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Mihran Kalaydjian

Jun 30, 2026, 10:31 AM

Truth, Timing, and Turkey: Why Israel Finally Recognized the Armenian Genocide

Memorial to the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan, Armenia.

History did not change on the day Israel's Cabinet voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Politics did. The Armenian Genocide was a historical fact in 1915. It remained a historical fact while governments debated whether acknowledging it was politically convenient. It...

Jun 29, 2026, 12:32 PM

The Courage to Change Your Mind

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What the Daughters of Zelophehad teach us about leadership, listening, and why certainty may be the greatest danger of all- Parashat Pinchas In our political culture, changing your mind has become almost unforgivable. Public figures cling to old positions long after...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Jun 28, 2026, 5:57 AM

When Providence Becomes a Party Instrument

When Providence Becomes a Party Instrument There is a dangerous moment in Jewish political life when theology ceases to be an opening toward judgment, humility, and self-examination, and becomes instead a blunt instrument of factional revenge. The recent claim that Donald...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Jun 27, 2026, 11:47 AM

Korach and the Mob

Korach and the Mob Korach is one of the most dangerous political figures in the Torah because he says something that sounds true. In Numbers 16, Korach and his men rise against Moses and Aaron and say: “You have gone...

Jun 26, 2026, 8:06 PM

The Democratic Party I Joined

My political awakening came during the 1972 presidential campaign. I was a teenager supporting George McGovern against Richard Nixon. I couldn’t have explained it very well at the time, but Nixon struck me as everything that was wrong with...

Richard Diamond

Jun 24, 2026, 8:54 PM

The Deterioration of American Jewry’s Unconditional Solidarity with Israel

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The Grief of Estrangement There is a particular kind of grief that has no clean name — the grief of loving something so completely that you never thought to examine the conditions of that love, until the day you realize...

Yaakov Chaliotis

Jun 24, 2026, 8:14 PM

After Netanyahu: The Question Isn’t Who, But What

Replacing Israel’s longest-serving leader is not a personnel change. It is a contest over the country’s next governing model. Benjamin Netanyahu has been the fixed point of Israeli politics for so long that an entire generation has never voted in...

Jun 22, 2026, 12:15 PM

Israel Must Earn Back the Trust of Moderate Democrats

As chair of American Democrats in Israel, I spend a great deal of time talking to people who care deeply about Israel and the United States and are increasingly struggling to balance their dual loyalties. I have tried to...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Jun 21, 2026, 3:09 PM

Bnei Brak Is Not a Failure of Modernity

Bnei Brak should stop being discussed as if it were merely a demographic inconvenience, a political irritation, or an embarrassing relic at the edge of Israeli modernity. That description is too easy, and like most easy descriptions, it protects...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Jun 20, 2026, 9:26 PM

Boycotting Israel Became a Cultural Default

At the end of May, a group of Israeli teenage climbers were due to compete in Brussels. They had registered, been approved, and trained for the event. Then the host venue, Le Camp de Base, informed them that they...

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