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Stephen M. Flatow

Oct 25, 2026, 10:41 AM

Who Says My Vote Is Wasted?

An oleh chadash discovers that casting an Israeli ballot requires political convictions—and a little electoral mathematics. I am about to vote in another Israeli election, and I have a confession to make. I still don’t completely understand how I am supposed...

Oct 22, 2026, 9:25 PM

Zionist political leaders married to Haredim

I am a citizen of Israel who has voted in Israeli elections since 1993. I have learned that it is not enough to read the platforms of political parties. Nor is it enough to research who is on a...

Elchanan Poupko

Oct 14, 2026, 3:20 PM

Religious Zionism’s dangerous euphoria

As Israelis leave, allies lose patience and the Jewish world faces mounting threats, too many members of the community insist they are living in a time of miracles

Oct 1, 2026, 8:14 PM

What ‘They Shall Be My People’ Does Not Mean

The Jerusalem Noahide Congress is not the next step toward the House Brit Olam has printed a verse over the First International Noahide Congress and treated the printing as arrival. “And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in...

Sep 18, 2026, 6:27 PM

Why a Technical Bloc is not a Partnership

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Ever since Moshe Feiglin's Zehut Party signed a technical bloc agreement with Betzalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism Party, I've seen one person after another refer to this as a "partnership". It is not. A technical bloc is a political maneuver intended to...

Sep 10, 2026, 5:06 PM

Confessing our communal sins for the New Year

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As much as we need to hold ourselves accountable individually for our shortcomings, we also belong to groups that should, likewise, take a frank look at the values and actions they support. These groups — of which we are...

Bernard P. Markowicz

Sep 8, 2026, 4:05 AM

When Settler Violence Tests Bartov’s Argument

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Mike Huckabee’s intervention provides a concrete test of Omer Bartov’s argument about occupation, unequal protection and Israeli institutions. This is the first of three posts. It tests Omer Bartov’s diagnosis against settler violence in the West Bank; the second asks...

Aug 31, 2026, 3:37 AM

The Gog and Magog Prophecy Dismantles Christian Anti-Zionism

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Twenty-five years ago, the debate over Israel's right to exist did not exist in my circles of Christian friends. I only learned what Zionism and anti-Zionism meant a couple of years ago, writing for this outlet and reading on...

Aug 26, 2026, 8:10 PM

Beware the ‘Populist Bump’

Last week, Der Spiegel faced a media firestorm for its cover page placement of lead Alternativ fur Deutschland (AfD) Saxony-Anhalt candidate Ulrich Siegmund. Despite the accompanying article’s critical tone, commentators from renowned center-left media outlets lambasted the publication, arguing...

Aug 10, 2026, 8:17 AM

Israel Is Surrounded Today. Are You Aware of What Comes Next?

Since October 2023, Israel has fought on six fronts: Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Five of them were not countries in any useful sense. They were militias holding ground inside countries, armed and paid from the same...

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