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Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Oct 17, 2026, 11:22 AM

Most Consequential Elections in Israeli History

Gadi Eizenkot , former Israeli minister without portfolio and the 21st Chief of General Staff of the Israeli army, speaks during the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University in Herzliya on June 24, 2024. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP via Getty Images)

I was invited to talk on this topic and explained why the 2026 elections are, indeed, the most consequential elections in Israeli history. The Future of Israeli Democracy The elections may be viewed as a referendum on the balance...

Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM

What makes countries successful

Opposition Leader and Beyachad party member Yair Lapid speaks at the 'Law and Lies' conference, on October 12, 2026, in Israel. (Avshalom Sassoni/ FLASH90)

Until four years ago, Israel met every criterion of a successful country. That's no longer the case. But since the damage came from the top, the repair can come from the top, too. And it will

Douglas F. Williamson

Oct 15, 2026, 11:02 PM

Noach: What the Tower of Babel taught me about multinational teams

Torah interpretations through the Bridge6 leadership model Parashat Noach · Genesis 11:1-9 This Shabbat we read Parashat Noach. From a leadership perspective, the story of Babel jumps out at me more than the other lessons this week. This part of the...

Lisa M. Pollack

Oct 15, 2026, 10:42 PM

Neve Hanna: Books. Bread. Brighter Futures.

Neve Hanna Children's Home, Israel.
Photo: AFNH staff. March 2025.

Learning Today. Building Brighter Futures. Two different classrooms. One shared purpose. At Neve Hanna Children's Home, education isn't limited to the classroom. Some of life's most important lessons are learned by doing—discovering new abilities, developing practical skills, taking responsibility, and gaining the...

Daniel R. Weiss

Oct 15, 2026, 12:19 PM

Whose Chair Am I Sitting In?

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Whose chair am I sitting in? It is a strange question to ask in a conference room, but it is the one that two and a half days of training kept putting in front of us. I spent this week...

Oct 12, 2026, 1:57 PM

What an ‘eruv’ taught me about fighting antisemitism

Illustrative. A segment of an eruv, including the plastic white pipe on the pole, as a 'lechi,' in Airmont, New York, on February 6, 2018. (Wehwalt/ Gary Greenbaum/ Wikipedia

Getting to know your local leadership now means you can turn to them later (I know; I was the politician tapped to help a NJ Jewish community)

Michael Bresler

Oct 11, 2026, 4:41 PM

What Happens When Good People Sit Out the AI Revolution?

What happens when the people who care most about humanity decide not to participate in shaping its future? I've been thinking about that question a lot lately. As I speak with organizations, community leaders and others about artificial intelligence, I often...

Stephen A. Cooper

Oct 9, 2026, 5:49 AM

Give death penalty lawyers phone access already, dammit!

One can only hope Christa Pike’s horrifically botched execution attempt in Tennessee will accelerate the death penalty’s demise in the United States. Gallons of ink have been spilled—with much more to come—by legal experts and pundits from all corners 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 7, 2026, 2:43 PM

Israel’s Silent Crisis Part IV: The Uniform Isn’t the Only Way to Serve

Selfie in uniform

Three years ago, on October 7, everything changed. Israel changed. And I changed with it. Before October 7, I had already spent much of my adult life in public service and politics. I had served in the army, continued in the...

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