We — with the help of the US, UK, Jordan and other capable allies — buffly rebuffed the biggest missile and drone attack on Israel ever. But what does it tell us about the past and augur for the future?

Have we Jews around the world changed, and if so, how, in light of all that has happened. Are we different than we were six months and one week ago?

Have we Israelis changed, and if so, how, in light of all that has happened? Are we different than we were six months and one week ago?

A Supreme Court injunction cuts off, cold-turkey, funding for army-aged, ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva students who learn instead of serve. Couldn’t they have let the turkey get to room-temperature?

The organization of the families of the hostages has decided to change strategies, linking its campaign to bring the hostages home to the campaign for “elections now.” Is the fight to get the hostages home entering a new phase?

An expert in urban warfare says Israel is more careful to protect the lives of civilians in Gaza than any other army in history. But even if that is true, does it matter?

There seems to be a very fast decline in US-Israel relations, after the Americans abstain on a UN Security Council resolution that Israel expected them to veto. Are Israel and America, like Ross and Rachel, on a break?

The trope of an eternal, genocidal Amalek is everywhere these days. What role does it play in the war and in our politics?

An opposition conference at the Knesset is setting out a new peace plan for our troubled times. Is all we are sayin’, just give peace a chance?

A well-regarded literary journal retracts an essay by an Israeli on account of, well, what exactly? Is it a literary crime to be an Israeli in 2024?