We discuss the “charm offensive” of settlers, who have taken to inviting folks into their homes to show how much we’d like them if we gave them a chance.

We discuss the efforts of three leftist diplomats to block the appointment of Dani Dayan as Israel’s ambassador to Brazil.

We discuss PM Netanyahu’s plans to unify the parties on the right into an “Israeli Republican Party.”

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?

We discuss an essay in Haaretz magazine entitled “Capitalism in Israel is Under the Brutal Attack of Social Activists.”

We discuss the raft of government proposals to increase the penalties for stone-throwing, in the wake of the tragic death of Alexander Levlovich.

Research indicates that ultra-Orthodox Jews are using the internet in rapidly growing numbers, but can ‘frumkeit’ and Facebook really mix?

A Haaretz poll has found that 70 percent of Israeli Jews believe in God, meaning that lots of ostensibly secular Jews have begun to believe.

A Haaretz poll has found that ultra-Orthodox Jews are happier than Orthodox Jews, who are happier than traditional Jews, who are happier than secular Jews.

Israeli leftists spent this year mad, muttering, and morbidly depressed. Never before have so many thought so much was so irredeemably awful.