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Cedric Vloemans
May 22, 2025, 3:51 PM
The myth regarding the occupation of Palestine
The Situation These developments underscore the urgency of a sustainable resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For decades, the Middle East has been a powder keg whose fuse never seems to be extinguished. Time and again — you could almost set your...
Ben Rothke
May 15, 2025, 2:39 PM
Book review – Milhemet Mitzvah: Volume 1
In the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character becomes trapped in a time loop and is forced to relive the same day repeatedly. The notion of the conscription of yeshiva students into the Israeli army is similarly a...
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
Apr 28, 2025, 6:01 PM
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At the crossroads of joy and sorrow, there are words
Two new books – one of fallen soldiers' messages before before their death, the other of women's prayers – offer words for these fraught times
Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Apr 25, 2025, 7:52 AM
What’s in a Name? From Meshuggeh to Mainstream
We are living in age when virtually everything has been politicized. Even names. President Trump demands American maps switch to the Gulf of America instead of the Gulf of Mexico. On the micro-level, numerous people send emails with the...
Sharona Margolin Halickman
Apr 21, 2025, 9:59 PM
The Holocaust and the Establishment of Israel
Megillat HaAtzmaut, Israel’s Declaration of Independence, was proclaimed on May 14, 1948 by David Ben Gurion. The document begins with the history of the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael (The Land of Israel), our connection to the Land in the...
Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Jan 17, 2025, 7:45 AM
Lebanon and Syria Also Need to Learn from Israel’s Altalena Affair
One of the most controversial events in Israeli history – and certainly the one with the most potential for civil war – was the Altalena Affair in June 1948, a month after Israel declared its national independence. For those...
Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Dec 27, 2024, 8:00 AM
From the State of Israel to the State of Judea
While we are celebrating Hanukkah today, a question arises: why isn’t the State if Israel called the “State of Judea”? Not only was the last successful Jewish war of independence led by Judah Maccabee, but the nation that earlier...
Doug Seserman
Dec 2, 2024, 10:53 PM
David Ben-Gurion takes us back to the future
What will allow for a “full recovery” from these atrocities, while providing hope and optimism for the future of Israel and the Jewish people? It may sound cliché to suggest that the solution involves stepping into a time machine,...
Daniel Polisar
Oct 7, 2024, 12:43 AM
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‘The front is not there or here, but inside each of us’
How well have Israelis handled the war over the past year? By the measures David Ben-Gurion set forth, very well indeed
Haim V. Levy
Sep 3, 2024, 7:44 PM
Leadership Legacies: Netanyahu’s Governance Compared with Ben-Gurion’s Core Principles
In times when Israel seeks a competent leader to navigate unprecedented challenges, comparing the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu with that of David Ben-Gurion offers valuable insights. Since its inception in 1948, Israel has been shaped by leaders whose decisions...
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