David Breakstone, at The Blogs

May 6, 2022, 4:19 PM

Can today's fractious Israel muster the resolve and marshal the resources necessary to creat a truly shared society? Israel at 74. A pulsating society comprised of Jews of distinct ethnicities and varied traditions, living alongside Arab, Druze, Muslim and Christian...

Nov 15, 2021, 1:08 PM

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You really should have been there

After 20 years of false hope for those awaiting aliyah in Ethiopia; we must make their cause our cause, stop standing on ceremony, and bring them home

Jul 17, 2021, 9:24 PM

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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

May 30, 2021, 2:06 PM

Some things we can’t forgive

Even more than the criminal acts he’s been accused of, it’s the perfectly legal things that Netanyahu has done that make him entirely unfit to continue as Israel’s prime minister. Rumors are circulating that current efforts to form a coalition...

May 9, 2021, 1:07 PM

Arabs hand Netanyahu another term as PM

Palestinian protests derail unity government talks, allowing prime minister’s most unforgiveable crime – sowing divisiveness within Israeli society - to go unpunished. May 10. Jerusalem Day. The city feels as divided as ever and the nation even more so. In a...

Mar 24, 2021, 12:08 PM

The morning after

Reflections on despondency and resolve triggered by recollections of my first time I remember my first time. It was back in 1977 and though I was already 24, it was a completely novel occasion. And, to be honest, while I...

Oct 18, 2020, 2:55 PM

My very own Zionist A-list

An open letter to delegates attending the upcoming Zionist Congress and the top ten ‘A’ words they should be thinking about Most of what’s appeared in the media leading up to the Zionist Congress convening this week has to do...

Oct 9, 2020, 3:39 PM

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Life is fleeting. Rejoice!

Ushpizin on our Sukkah wall (Aliza Lipkin)

This year, we may need a little prompting to remember that our abiding sense of joy will sustain us through the temporary periods of tragedy

Jul 14, 2020, 1:57 PM

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Peter Beinart to attend the Zionist Congress? I hope so.

His arguments for dismantling Israel are faulty, naïve and unviable, but they do highlight serious issues that are far too often ignored.

Apr 26, 2020, 12:37 PM

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‘We only think we’re Americans’ – a piece I never imagined writing

The worrying spike in anti-Semitism begs the question: Will the latent antisemitism depicted in Philip Roth's Plot Against America prove to be fact or fiction?

About Me

Dr. David Breakstone is the Executive Director of the Yitzhak Navon Center for a Shared Society. He previously served as deputy chair of the Jewish Agency executive and the World Zionist Organization and as the conceptual architect and founding director of the Herzl Museum and Educational center in Jerusalem. He welcomes correspondence from those determined to forge Israel as the shared society it was always meant to be at breakstonedavid@gmail.com.

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