Politics & Society

The Lobbyist: Herbert Hoover and the Jews

Dr. Sonja Wentling analyzes Herbert Hoover’s attitude towards European Jews and Zionism during his administration and after he left office.

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Offshore Palestinians

It’s a fantabulous utopian idea: building a high-tech, artificial island of Gaza. Will this solve its humanitarian crisis?

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The Broken Man who Broke Israeli Politics

Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was released from jail after a felony conviction. Is he partly responsible for our cynicism about politicians?

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Return to Former Glory: Sephardic Religious Culture in Israel

Dr. Joseph Ringel discusses the links between halakha, politics, and culture among Sephardi religious leaders in Israel.

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New Labor?

Round one of the Labor Party leadership elections left the old elites thoroughly thrashed. What does the future hold for the Left now?

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Down and Out in Be’er Sheba and Afula

Orly Benjamin discusses her new book “Gendering Israel’s Outsourcing,” which offers a feminist critique of processes affecting the Israeli labor market.

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Pile of Stones

The dispute continues over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. Should progressive Jews care about the wall, anyway?

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Covering the Dead

Do we pay too much attention to the tragic victims of terrorist attacks, at the expense of other things to which we ought to also be giving our consideration?

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The Tel Aviv Review LIVE in New York: Timothy Snyder on Tyranny

What can contemporary Americans learn from 20th-century Europe? Yale University’s Timothy Snyder discusses his book “On Tyranny.”

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We Got the Power

Israel reduced the electricity to Gaza to weaken Hamas, leaving hospitals unsure if can keep their ventilators going. Can this possibly be justified?

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