Amalek
The trope of an eternal, genocidal Amalek is everywhere these days. What role does it play in the war and in our politics?
Read MoreAn opposition conference at the Knesset is setting out a new peace plan for our troubled times. Is all we are sayin’, just give peace a chance?
Read MoreThis month’s Atlantic cover story argues that the “Golden Age” for American Jews has come to a close and, with it, maybe the “Golden Age” for America and the “Golden Age” for Jews. Is the US putting the “mean” back into “reversion to the mean”?
Read MoreIs it time for soul-searching and spiritual reckoning over the death and destruction in Gaza?
Read MoreFor the first time ever, Jerusalem elected a straight-up majority of ultra-Orthodox men to its city council. What’s it all mean?
Read MoreFew positions have more job security than mayor of a major city in Israel. But why is that?
Read MoreThey say that, in a democracy, even the most humble among us can be elected to public office. Now we know it’s true!
Read MorePerhaps now is the moment to extend the draft to the ultra-Orthodox, because a crisis is a terrible thing to waste
Read MoreBillboards all over the country and full-page ads in the papers call for new elections now. Is this a good idea?
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