal disputes around the character befitting a Jewish state. This was true when governments fought over defining Shabbat in the public sphere; it was...

Sep 7, 2014, 11:22 PM

An IDF general retires, an era ends

Gershon HaCohen leaves behind a military brass with no personal experience of an all-out, multi-front war

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Aaron Kalman is a Program Officer at the Ruderman Family Foundation, working to strengthen the relationship between Israel and the American Jewish community. Formerly an advisor to Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs and a Jewish Agency emissary to Sydney, Australia, Aaron has an M.A. in Diplomacy from Tel Aviv University and a B.Ed. from Herzog College.

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