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On the Road and Off the Derekh

If you’re born a religious Zionist in Israel, there’s a one in three chance you’ll be secular when you grow up. Is that a fact that matters?

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Red Ties, Blue Ties

Netanyahu has one. Saar has one. Bennett has one. Lapid has one. Lieberman has one. And Gantz has one. How do all the American political consultants running our election campaigns affect Israeli politics?

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A Pre-Election Reflection

This election campaign was maybe the weirdest in Israel’s history. What the hell just happened?

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Raffish Women

Is there maybe a special, nuclear-grade misogyny reserved for tough, brash, in-your-face, Mizrahi women, who are among our most successful (and most disparaged) leaders today?

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Us & Them

A study finds Israeli teens don’t trust teens who are different than they are. Why? What can be done?

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Lion in Winter

The number of Israelis who think Benjamin Netanyahu is most fit to be Prime Minister has tumbled over the past few weeks. Why and what’s it mean about the upcoming elections?

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Courting Change

The Supreme Court decides that the state must recognize folks converted by Reform and Conservative rabbis as Jews. Why is this controversial and what’s it all mean?

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Right Thinking Men

Gideon is on the outs with Bibi, Naftali says he won’t hang with Yair, Avigdor says Arye, Moshe & Yaakov can f- off, Bibi says Bezalel’s great, but Itamar is only o.k. The dynamics of the leaders of Israel’s right-wing parties have the subtle complexity of a middle school pool party. What does this augur for Israel’s future?

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