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Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Jul 3, 2026, 11:37 AM

Israel Needs a State, Not Another Savior

Netanyahu’s triangle of failure is now impossible to ignore. October 7 destroyed his security myth. Iran exposed the limits of his strategic sovereignty. The unfinished corruption trial corrodes his moral authority. For decades, his central promise was simple and brutal:...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 2, 2026, 10:51 PM

Ashura is 10th day of Muharram and 9th of Av are tragedies not to happen again

Ashura marks the 10th day of the 1st month of Muharram, on the Islamic lunar calendar of 1448. Ashura for 2026 was observed on sundown of June 25th ending at sundown on June 26th. The day commemorates for Shia...

Allen S. Maller

Jun 29, 2026, 6:33 PM

9th of Av: On Failures of Political and Religious Leaderships #2

When Jews mourn the two destructions of Jerusalem and its Holy Temple on the 9th of Av (July 22-23, 2026 this year) they begin with reading the Biblical Book of Lamentations and feel tears of sorrow, pains of grief,...

Allen S. Maller

Jun 27, 2026, 12:22 AM

10 Muharram (Ashura) and Nine Av for Tragedy and Forgiveness 1

Ashura marks the 10th day of the 1st month of Muharram, on the Islamic lunar calendar of 1448. Ashura for 2026 is observed on sundown of June 25th ending at sundown on June 26th. The day commemorates for Shia Muslims the...

Elchanan Poupko

Jun 9, 2026, 6:51 PM

Settler violence is reshaping religious Zionism

As Kahanist ideas gain ground, religious Zionism's failure to confront settler violence is endangering both Israel's future and the movement's soul

Michael Ben-Chaim

Jun 6, 2026, 8:28 AM

Rethinking the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is often considered in the context of the current international world-order of sovereign nation-states. Viewed from an international perspective, the conflict is portrayed as a clash between two peoples both claiming sovereignty over the same geographical...

Jonathan Muskat

Jun 4, 2026, 10:45 PM

When We Decide the Law No Longer Applies

The disturbing attack this week on Justice Noam Sohlberg's home in Alon Shvut should concern every Israeli and every Jew, regardless of political or religious affiliation. Dozens of draft protesters gathered outside his home, shattered windows, broke flowerpots, smashed...

Jonathan Muskat

May 31, 2026, 5:43 PM

Birkat Kohanim and the Challenge of Internal Criticism

In recent months, I have found myself deeply troubled by certain public episodes in Israeli political life. For example, Itamar Ben Gvir publicly celebrated the detention and humiliation of people on a flotilla, using triumphalist messaging and media appearances...

May 20, 2026, 3:21 PM

What Torah will we receive this year?

At the Hannaton Educational Center. (courtesy)

We must choose the Torah that perceives Divinity throughout the world and not one that teaches contempt for everything that is not Jewish

Ignat Ayzenberg

May 15, 2026, 6:46 PM

A Nakba Day Reflection on the Politics of Recognition

The power asymmetry between Israelis and Palestinians is shaped by the unequal condition of statehood and statelessness within a twentieth-century international order that increasingly organized political legitimacy through the nation-state. As older imperial, multinational, and pan-national frameworks weakened, peoples...

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