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Jun 1, 2026, 8:58 PM

The AG bill threatens one of Israel’s key democratic safeguards

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

The law would turn an independent watchdog into a political appointee, eroding one of the few remaining checks on executive power

Marc J. Rosenstein

May 15, 2026, 7:38 AM

The Jewish Power Blog: Deep State

The Hasmoneans (Macabees), leaders of the revolt against the Seleucids in the second century BCE, were of priestly descent. The fact that they took over the monarchy and served as both priests and kings (kings were supposed to be...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

May 1, 2026, 7:06 AM

Israel and the World: Radical Conservatism vs. Static Liberalism

Do you consider yourself a conservative? Or perhaps a liberal? In either case, think again – you’ve probably got it wrong. Israel seems to be going along with numerous other democratic countries in rendering our classic ideologies topsy-turvy. Whether this...

Apr 30, 2026, 6:58 AM

Back to the Future. Did Anything Become Better?

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk- Ger Sterk in the Sinai in 1978

Back to the Future. Did Anything Become Better? Today it is April 30th, 1978. My father opened the tent after a good night’s sleep somewhere in the desert near Palmyra. As a disciplined soldier, he dropped to his knees and began...

Apr 16, 2026, 11:33 PM

Time to stand up to the Court – to restore Israel’s democracy

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A few years ago, I urged MK Yuli Edelstein to do something that, in retrospect, Israel’s political leadership has still not done: say “no” to the Supreme Court. Not reinterpret. Not delay. Not negotiate. Simply refuse. At the time, the issue...

Apr 10, 2026, 6:31 PM

The Jewish dilemma at the heart of Hungary’s election

Elisabeth Bridge, Budapest, April 6, 2025. (Photo by Sharon Pardo.)

Orbán’s alliance with Israel is clear — but so is his attack on democratic institutions Jews rely on for security. Is it time to vote him out?

Apr 10, 2026, 12:52 AM

Truth vs. Peace

It was supposed to be a smooth end to a long journey. Since the catastrophic incident of the Golden Calf, the Jewish people had been treading a difficult, angst-ridden path to redemption. Moshe had ascended Mount Sinai for a...

Apr 3, 2026, 3:03 PM

Moses vs. Pharaoh: The binds of leadership

Moses and Aaron before the Pharaoh, c.1585. (Johan Wierix, 1549 - 1618)

A king's pardon is possible when he rules by fiat, but a Jewish ruler is subject to the law

Marc J. Rosenstein

Apr 3, 2026, 1:53 PM

The Jewish Power Blog: Power and Freedom

In Loraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun (1959), Walter famously declaims his understanding of how things work: “It’s all divided up. Life is. Between the takers and the ‘tooken.’” (p. 117) There is a power imbalance in the world. ...

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Mar 10, 2026, 11:12 AM

When the world jumped the shark

It feels like the world jumped the shark in 2020. Before COVID, most of us carried a quiet assumption that the world was basically stable. Not perfect, but stable. Institutions functioned. Daily life had its own rhythm. Even crises felt...

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