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Oct 3, 2023, 6:50 PM

A Regular Demonstration in Or-Akiva

Here are my remarks at the demonstration last Saturday in Or-Akiva - a not-so-large community that cares a lot about Israel and will not give up. -- Good evening, Or-Akiva! It's good to be here tonight and meet people who care....

Jul 3, 2023, 2:44 PM

Only a united opposition can prevent this looming catastrophe

Thousands of Israelis protest against the planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on April 29, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Without joining together, liberal parties have no chance of blocking this government's dark vision for the country

James J. Marlow

Nov 9, 2022, 4:12 AM

How the Israeli election was won

It has taken five elections in just over three and a half years and almost continuous campaigning, before a final knockout came. The political heavyweight champion, Benyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu will return as Prime Minister for the third time, after being...

Nov 1, 2022, 5:36 PM

Merav Michaeli Refuses to Invest in Judea and Samaria. SHAME!

Israel’s Minister of Transportation, Merav Michaeli, recently stated that it would be a “shame” to invest in transportation infrastructure in Judea and Samaria, because, according to her, this territory will not be a part of the State of Israel...

Oct 21, 2022, 5:38 AM

Episode 5: Let’s look at the activists

A few days ago, I found an interesting thread on Twitter made by an old friend I have known since high school. He described the evolution of the relationship between Jewish communities in Argentina and Israel during our youth,...

Dmitri Shufutinsky

Jan 7, 2022, 11:23 PM

Merav Michaeli, Keep Woke Politics Out of Israel

Dear Minister Michaeli, I am writing this as the son of a Russian-American born in Moscow, a veteran of the IDF who was a Lone Soldier, an oleh chadash, and a proud American-Israeli: please do not bring woke politics to our...

Elchanan Poupko

Nov 23, 2021, 6:31 AM

Kislev 21, Stop Celebrating Rudolph Kastner

In December 1944, a train with approximately 1350 passengers arrived in Switzerland after leaving Hungary and stopping in Bergen-Belsen. The train would come to be known as the Kastner train. Organized by Hungarian Jewish community leader Rudolf Kastner, some...

Aug 23, 2021, 3:35 PM

Merav Michaeli should have been up front about the surrogate baby

Merav Michaeli and her partner Lior Schleien are seen with their newborn, Uri. (Facebook photo)

The minister, an outspoken champion of women's right to opt-out of motherhood, could have averted a backlash with more transparency about her plans

Mar 3, 2021, 11:54 AM

Led by a woman is reason enough

Why is Labor's Merav Michaeli the only female heading a party? Here are some milestones along the rocky road to women taking hold of their right to be elected

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