The Elusive Promise of Peace Golda Meir once said: “Peace will come when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us.” Her words remain painfully relevant today. Time and again, Israel has extended its hand in peace, only to be met…
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Israel’s Fight for Real Peace
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Infertility: Between Privacy and Empathy
“Are you a Kohen, Levy, or Yisrael?” This question is familiar to anyone who has walked into a new synagogue and has been noticed. The Gabay responsible for calling people up to the Torah would like to know if the new arrival in their…
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Reclaiming Israel: Why the Next Gen Must Hear the Bible, Not the Commentators
The modern Church has quietly surrendered one of the most important theological battles of our time: the biblical meaning of Israel. Into that silence, secular commentators like have stepped with confidence and influence espousing a hatred for…
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Oct. 7 “Forever”: An Epigenetic Disaster
Oct. 7, 2023 was very bad news for Israel. Over the past few decades, psychologists around the world have come to a greater understanding of the traumatic mental effects of war on combatants and victims. Unfortunately, the phenomenon doesn’t…
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Ron Dermer’s Departure A Turning Point — Call for a New Generation of Diplomats
By Shmuel Legesse Upcoming author of Moral Diplomacy for a Broken World: Inspired by the Vision of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Ron Dermer’s departure from office marks the end of one of the most influential diplomatic eras in modern Israeli history….
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The Milestone We Missed
A significant milestone of American political history passed this August with almost no acknowledgment. Twenty-five years ago, when Al Gore chose Senator Joseph Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew, as his running mate, it marked the first time in our…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel — Part III
Security, Law, and Structural Discrimination Series Preface Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel explores how questions of law, belonging, justice, and identity shape everyday life between the river and the sea. Written from my…
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How Netanyahu Shifted Israel’s Overton Window and Who He Really Is
How Netanyahu Shifted Israel’s Overton Window — And What It Reveals About Who He Really Is Political theorists use the term “Overton window” to describe the range of ideas that are considered acceptable in mainstream public debate. Inside…
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Love Grows as We See the Person, Not the Politics
When my group of Queens baby boomers reconnected on Facebook around 2010, it was electric. After forty years apart, people who shared the same childhood blocks were suddenly swapping stories, organizing meetups, and rediscovering a sense of…
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Burial
I’ve been visiting my 90-year-old mother in Los Angeles this week. In the evenings, I’ve been reading to her from an autobiography written by her first cousin, Peter Stern — who also happens to be my godfather. It’s been unexpectedly…
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