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May 7, 2026, 4:26 AM

Israel and the Arab World’s Dirty Little Secret

The shield they will not name, the debt they cannot admit It is one of the age’s more exquisite and unacknowledged ironies that while Western foreign ministries and their attendant commentariat continue to demand Israeli “restraint,” a different liturgy is...

Apr 22, 2026, 7:01 PM

From One College Campus — Todah Rabah Shlichim

Third Floor Window, Burack Hillel at 439 College St May 21, 2021 5:25 PM. (courtesy)

Last night at our UVM Hillel’s Yom HaZikaron dinner I deeply felt the impact of the Jewish Agency for Israel shlichim on our campus and around the world. That day our Israel Fellow spent hours in the kitchen cooking the...

Mar 10, 2026, 2:09 AM

Israel’s Burden of Anticipatory Defence

How statelessness shaped Jewish ethics of self-defence What lesson remains for a people that spent centuries facing declared danger, with protection granted or withheld by others? Anticipatory self-defence in Jewish political thought begins there. It cannot be settled by repeating the...

David Bogomolny

Jan 26, 2026, 12:56 PM

Aliyah without a container

The questions people ask Friends who visit Israel often ask me the same question. We’ll be sitting at Katzefet, talking, and at some point someone will ask whether I regret making aliyah, or whether I would recommend it. I understand the...

Jan 2, 2026, 8:04 PM

P-2 Unsanctity, Jewish Vulnerability and Israel

Why praising Jewish death exposes a deeper view of humanity In the first part, sanctity was described as a public ethic that binds the state of Israel to protect Jewish life and to honor Jewish death. Against this stands a...

Dec 25, 2025, 11:40 PM

Hypocrisy, Pre-Order Now: Jews Blamed, Kurds Wait

Hamas, antisemitism, and the selective sympathy for Jews and Kurds If Hamas Disarmed Tomorrow, Antisemitism Would Just Get a New Costume, And a Vegan Menu. Picture the dawn. Hamas's leader, whoever hell he is, emerges from his latest hole, beard...

Dec 14, 2025, 6:46 AM

Mark Wilf: “Rebuilding Israel Is About Healing People — Not Just Places”

This past week, at the American Zionist Movement’s Biennial National Assembly, I sat down with Mark Wilf, Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Jewish Agency , for a conversation shaped by grief, responsibility, and resolve. For Wilf, October 7...

David S. Levine

Dec 5, 2025, 5:51 PM

Why Can’t a Jew Make Aliyah?

A recent Jerusalem Post article ('Don’t ask, don’t tell’ aliyah) by Cookie Schwaeber-Issan, Nov. 18, 2025) makes the uncomfortably true statement that “there is an unacceptable and antagonistic attitude present in Israel’s Interior Ministry who are discriminating against...

Dec 2, 2025, 2:20 PM

The Strategic Foundations of Jewish Resilience

Jewish resilience is built on people, structure, and a clear strategic method. But in today’s world, one dimension has become just as essential: consciousness. The way Jewish communities understand the threats around them - and the way the world understands the...

Dec 1, 2025, 6:55 AM

The Pope, the Bridge and the Left Unnamed

Compassionate rhetoric that avoids naming those who bleed The Pope’s address in Türkiye is easy enough to applaud on a first reading. The register is humane, conciliatory, impeccably behaved, morally scented but politically harmless. Yet the closer one reads, the...

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