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Eric L. Lipman

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Sep 12, 2025, 12:07 AM

Charlie Kirk, Where We Came From and What We Do Next

While mindful of the poignant reflections from my fellow Times of Israel Community Bloggers Juda Engelmayer, Harel Ben-Michael, Simon Kupfer, Ofir Ohayon and Rabbi Samuel Stern, on the assassination of Charlie Kirk (which everyone should read), I wanted to...

Aug 6, 2025, 8:35 AM

The Way Out of Israel’s Separation of Powers Morass

When reading news reports about the effort by Israel’s Cabinet to fire the state’s Attorney General, Gali Baharav-Miara, one can rightly conclude: “Same stuff, different day.” Whether it is the terms of office for key government officials, the texts that...

Mar 21, 2025, 12:20 AM

October 7th, Lord Roberts and the Most Important Report of the Year

We have not made our way through the first quarter of 2025, but I have already decided to call it: The best government report that will be published this year is the “7 October Parliamentary Commission Report,” assembled by...

Dec 2, 2024, 6:31 PM

Stand-Up Nation: Vital Stories for Generation Z

American Jews who care about Israel have a huge problem: Recent survey data shows that a majority of young people between the ages of 18 and 24 have an unfavorable opinion of Israel, their favorability ratings are roughly 20...

Jan 30, 2024, 3:10 AM

The Key Piece Missed by the ICJ: Genocide is Its Own Category

Being drawn into courtroom dramas is an occupational hazard, I suppose. Having been a judge for nearly two decades, and a trial lawyer for decades more, I was immediately pulled toward the world’s most significant courtroom drama in many...

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Eric L. Lipman is an Administrative Law Judge in the United States. When he is not on the bench, he enjoys writing, practicing his Hebrew and thinking about Israel.

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