Thin Constitution
Independence Day and the new reality
Identity and Education
Israel at a crossroads: Choosing between decline and a renewed vision for Israel
Antisemitism
Should We Be Surprised by Right-Wing Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories?
Publications
Democracy
Democracy
Israeli Liberals Must Understand: The Courts Will Not Save Democracy
American history shows that reliance on courts as engines of liberal reform is problematic both in terms of norms and strategy. Israel should take note.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
Tamar Ish Shalom in conversation with Rabbi Menachem Bombach
At a moment when questions of Haredi responsibility to the state, to military service, and to Israeli society as a whole have become among the most contentious in Israel, Bombach’s approach stands apart.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
How religion and faith shapes the Israel-Iran war
Even in an age of advanced weapons and secular institutions, many of the world’s most consequential decisions are still made and understood under the shadow of God.
Democracy
Democracy
Palm Sunday Ban Triggers Church Outrage
When freedom of worship is not upheld—especially for minorities—even when doing so clearly serves the state’s own interests, something is profoundly wrong.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
The menorah at the European check-in counter
For those holding an Israeli passport, the airports of Berlin and Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels are not neutral transit zones.
Religion and State
Religion and State
The real life or death matter: The struggle between religious and civil judiciaries
This declaration of war is not over any concrete dispute. Its purpose is to undermine the legitimacy of a parallel state judicial institution – to challenge its composition, authority, and decisions.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Iran war is huge success for Israel – but it is not a victory, yet
For too long, Israelis were sold on the wrong expectation. Politicians deceived the public into believing that everything could be achieved quickly and decisively through military force alone.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
I Promise You: This Will Not Be the Last War
We may be able to win this war – in Gaza, in Lebanon, and against Iran. But when we are surrounded by fundamentalist enemies that, like cancer cells, keep growing back, the promise of a "last war" is probably just wishful thinking.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Yaakov Katz in Conversation with Avner Vilan
Vilan, who spent two decades inside Israel’s defense and intelligence establishment, explains what was achieved in the war, what wasn’t, and where things go from here.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
Tamar Ish Shalom in conversation with Rabbi Menachem Bombach
At a moment when questions of Haredi responsibility to the state, to military service, and to Israeli society as a whole have become among the most contentious in Israel, Bombach’s approach stands apart.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
The menorah at the European check-in counter
For those holding an Israeli passport, the airports of Berlin and Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels are not neutral transit zones.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
Israel at a crossroads: Choosing between decline and a renewed vision for Israel
Israel’s future hangs in the balance as inequality, emigration, and identity debates intensify.
Antisemitism
Antisemitism
Should We Be Surprised by Right-Wing Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories?
We should not be surprised that conspiratorial antisemitism has reemerged in the current circumstances. But there is a deep reason that ties it specifically to the right.
Thin Constitution
Thin Constitution
Independence Day and the new reality
The existential security of Jews in the Jewish state has been shaken in these last few years. But it has also become clear that our younger generation is prepared to do whatever is required, at immense personal sacrifice, to restore it.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education
The Essential Guide to Zionism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism and Jew-Hatred
A non-polemical journey through the Jewish national movement that built Israel and how the ancient virus of Jew-hatred has mutated and adapted to infiltrate the 21st century.
Video Library
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