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Oct 9, 2026, 8:41 AM

Disagreement is not the opposite of intimacy

I watched as This Guy walked up to the bartender and ordered us another round. Our little table had accumulated an impressive collection of glasses as the bar slowly emptied around us. It was getting late for a Tuesday,...

Oct 8, 2026, 10:42 AM

The Entitlement Trap

This is a four-part series about narcissism in a variety of its permutations. It describes a problem, almost as ancient as Judaism, and still important today. Part Two investigates how rationalized comforts can quickly transform into a sense of...

Oct 7, 2026, 2:54 PM

A Political Reading of Parashat Bereshit

Leadership is tested not when decisions succeed, but when they fail. Three years after the catastrophe of October 7th, an urgent political question remains unanswered: Who is responsible for the failure that allowed the massacre to happen? The Israeli...

Oct 6, 2026, 6:57 PM

What Is Zionism For?

Mashiach ben Yosef, Mashiach ben David, and the Unfinished Work of Religious Zionism My friend Adam Louis-Klein and I have been studying the book Kol HaNevuah—The Voice of Prophecy—together. It is the great philosophical work of Rabbi David Cohen, the Nazir,...

Oct 5, 2026, 12:09 PM

The World Must Condemn the Flydubai Attack

The survival of everyone aboard Flight FZ1073 was a relief, not a reason for international complacency. Governments can demand answers, respect an ongoing investigation and condemn violence against a civilian airliner at the same time. A Near-Catastrophe the World Cannot...

Oct 5, 2026, 11:28 AM

The Man Who ‘Didn’t Know’ — and a Nation That Must Ask

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There are moments when reality cries out so deafeningly that the silence surrounding it becomes overwhelming. The Tishrei holiday season in Israel used to symbolize family serenity, renewal, and autumnal grace. Today, it stands seared as our national fault...

Oct 5, 2026, 11:17 AM

Voting Like an Investor: The Lapid Question

A vote is not a verdict on a politician's character. It is a purchase of political power. For right-wing voters hesitating over Lapid, the real question isn't whether you like him, but what the whole package gets you and...

Oct 2, 2026, 7:43 PM

The Occupation and the Occupying Society

A basic assumption of Israel’s political, cultural, and legal discourse, one that is taken almost for granted, is that the occupation takes place "there", beyond an invisible border, while within sovereign Israel a stable liberal democracy exists. Even the...

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Sep 30, 2026, 12:24 AM

What the Sukkah Knows That the Safe Room Doesn’t

A sukkah beside a reinforced safe room. AI-generated photorealistic illustration.

This Sukkot, two shelters stand side by side in countless Israeli homes. One has reinforced concrete walls, a steel door, and a window designed to seal from within. The other has flimsy walls and a roof of branches through...

Sep 29, 2026, 11:32 AM

The Courage to Think at Israel’s Ballot Box

Walk into any café in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv as election day approaches, and you will hear a country speaking almost entirely from within dug-in trenches. Israel’s political conversation has calcified into an unyielding war of attrition. It is "Rak...

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