Politics & Society

The curious case of the rabbi excommunicated for exercising free speech

The moral and political dilemma arising from the Minister of Defense’s decision to excommunicate a rabbi for advising soldiers to ignore orders to evacuate settlements.

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Sovereignty in exile: the curious case of Kiryas Yoel

Exploring the Hassidic settlement of Kiryas Yoel, in upstate New York, which offers a unique insight into questions of diaspora and sovereignty.

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Quo Vadis, Bibi?

The weird state of the Israeli government, which seems to be, at once, on the verge of collapse and surprisingly stable: What gives?

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Americans are from Mars, Israelis are from Venus

New Pew poll findings suggest that Israeli and American Jews may be two peoples separated by the same religion, with the rift growing wider by the moment.

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Not feeling the Bern?

Why we Israelis are strangely unmoved by the success of that most Jewy of US Presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders.

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Expulsion!

A new poll finds that 48% of Israeli Jews believe that, under certain defined circumstances, Palestinians ought to be expelled from Israel.

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The Sexist Skewering of Stav Shaffir: Salacious Satire or Simple Scumbaggery

A dumb-ass satire of MK Stav Shaffir on the Jewish Heritage TV channel struck some on the left as sexual harassment, leading some on the right to cry “double-standard.”

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