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Be Still, Beinart

Journalist and public intellectual Peter Beinart says goodbye to the “Two State Solution” for Israel and Palestine. Is he the harbinger, as he writes, of “a new phase of Jewish history”?

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Tamar in Tehran

A twenty-something, computer-hacker genius, Mossad spy goes native in Iran: that’s the plot of Israel’s newest mega-hit TV series. But what’s it tell us about how Israelis see Persian politics and culture?

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Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer

As statues of Columbus get toppled in America, and statues of Leopold II get ripped down in Belgium, are there memorials and statues in Israel we’d be better or mothballing or melting down?

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Does Size Matter?

Would a small, “symbolic” annexation of lands in the West Bank sidestep the worst consequences of the bigger annexation authorized by the Trump peace plan?

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You Pray, You Wanna Revolution

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox have a plan, inspired by the pandemic, to make weddings smaller and cheaper. Should the rest of us do the same thing?

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You Stay to Start a Revolution!

On a hill in the foothills of Samaria, live eight young, Israeli settler women, aged 13 to 19, alone, without running water and electricity. What are they doing there?!

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