The Islamic Republic’s proxies in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza are weak. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continue to strike Gaza and southern Lebanon while intercepting weapons from Syria, crippling Hezbollah’s rearmament, and punishing…
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Iran’s Renewed Houthi Focus Demands Israeli Action
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ISF: From Stabilization Mechanism to Explicit Statehood Horizon?
Last week, Washington circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution to establish an International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza. At the time, reporting suggested that elements of the Trump 20-Point Plan were included as an annex — a…
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Marc Weitzman Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #309
Marc Weitzman won the 2025 Femina Essay Prize for La Part sauvage, on his friendship with Philip Roth and the evolution of the United States. On France Inter, you described yourself as brushing up against delinquency, drawn to conflict, and…
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Lecha Dodi: From the Fields of Safed to Global Jewish Liturgy
JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL 1584 The Mystical Origins of Lecha Dodi: From the Fields of Safed to Global Jewish Liturgy The haunting words of Lecha Dodi [Come, My Beloved], which echo through synagogues worldwide every Friday evening,…
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MIRA – A Delightful Alternative to Photo Paris
Skipping Photo Paris this year, which returned to the Grand Palais after its restoration, gave me the chance to discover MIRA, the contemporary Latin American art fair, now in its second edition at the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, running from…
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Hope and Holiness in Burying Our Fallen
This week, a long, painful chapter came to a close. IDF reservists, members of Lt. Hadar Goldin’s company when he was killed and abducted by Hamas in 2014, traveled to the Gaza Strip to escort his remains back to Israel. I was in Israel in…
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A Smarter Law for the Worst Terrorists: No More Hostage Currency
A Smarter Law for the Worst Terrorists: No More Hostage Currency In the wake of October 7, it is emotionally easy – and politically tempting – to say, “just execute them.” The Knesset’s new death penalty bill for terrorists rides that…
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When bad people do good things
Evil in one context, good in another I’m not talking about most people and organizations being neither completely good nor bad, like the cliché that Hitler loved dogs. I’m not even thinking of people changing, like MTG going from pro-Trump to…
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He was Zohran Mamdani’s Jewish wingman. What’s next for Brad Lander?
When Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani were jointly honored at a left-wing Jewish event in September, the two politicians’ alliance was at the center of the evening.
Lander, who had cross-endorsed Mamdani in the Democratic…
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Is dining-hall matzah ‘DEI’? The answer isn’t clear to UVA’s pushed-out ex-president.
Months after being forced out as president of the University of Virginia, Jim Ryan is still pondering Passover food.
More specifically, Ryan, who was pushed out of the role over the summer amid mounting GOP pressure on the…
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