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Sep 2, 2026, 9:01 PM

A New Chapter of Service

A New Chapter of Service - once again standing with Naftali Bennett and joining his mission to repair Israel. Thirty-one years ago, at the age of 11, I made Aliyah from Chicago with my family. Israel became not only my...

Sep 1, 2026, 5:50 PM

The View from the Shore: Israel and the Politics of Uncertainty

There is a particular difficulty in judging political decisions while they are being made: those who make them rarely have the luxury of perspective. A politician stands at the shore, not on some distant hill from which the entire landscape...

Sep 1, 2026, 10:24 AM

When the PM’s wife accuses a hero

Left: Sara Netanyahu in a Channel 14 interview broadcast on August 31, 2026. Right: Yair Golan, October 14, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 14; Kan TV screenshot)

Sara Netanyahu not only attacks her husband's opposition, she also answers questions in his name. It's time she answered to the Israeli people

Alexander Shatkhin

Aug 31, 2026, 6:35 PM

Israel, Greece, Cyprus: A New Check on Turkey

The Eastern Mediterranean is gradually becoming one of the most strategically contested regions in the wider Middle East. What began as cooperation among Israel, Greece, and Cyprus on energy, infrastructure, and diplomacy has increasingly acquired a military and security...

Aug 31, 2026, 5:51 PM

What I Am Grateful for Despite the Situation

Parashat Ki Tavo that we read this past Shabbat contains one of the Torah’s most beautiful expressions of gratitude. When the Israelite farmer brings his first fruits to the Temple, he does not simply thank God for a successful harvest....

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Aug 28, 2026, 3:14 PM

Dolly’s riches and my new-baby haze are improving Israel’s election season

The 'Coat of Many Colors' on display at Dolly Parton's Chasing Rainbows museum at Dollywood. The coat on display is a reproduction, made by Parton's mother, Avie Lee, of the original. (Wikipedia)

When I can give all of my attention to Israeli politicking, I'm at risk of missing the important stuff, buried amid the barrages of ugly accusations.

Silas Anastacio

Aug 26, 2026, 10:59 PM

Daniella Marques Talks Brazil’s Economic Future at Fisesp Event

On Wednesday, August 26, the Jewish Federation of the State of São Paulo (Fisesp) hosted economist Daniella Marques, former Special Secretary for Productivity and Competitiveness at Brazil’s Ministry of the Economy, for a meeting with community leaders and members. Opening...

Aug 26, 2026, 10:14 PM

When the Right Leaves Likud

A few weeks before the Israeli elections on October 27, a question is starting to arise: what if the main electoral danger for Benjamin Netanyahu ultimately comes not from the left, but from the right itself? For several weeks, new...

Aug 26, 2026, 1:06 PM

One party is taking our kids’ education seriously

Israeli voters who made aliyah from places like the US, the UK, or Canada, and who voted in elections in those countries, will notice a number of differences from their Old Countries. The multiplicity of parties. The fact that...

Aug 26, 2026, 12:11 PM

The Generation Israel Cannot Afford to Lose

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

Israel knows how to intercept a missile. It knows how to destroy a weapons depot, penetrate an enemy’s intelligence network and send its pilots thousands of kilometers from home. It has built one of the most capable defense systems...

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