There’s something about Miri
Apparently Miri Regev, Likud’s outspoken Minister of Culture & Sport, considered joining the Labor Party just eight years ago.
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The Israeli melting pot: A grassroots perspective
Exploring the everyday practices adopted by the early Israelis that reflected their reception of the cultural project of Zionism.
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Girls with scissors
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot said that “I would not want a soldier to unload an entire clip into a girl who is holding scissors.”
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A program like no other: What Birthright Israel does right
Analyzing the success of Birthright Israel, the program that has brought hundreds of thousands of young Diaspora Jews to Israel.
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Too much of a good book?
A report has emerged showing that fewer high-schoolers are studying “humanities,” while more are studying Bible.
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Litigating the Silence
A secret lawsuit has been brought by the army against NGO “Breaking the Silence,” to compel the group to share information.
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Peace 2.0?
We discuss opposition leader Isaac Herzog’s proposal to complete the separation wall as quickly as possible – “They over there and we over here.”
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Just a very naughty boy: Sabbatai Zevi and C17th Jewish messianism
The curious case of a 17th-century Jewish mysticist, one of the principal backers of Sabbatai Zevi, Judaism’s most well-known false messiah.
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Cyber fodder
A new school program is tracking Israeli nine-year-olds towards careers in the army’s cyber intelligence units.
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