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Jun 5, 2026, 6:31 AM

The True Measure of a Nation

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

Justice Speaks Louder Than Slander A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog titled Echoes of Loyalty: When Nuance Becomes Betrayal. In it, I shared something deeply personal. I wrote about how devastated I was after learning that a dog...

Jun 4, 2026, 2:35 PM

We Ignored It When It Targeted Politicians. That Was a Mistake.

For years, attacks on politicians and their families were dismissed as part of the political game. That was a mistake. What began with the targeting of elected officials is now spreading to other pillars of Israeli society: senior IDF officers,...

May 19, 2026, 7:08 PM

The US Constitution Does Not Follow You to Israel

When words cross borders, responsibility must follow them (Rafael Nir, Unsplash).

American Jews often forget that the First Amendment is not a foreign policy or a global eruv. One of the stranger habits of American Jewish life is the assumption that the United States Constitution follows American Jews wherever they go...

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

Apr 27, 2026, 10:20 AM

A Bridge Too Far: When the Court Harms Children to Punish Their Parents

The High Court’s recent ruling may be presented as a victory for "the law" or "equality," but in practice, it masks a grave moral injustice. When the court orders the revocation of basic benefits—such as daycare subsidies for infants,...

Apr 26, 2026, 9:31 AM

The Rules We Need To Follow

My wife and I have lived in Petach Tikva ever since we made Aliyah to Israel more than ten years ago. Our location in the Kfar Ganim Gimmel neighborhood has excellently suited our needs. Unfortunately, a senseless murder occurred...

Daniel Orenstein

Apr 21, 2026, 2:03 PM

Not flying the flag this Independence Day

"Revenge will not bring security". Haifa, Israel. 2024. (Source: the author.)

I've long been a proud immigrant, but while Israelis terrorize Palestinians in the West Bank and the government tolerates the crimes, I cannot celebrate my country

Apr 9, 2026, 10:18 PM

Understanding the New Israeli Death Penalty Law

The Israeli Knesset passed a new law that Arabs terrorists, but not Jews ones, who kill Israeli citizens could now receive the death penalty. However, it is highly likely that the Israeli Supreme Court will rule against the law,...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Apr 2, 2026, 11:11 AM

The Order After the Citizen

The Order After the Citizen The Golem returns not as myth, but as infrastructure. The citizen is no longer the subject of order, but its managed variable. Not Just a War War is not the deepest event before us today. It is the...

Apr 2, 2026, 4:24 AM

Before Checks and Balances

King, priest, and prophet triptych. Power divided not by structure, but by identity. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

A System That Refused to Let Power Settle The modern obsession with “checks and balances” assumes something deceptively simple: power must be divided, structured, and restrained by design. We point to the familiar architecture— United States Congress writes the laws, President of the...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Mar 31, 2026, 7:17 AM

The State That Weakens Itself: Compression, Not Confidence

The State That Weakens Itself: Compression, Not Confidence THE LAW On March 30, 2026, the Knesset passed the Penal Law (Amendment – Death Penalty for Terrorists) Bill (2025) by a vote of 62 to 48. That fact should not be sentimentalized. Israel...

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