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Max Finkel

Jul 15, 2015, 10:46 PM

Exceptions: Hebrew in Millennial Israeli Rock

About a month ago, Yossi Klein Halevi published a piece in the Wall Street Journal in which he made a radical claim about Israeli society: He argued that it is getting more spiritual. How did he come to that...

May 29, 2015, 6:05 PM

A Cabinet Expanded But Not Filled

Earlier this month, the world was introduced to Israel's 34th government, an arrangement of alliances and deals that hangs from the thread of a slim 61-member majority. The cabinet at the head of this government, mostly composed of Likud...

About Me

Max grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and Raanana and studies American History and Jewish Thought at Columbia University and The Jewish Theological Seminary. A Grinspoon-Morningstar Fellow of the Israel on Campus Coalition, Max works on Israel issues with Hillel leaders. He shares his thoughts here and on Twitter at @2Fast2Finkel