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In Living Color

An amateur historian and artist colorizes dozens of photos taken by a Wehrmacht officer of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, in order to show a brighter side of day-to-day life in the shadow of the Holocaust. Is that what we want? What we need?

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Going for Netanyahu in Droves?

Prime Minister Netanyahu hints that he’s eager for an Islamicist party to join his coalition after the elections. Is this a turning-point in the history of Israeli politics?

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Party Time!

Five new center-left parties launched last week, and there are more on the way this week. Why are lefty parties sprouting like mushrooms after a spring rain?

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What’s So Wrong with Law & Liberty

A group of conservative lawyers in Israel, following the lead of America’s Federalist Society, play the long-game to change Israel’s courts beyond recognition. Is that a bad thing?

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In Seeking Peace, Might Less Be More?

Would Israelis and Palestinians be better off if Americans stopped trying to broker grand peace accords?

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Elections, Infections & Abjections

Is the collapse of Israel’s government a good thing, in a “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” sort of way?

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