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Geopolitics

When diplomats can’t read the shadows

Diplomacy begins with language. Yet language is never merely vocabulary. Every language carries its own history, literature, symbols, and collective memory. Words rarely travel alone.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Europe’s obsession with Israel

Israel should not be beyond examination. But applying different standards to different actors undermines the EU's claim to be an indispensable diplomatic broker in the Middle East.
Geopolitics
Democracy

Derech eretz lost – Why the proposed Basic Law betrays our sacred covenant

When this war began, there was a brief, powerful moment of unity. We believed that the existential threat would finally force a consensus: every capable citizen must contribute to the state's defense.
Democracy
Antisemitism

Jew-hatred drove the Montreal violence, even if it didn’t trigger it

When societies tolerate hatred of Jews and Zionists, they create conditions where political violence can thrive.
Antisemitism

The Essential Guide to the U.S.-Israel Partnership

The 250th Anniversary Edition
Antisemitism

New York: from global Jewish capital to anti-Israel hub

The city that created the Israel parade in the 1960s is now at the forefront of the fight against it, as Democratic primaries show the progressive left's growing anti-Israel clout.
Antisemitism

Newsletter 8.6.26

The IDF is currently fighting on four active fronts: Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, and Judea and Samaria (West Bank). And yet – fascinatingly – most Israelis believe the greatest threat to our future is internal division.
Identity and Education

What Can AI Do for Us?

The question is not whether Jewish communities will use AI; they already are. The question is whether we will adopt these tools passively, or shape them deliberately according to Jewish values, Jewish learning, and Jewish responsibility.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

Get off the Trumpoline

Israel is the 'bestie' of the king of the world. For now. But that comes at a price, and the Jewish state must put itself first for the long-term.
Geopolitics