Politics & Society

From Zion shall come forth what?

September 3, 2016

The Israeli state is funding organizations that strengthen Jewish identity on US campuses, and most of the money is going to Orthodox organizations.

The gatekeepers: Israel’s supreme court in a changing reality

September 2, 2016

A conversation with Prof. Mohammed Wattad, a legal scholar at the University of California at Irvine and Zefat Academic College in Israel.

Left behind?

September 1, 2016

New polls show that the Israeli left is crashing and burning.

Shalom/Salam: On the benefits and limitations of bilingual education

August 29, 2016

A discussion with the founding principal of Haifa’s first Jewish-Arab school.

Our lives: A late-interim review

August 28, 2016

We decided as teens to move to Israel and we did. Now we have teens of our own. Did we waste our lives?

Moral guides

August 27, 2016

An essay in the Times of Israel asserts that it is “immoral” to visit the City of David tourist site, which is located in Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Yad Vashem with an air force: “Hegemonic victimhood” in Israel

August 26, 2016

Analyzing the recent shift in Israel’s hegemonic discourse from confident self-reliance to radical victimhood.

Too many Israelis?

August 25, 2016

A discussion of Alon Tal’s important, new book “The Land is Full.”

Verses of coexistence: Teaching poetry in a region of conflict

August 22, 2016

Exploring the overlap between poetry, education and progressive social change.

Mo’ better babies

August 21, 2016

Why are Israelis the most prolific users of prenatal genetic testing?