Politics & Society
The Lasting Legacy of the Likud
Forty years ago this week, Menachem Begin and the Likud first won control of Israel’s government. We ask, what is the lasting legacy of the Likud?
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The High Cost of God
Israelis pay a bit less than 9 billion shekels a year for their religion. Is that price for God too steep?
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Portnoy and I: Philip Roth’s Great American Moment
Essayist and Lecturer Bernard Avishai discusses how a Philip Roth novel changed his life and that of an American generation.
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Palestinians and Peace in the Age of Trump
Palestinian President Abbas comes home from the White House with a spring in his step, while Hamas announces they are willing to live in pre-1967 borders.
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The Matriarchs: Russian, Palestinian and Jewish Mothers in Israel
Two anthropologists discuss their new book “Mothering, Education and Culture: Russian, Palestinian, and Jewish Middle-Class Mothers in Israeli Society.”
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IDF = In a Dither about Feminism?
A front page headline this week in a conservative Israeli newspaper screamed, ‘IDF Cancels Workshops for Female Officers on ‘Feminist Thought’.
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Living Together and Apart
The Jewish People Policy Institute conducted a poll which found that almost two-thirds of Israeli Jews do not want Palestinians in their neighborhoods, and nearly vice versa.
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Found in Translation: The Definitive SY Agnon, in English
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks discusses the soon-to-be-completed collection of stories by SY Agnon, the famed Israeli author.
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Breaking News: Ehud Barak Admits He’s Been Right All Along!
What are we to make of Barak’s analysis in his recent book review turned op-ed?
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