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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 27, 2026, 11:18 AM

Europe Needs Israel to Join the European Union

Europe is careening toward strategic irrelevance as Iranian proxies tighten their noose around its southern flank and radical Islam spreads through its streets and no-go zones. Israel is the hard-power partner the European Union can no longer afford to...

May 26, 2026, 4:28 AM

Hannah Szenesh’s Enduring Light: A Legacy of Courage and Inspiration

Recently, I had the extraordinary opportunity to delve into the archive of Hannah Szenesh at the National Library of Israel. It was a profound experience that left me deeply moved and inspired. Among the treasures within the archive were...

Reuven Chaim Klein

May 10, 2026, 12:59 AM

Iyyar is in the Air – ziv & iyyar

As the month of Iyyar comes to a close this week, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss the two names for “the second month” in the Jewish Calendar — Ziv and Iyyar. That month is very special...

May 1, 2026, 12:36 AM

Adrenaline as an Anaesthetic for Auschwitz

A Ferris wheel in the outskirts of Kraków, Poland (Photo courtesy of the author)

A Jewish‑school teacher in Budapest recently proposed a two‑day trip for 16–18‑year‑olds: one day at the Auschwitz‑Birkenau Memorial, the next at a Polish theme‑park, complete with rollercoasters and bumper cars. Her stated reason was that Auschwitz is “too depressing”...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 21, 2026, 7:32 AM

Israel Keeps Golan as Syria Joins Abraham Accords

With Israel and Lebanon working towards a longstanding peaceful settlement and neutralizing Hezbollah’s terrorist machinery, the moment has arrived for a full normalization with Syria too. This means diplomatic recognition, economic ties, and a strategic partnership under the Abraham...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 19, 2026, 6:52 AM

The Soros Network Captures Hungary Through Magyar

The Open Society Foundations began operating in Hungary in 1984 under the leadership of George Soros, a Hungarian-born Jewish Holocaust survivor. Over the next four decades, the network directed tens of millions of dollars into the country, aiming to...

Apr 16, 2026, 9:12 AM

Competing Calendars of Holocaust Remembrance in Hungary

The Memorial to the Victims of the German Occupation. (courtesy)

While Holocaust remembrance is often invoked as a universal moral consensus, this apparent unity dissolves when one considers the multiplicity of its commemorative forms. In Hungary, International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January), Yom HaShoah (27 Nisan, 13–14 April in...

Apr 15, 2026, 8:05 PM

The Fall of Orbán: What comes next?

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after a press statement at the Carmelite Monastery in the Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary, April 3, 2025. (AP/Denes Erdos)

The parliamentary elections in Hungary on April 12, 2026, have done more than just end sixteen years of illiberal rule; they have dismantled a political structure that was as unique as it was unsettling within the European Union. As...

Apr 15, 2026, 3:03 PM

The lesson of Hungary’s vote: Even a populist leader can lose an election

People react in the streets after the announcement of partial results of the Hungarian parliamentary in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Victor Orban rigged the system to stay in power; his defeat at the polls shows how exceptional conditions — not fair, democratic ones — made change possible

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Apr 15, 2026, 1:40 PM

New Dawn for Hungary

On 12 April 2026, Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power came to an end. The people of Hungary voted against authoritarianism, against populist nationalism, against racism, against corruption, against Hungary’s friendship with Putin, Trump and Netanyahu; for Europe, for...

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