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Newsletter 7.5.24

Newsletter 7.5.24

Opening: Israel is preparing for its national holidays – Memorial Day and Independence Day – while enmeshed in a war whose end is not yet in sight. Many have lost their lives, and many more have been injured in body or soul. This is the high price we pay for Jewish sovereignty. May we work toward a better reality, one…
07/05/2024
Resolve and Optimism between Yom HaShoah and Israel’s National Holidays
TPS
Identity and Education

Resolve and Optimism between Yom HaShoah and Israel’s National Holidays

Despite the darkness of our past and the challenges of the present, we are a strong people with a strong state.
06/05/2024
By: Dr. Shuki Friedman
Identity and Education
Why Israel Can’t Count Solely on Its Missile Defenses
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Geopolitics

Why Israel Can’t Count Solely on Its Missile Defenses

Israel’s conflict with Iran has emerged from the shadows. Israel’s challenge will remain what it has long been—stay at least one step ahead of the enemy.
05/05/2024
By: Yaakov Katz
Geopolitics
Harassed students should study in Israel
Antisemitism

Harassed students should study in Israel

Since October 7, and especially in recent weeks, more and more American patriots, let alone Jews, are approaching this exciting leap forward apprehensively.
05/05/2024
By: Prof. Gil Troy
Antisemitism
Navigating the Tension: The Challenges and Opportunities of Being a Jewish and Democratic State

Navigating the Tension: The Challenges and Opportunities of Being a Jewish and Democratic State

As the State of Israel looks toward the future, it will be essential for the country to confront these challenges and find a way to reconcile its Jewish and democratic values. This will require a willingness to engage in difficult conversations and to make difficult choices, but it is ultimately the only way to ensure a bright and prosperous future for the State of Israel.
05/05/2024
By: Chat GPT
What Would We Choose at the Moment of Truth – Judaism or Democracy?

What Would We Choose at the Moment of Truth – Judaism or Democracy?

So long as we regard the state’s religious character as a matter of the identity of the state itself, no subpopulation can sit down at the discussion table with true willingness for compromise. Yet if we agree with the contention that the state is an apparatus meant to ensure the Jewish people’s survival and continuity, then the discussion ceases to be one of values and becomes, instead, one of means, i.e. – what are the means that will serve this end without undercutting the state’s other functions as a democratic state?
05/05/2024
By: Natan Sharansky | Rachel Sharansky Danziger
“Judging the Judges” in a Jewish and Democratic State

“Judging the Judges” in a Jewish and Democratic State

Israeli society, Jewish and non-Jewish, needs to make the right and appropriate choice: that of every group and individual integrating its glorious past with the new reality imposed upon it as a necessary part of the process of establishing the state. Difference is not a flaw. It is a fact. Lack of mutual love and respect are the disease.
05/05/2024
By: Sharon Shalom
“Enlarge the Place of Thy Tent”: Judaism and Democracy in Harmony

“Enlarge the Place of Thy Tent”: Judaism and Democracy in Harmony

There are indeed 70 faces to the Torah. This is also true for Israel’s definition as a Jewish state. Yet although they may sharply diverge, there is no need, or reason, to shrink from making decisions in the spirit of the overall outlook that imbues real substance into Israel’s existence as a “Jewish and democratic” state.
05/05/2024
By: Ayelet Shaked
“Jewish and Democratic” – What’s It Like in Real Life?

“Jewish and Democratic” – What’s It Like in Real Life?

Is the state of the Jews about to turn into a theocracy, as its opponents predicted? We are still far from such a situation, but the processes underway before our eyes are frightening.
05/05/2024
By: Anita Shapira
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