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What are Israelis Saying with Their Votes?
Israeli voters have been stalwart in their political party loyalties and no amount of campaigning seems able to sway them. When voters define themselves...
#57: "Jewish Calendar = Israeli Calendar?"
What can public and private observances of Rosh Hashana teach us about the relationship between Jewishness and Israeliness today? Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi ...
#56: Kahane, Ben-Gvir, and the Religious Right
With Israeli elections less than two months away, polls are showing that the Religious Zionist party, a coalition of religious ultra-nationalists and followers of...
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#55 Why Isn’t Tisha B’Av Working?
The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av (Tisha B'Av) commemorates the destruction of the two Temples and the exile from the land...
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#54: The Antisemitism We Tolerate
When Haredi men recently attacked American Jews celebrating a Bar Mitzvah at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall, there was little outrage in...
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#53: The Role of Truth in Israeli Politics
This week, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett dissolved the one-year-old government that he formed (in his words) “l’shem shamayim,” for the sake of heaven, to...