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Jun 11, 2026, 10:12 PM

Being Railroaded in Petach Tikva

My junior high school class day trip from suburban Philadelphia to Washington, DC was a very interesting and enjoyable venture for all of us. We boarded the buses very early in the morning in front of my junior high...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jun 10, 2026, 8:11 PM

Leaders who are not corrupt

Moshe, the leader in Parshat Korach and Shmuel, the leader in the Haftara (Shmuel I 11:14-12:22) had a lot in common. They were great leaders but unfortunately, their sons did not follow in their footsteps. God was the one...

Jun 10, 2026, 3:03 PM

How chaos became the government’s most powerful political tool

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the state comptroller election at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

By normalizing disruption, the country's leadership is chiseling away at the public's discomfort with tyranny, as we head to elections

Jun 4, 2026, 9:41 AM

Land of Promise and Peril: Reflections on Parshat Shelach

This week marks my 205th blog—yes, I’m counting. Over time, I’ve tried, when possible, to connect the parsha with something personal or political. After all, as the saying goes, “the personal is the political,” a phrase popularized during the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 31, 2026, 11:27 AM

Sánchez: The Head of Spain’s Corruption Snake

On May 27, 2026, agents from the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard stormed the national headquarters of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party in Madrid. They were searching for records tied to illegal financing, bribery, and an alleged...

Sherwin Pomerantz

May 29, 2026, 11:53 AM

The Security Council Demeans Itself Once Again

The United Nations has added Israel to its list of countries accused of using sexual violence as a weapon in conflict, placing it alongside Hamas and other armed groups, according to a report by The Jerusalem Post. An updated list...

Kostis Konstantinou

May 26, 2026, 12:00 AM

The Palace Politics of a Failed Authority

Palestinians have gone through another electoral exercise that was not, in any democratic sense, an election. They have not chosen a president since 2005, nor held parliamentary elections since 2006, when the terrorist organization Hamas won at the polls and,...

Ilana Sober Elzufon

May 21, 2026, 12:34 PM

With violence and injustice in the headlines, where can we turn?

As in the days of the judges, we need to follow in the footsteps of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz, and get to work on our world, beginning with kindness (Shavuot)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 16, 2026, 3:20 AM

Britain and Spain: Europe’s Hollow Warriors

In the geopolitics of the North Atlantic and western Mediterranean, Britain and Spain have become the leading voices of the European left. Their governments loudly condemn Israel and obstruct the United States while claiming to defend Western values. In...

Dina-Perla Portnaar

Apr 3, 2026, 3:43 PM

My decision to decline

Memos from the Edge | A philosophical novel

There are periods in a creative life when the work no longer stands alone. When it becomes inseparable from the conditions that shape it. Thus, from the tensions it absorbs, and from the wider world that presses itself into...

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