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Lithuania, Poland, and Congress (Part 2)

In Part 1, I showed that Lithuania has articulated a governing doctrine of public honor: when disqualifying facts emerge about a commemorated figure, the responsible authority is obliged to act….

As wartime restrictions at Ben Gurion Airport forced Israelis to seek escape routes through Jordan and Egypt, those “peace partners” revealed the limits of normalization.

Peace is easy when it costs nothing. The real test comes when it…

Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote that war is the extension of policy by other means. He meant it as a caution against romanticism. Wars do not erupt from nowhere; they are the end products of political failure, accumulated grievance, and…

המרכבה נוסעת, והכיסא ריק

Ha-merkavah nosa’at, veha-kise rik.

The chariot keeps moving, but the throne is empty.

State Without a Horizon

Israel…

For 2 years I posted a daily blog reporting on the hostage situation, survivors and families, the soldiers killed and injured, the devastation of Gaza and the tens of thousands of non-combatants killed there.

And during the 12 day war with…

This Passover, as Jewish families sit down to retell the Exodus, one fact stares back at us from the text: hatred of Jews has never needed a reason. Pharaoh ordered every newborn Jewish boy drowned in the Nile simply because they were Jewish….

The instructions are that if a siren rings, you must find a bomb shelter or a protected area.

If you’re out walking, get into a building and find the shelter.

If you’re in a car, get out, and find a protected area.

All in 90 seconds…

If…

Welcome to one of your first real Israeli decisions: picking a Kupat Holim. Four healthcare providers to choose from. Should be simple, right? You’d be adorably wrong.

Israel’s system is straightforward in theory—everyone gets universal…

Antisemitism and Immigration in Europe

A New Geography of Hatred Since October 7, 2023

Since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, antisemitism in Europe has entered a new phase. European security services, interior ministries, and Jewish…