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Aug 22, 2026, 5:29 PM

Redirect Haredi Subsidies Toward Employment

The next government should preserve equal social protection while redirecting part of sector-specific funding toward audited employment, training, and lasting economic independence. Public debate over government support for Israel's Haredi population has become trapped between two familiar positions. One side...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Aug 21, 2026, 8:38 AM

What’s Missing in Policymaking and News Production: Complexity

Everyone knows (sort of) that we live in a “complex world.” But what does that demand of us? This is a double “us”: regarding political policymakers as well as individual citizens. Let’s start with legislators, bureaucrats and the like. Given...

Aug 20, 2026, 2:35 PM

Israel’s Greatest Untapped Natural Resource

Young students in a classroom in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, August 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Haredi community is not Israel’s burden – it is Israel’s greatest economic opportunity

Aug 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

Why I’m Changing My Mind About Trump’s Naval Blockade of Iran

In June I wrote that the strategy behind the American naval blockade was to provoke Iran's implosion, and I doubted the instrument could deliver it. Six days ago I showed that no blockade in the past century has ever...

Rebecca Schiller

Aug 17, 2026, 6:48 PM

Take It or Leave It – Overdraft and All

We’re about to enter the High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah is supposed to be about new beginnings. At least I hope it is. I’ve been thinking a lot about Adam and Eve and that red apple. They were tricked into eating...

Aug 15, 2026, 2:30 PM

The next global trade map could run through Israel — or around it

Backdropped by an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tanker, a Yemeni soldier sails in waters north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in Mokha, Yemen, April 6, 2026 (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

War froze a plan to connect India, the Gulf and Europe through Haifa just as attacks on shipping made it more vital. Israel must act now to keep itself on the route

Aug 12, 2026, 11:01 AM

Israel Must Stop Competing Against Itself Before It Lists IAI and Rafael

Israel built the rivalry between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to produce superiority. It should not discount its own assets for a foreign buyer. Shay Gal, formerly Senior Adviser to Israel’s Minister of Economy and...

Aug 11, 2026, 3:50 PM

Israel’s AI Ambitions Can Become a Strategic Asset for the United States

AI innovation - Image courtesy of Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the defining measures of national power. The countries that control advanced computing, AI models, semiconductors, robotics, data infrastructure and the talent required to develop them will enjoy significant economic and military advantages...

Aug 4, 2026, 6:02 PM

Bots, Bankruptcy, and Binary Options

I remember the real Atlantic City, before the casinos arrived. My Mom's aunt lived there, near the bend of the Boardwalk, and we would visit her for a week or so almost every summer. In addition to going to...

Jul 30, 2026, 12:25 PM

Judaism is Not a Religion Part 2

What I am about to write may be uncomfortable for some to read. It is surely very uncomfortable for me to write. However, in order for us to understand our current and future situation, I have to put this...

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