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Jul 23, 2026, 10:27 PM

We Are the Phoenix: From Ashes, We Build

There is something profoundly beautiful about the current timing. We’re sitting in the day of Tisha B’Av, the anniversary of our greatest destruction. A day that mourns what we lost, but also whispers about everything we still have the power...

Nico Socolovsky

Jul 22, 2026, 6:05 AM

Reclaiming Zionism: Ro Khanna, Israel, and the VIP Path into America’s Moral Club

There was a time when getting into a nightclub involved a small ritual. First, you bought a ticket. That gave you the right to stand in line, but it did not guarantee that you would be admitted… Of course,...

Jul 20, 2026, 8:51 AM

The deeper obstacle for the Abraham Accords: Political Theology

The Twin Pillars of Peace Two structures were supposed to carry the region past endless war: the Board of Peace, authorized under UNSC Resolution 2803 and launched in January 2026, and the prospect of an expanded Abraham Accords built on...

Jul 20, 2026, 4:42 AM

Treasure Trove: Don’t Forget the Justice Part of Zionism (A Note for Tisha B’Av)

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by Kevin Viner, Elevator Digital, Toronto used with permission.

There is a Jewish story told about Napoleon. He once travelled through a Jewish small town in Europe and entered a synagogue where he witnessed men and women sitting on the floor weeping. Napoleon asked what terrible misfortune had...

Jul 18, 2026, 8:43 PM

The Tale of Two Countries: A Reflection on Israel’s Divide

Israel, a land of contrasts, tells the tale of two countries existing within one nation. In one realm, there are those who selflessly serve their country, while in the other, there are those who do not. The former, known...

Jul 17, 2026, 5:53 AM

The Elephant on the Date and in the House

Boring Australian went on a strange tangent involving anarchy and South African apartheid as I sipped on my mezcal Negroni, making me realize there was no part of me that wanted to be on this date. It wasn't just...

Jul 13, 2026, 7:18 PM

The Growing Dangers of Ben-Gvir and His Hilltop Followers

In recent days, articles in the Washington Post and in The Guardian make claims about rampant anti-Catholic actions in the West Bank and Old City led by hilltop settlers and rightwing Zionist youth groups. This followed a sensationalized story...

Marcia G. Yerman

Jul 11, 2026, 9:07 PM

‘Planet Israel’ – A Documentary by Gillian Mosely

When Gillian Mosely explored Israel-Palestine in her first documentary, The Tinderbox, the reality on the ground in “the land” was very different from what she found when she began her follow-up film, Planet Israel. After she arrived in Israel...

Jul 11, 2026, 1:25 PM

Betrayal in Blue: The State’s War on Traumatized Officers

The Israel Police, under the stewardship of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, is facing a crisis that it can no longer hide behind bureaucratic walls. It is a crisis of conscience, a crisis of care, and — most disturbingly...

Michael Zoosman

Jul 10, 2026, 7:06 PM

The death penalty only unlocks a Pandora’s Box of more terror and killing

In his June 11 op-ed for the Jerusalem Report, ex-Shin Bet official Moshe Fuzaylov claims that “(t)he death penalty isn't revenge, it's how terror loses its key.” Mr. Fuzaylov concludes that executions form part of “a vital pincer movement...

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