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David Breakstone

Reflections on Israel and the Jewish world

Jul 23, 2024, 2:13 PM

PM Netanyahu is correct. Absolute victory is imperative. Unfortunately, he and I hold diametrically opposed views as to what that means. When PM Benjammin Netanyahu addresses the joint session of the United States Congress on Wednesday, he may well state,...

Jan 7, 2024, 2:48 AM

On the blessing of a natural death

The war is now the context for everything, even the passing of a 99-year-old woman 5,600 miles away. Mom died last night, just four months shy of her 100th birthday. She passed peacefully and gracefully in a Connecticut hospital cared for by...

Dec 26, 2023, 7:48 PM

Lest they have died for naught

Envisaging the possibilities of tomorrow No matter how this war ends, October 7 will prove to have been a victory for Hamas. The challenge now is preventing that victory from heralding Israel’s defeat. The return of the remaining hostages, the elimination...

Nov 9, 2023, 1:30 PM

UN chief Guterres is right — Oct. 7 didn’t occur in a void

Protesters gather with placards and Palestinian flags during the "London Rally For Palestine" in Trafalgar Square, central London on November 4, 2023. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Understanding the Israel-Hamas war is so much simpler than you thought

Oct 8, 2023, 1:06 AM

Divided we fall

When this devastating war is over, we will need to prioritize reconciliation over recrimination

Feb 26, 2023, 3:57 PM

I’ll let you know if we reach the tipping point

"Right and Left Against the Destruction" Protest against the judicial overhaul transcends political and religious sectarianism

An appeal to all those wavering on the edge of despair Tipping point: the critical stage in a situation beyond which a significant and often unstoppable change takes place. Déjà vu. Only this time it’s worse. That sickening feeling I had back...

Aug 29, 2022, 3:53 PM

Featured Post

We even fight over antisemitism. I suppose that’s why the Temple fell.

Cara Altman of Livingston, N.J., attends the "NO FEAR: Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People" event in Washington, Sunday, July 11, 2021, co-sponsored by the Alliance for Israel, Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith International and other organizations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

With American Jewry so sorely divided, there is a risk this internal strife will prevent us from warding off the clear and present dangers we are facing

About Me

Dr. David Breakstone is involved in a number of initiatives to make of Israel the truly shared society envisioned in its Declaration of Independence. He previously served as deputy chair of the Jewish Agency executive and the World Zionist Organization and was the conceptual architect and founding director of the Herzl Museum and Educational center in Jerusalem.

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