Analysis
Monday, October 9th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Summer Said, Benit Faucan and Stephen Kalin WSJ, Oct. 8, 2023 “We know that there were meetings in Syria and in Lebanon with other leaders of the terror armies that surround Israel so obviously it’s easy to understand that they tried to coordinate. The proxies of Iran in our region, tried to be coordinated as […]
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Friday, October 6th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Michael Oren WSJ, Sept. 28, 2023 “The result was a conflict that, in terms of its scale and complexity, was almost unmatched in the post-World War II era.” Recently, while walking in a Tel Aviv park, I was approached by a well-dressed, elderly man who recognized me—I once served as Israel’s ambassador to the […]
Thursday, September 28th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Sonja Anderson The Smithsonian, Aug. 24, 2023 “She could be vicious. She was like an animal, a lioness … crouching, ready to kill anyone who hurt her people, very protective. … She could be tough, very, very tough. She could wither you with just a look.” Before Golda Meir accepted the nomination for prime minister […]
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Tuesday, September 26th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023
LESSONS LEARNED Herzog on Yom Kippur: Being Open to Change: Isaac Herzog, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 25, 2023 — The Yom Kippur War was a watershed event in Israel’s history. A moment of profound national shock and trauma, it has left deep scars that, 50 years later, continue to punctuate the landscape of our society. The […]
Friday, September 22nd 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
SHABBAT READING Crimson to White: Yom Kippur’s Miraculous Thread: Dr. Rabbi Joshua Kulp, The Torah.com, Sept. 21, 2023 — Leviticus (ch. 16) describes a Yom Kippur ritual, known as the scapegoat, in which a goat is chosen by lottery to bear Israel’s iniquities, and is then sent into the wilderness as a way of […]
Tuesday, August 29th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
DEFENDING BEN GVIR Statement from the Prime Minister’s Office: Prime Minister’s Office, Aug. 28, 2023 — Israel allows maximum freedom of movement in Judea and Samaria for both Israelis and Palestinians. US, EU Slam Far-Right Israeli Minister’s ‘Racist’ Claim His Rights Outweigh That of Palestinians: Kareem Khadder, CNN, Aug. 25, 2023 — The United […]
Tuesday, August 29th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, Aug. 25, 2023 “The problem with these assumptions is that those condemning Ben-Gvir are ignoring not only the context of his comments but also why a heretofore marginal figure has risen so far in Israeli politics.” So much of what has been tearing Israel apart in the last several months […]
David Brinn Jerusalem Post, Aug. 25, 2023 “Regardless of his ideology or motives, I’ll still keep telling visitors that I really believe that Israel would like nothing better than to demolish the security barriers and dismantle the checkpoints. But until that’s possible – if that ever comes – I’m thankful every day that they exist.” […]
Friday, August 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
SHABBAT READING The Limits of Love: Family Edition, KI TEITSE • 5783: The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — This week’s parsha contains the law that if a man has two wives, each giving him a son, and he loves one more than the other, he is not allowed to choose which son to give the double inheritance of the […]
Daniel Goldman Jerusalem Post, Aug. 20, 2023 “In a recent survey of religious Zionist and traditional Israelis, a majority agreed that the government is actually alienating the population from its Jewish identity. While we can’t easily associate a specific policy decision or legislative proposal that has triggered this response, we do know from previous polls […]
Rafi Demogge Mosaic Magazine, Aug. 3, 2023 “Most importantly for the question presently at issue: Jews are extremely politically polarized along self-ascribed secular vs. non-secular identities.” In my essay “The Looming War over Israel’s War of Return,” I predicted that Israel’s immigration regime would become increasingly controversial and politicized. I based this forecast on […]
Thursday, August 3rd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Statement by PM Netanyahu: Prime Minister’s Office, July 25, 2023 — “Dear citizens of Israel, I would like to begin with the most moving scene that I have witnessed in the past 24 hours. Last night, masses of Israelis came to demonstrate in favor of the reform and against the reform. On one side of […]
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