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Newsletter 22.5.25

Two young Israeli Embassy aides were gunned down in Washington – the victims of the ugly antisemitic incitement that is, sadly, on the rise. May their memory be a blessing. Israel has returned to all-out war in Gaza, which has unleashed an unprecedented tsunami of condemnation from traditionally friendly nations.
Identity

Thought Israeli Society Was Conservative Already? Wait Until You See These Stats

In an interview with Haaretz following a JPPI survey on young Israeli families, study editor Shmuel Rosner remarked: “Israel is a conservative country, and its young people are more conservative than their elders.”
Identity
Jewish Communities Worldwide

The End of French Jewry?

Can French Jews carry on as if nothing has changed? Can faith in the Republic, in secularism, in equality, still offer protection in a reality that is shifting rapidly before our eyes? Is it possible that an ancient, rooted, and vibrant community may be quietly approaching its end?
Jewish Communities Worldwide

The Essential Guide to October 7th and its Aftermath

A guidebook that seeks to help Jews and non-Jews, in Israel and worldwide, understand the events that have unfolded since October 7 in historical and ideological context.
Democracy

Netanyahu and High Court gamble with Israel’s future over Shin Bet head

The dangerous flirtation of Israeli public leaders with the horrifying prospect of disobeying a High Court ruling, which will likely result in the dissolution of Israeli society.
Democracy
Antisemitism

What ‘Free Palestine’ Really Means

That in the poisoned moral economy of “Free Palestine,” Jewish blood is a form of currency to be spilled—from the blown-up buses of the Second Intifada in Jerusalem to the rockets fired at Tel Aviv; from the massacred communities of southern Israel on October 7th to the Jewish museums of America.
Antisemitism
Geopolitics

Golan, Olmert’s comments are making it easier to arrest IDF soldiers abroad

Yair Golan and Ehud Olmert’s statements may have concrete consequences in the growing international legal campaign against Israel.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

In the Face of Qatari Money

If Israel had effective public diplomacy, we would be bombarded with news alerts detailing the military, medical, and hi-tech gains Israel provided America from this ugly war.
Geopolitics

Newsletter 9.4.25

On the eve of Passover – a festival of liberation – we do not forget the hostages who are not free. The holiday is incomplete without them. Its joy is also marred by the tempestuous, increasingly radical discourse within Israeli society. And yet, let us gather together around the Seder table – all parts of the nation – and remind ourselves of our shared covenant of fate, which is the source of our strength.