Shared values, shared interests: Israel in US political culture
The United States is the only western country where support for Israel has reached an all-time high in the 21st century – why is this?
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Portmania (A Tale of Love and Sadness)
Natalie Portman’s directorial debut, “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” is based on the astonishing memoir by Amos Oz. But is it any good?
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Birth of the Palestinian refugee relief problem
A discussion on the involvement of American religious groups in diplomacy and refugee relief during Israel’s War of Independence.
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Won’t anyone think of the capitalists?
We discuss an essay in Haaretz magazine entitled “Capitalism in Israel is Under the Brutal Attack of Social Activists.”
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The Peace Team plays a different kind of football
Israelis and Palestinians are being driven apart in the world of soccer, so they’ve found a different kind of football to play together.
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Sticks and stones
We discuss the raft of government proposals to increase the penalties for stone-throwing, in the wake of the tragic death of Alexander Levlovich.
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The Empire Strikes Back: British Intelligence in the Middle East 1940-1948
Prof. Meir Zamir talks about the efforts of British intelligence officials to “advance” British interests in the Middle East.
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Taming theists with technology?
Research indicates that ultra-Orthodox Jews are using the internet in rapidly growing numbers, but can ‘frumkeit’ and Facebook really mix?
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Post-Zionism retold: For the establishment of an Israeli Republic
Dr. Moshe Berent of the Open University reviews the marginal role that republicanism played in Zionist thought.
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The coming of the Repub-Likud & Avodah-mocrat parties
We discuss PM Netanyahu’s plans to unify the parties on the right into an “Israeli Republican Party.”
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