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When Israelis look at Gaza and the West Bank, the picture seems unequivocally grim:
Hamas executes dissenters. The Palestinian Authority is widely corrupt. Schoolbooks glorify martyrdom. Armed groups attack civilians. Political dysfunction…

February 2026: Some token Hamas leaders depart Gaza after “handing over” power to the new “technocratic government” in a glitzy ceremony before onward travel to luxury villas awaiting them somewhere in the Gulf.

March 2026: Hamas, along…

I am six days away from the end of Dry January, and I have never been more emotionally available to a biscuit in my entire life.

Six days left of January.

Six days is nothing — unless you are living without sugar, alcohol, cigarettes, or…

In recent days, discussions have begun within Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a possible withdrawal from the UN Climate Convention, including the 2015 Paris agreement that the US left when President Donald Trump came into office.

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Across Washington and Tehran, policymakers and analysts are asking the same unsettling question: who really holds the advantage in the escalating standoff between the United States and Iran? On the surface, President Donald Trump’s renewed…

For years, conversations about the future of the rabbinate have been framed as a crisis of calling. We worry that fewer young people are drawn to rabbinic life, that the work has become unsustainable, or that charisma has replaced substance…

Confusion, Division, and the Danger We Invite

This week’s Torah portion, Beshalach, is relevant to us today. This isn’t just a story of the past — it’s a story of the present. In 5784, Hamas attacked Israel, taking hostages and…

Exploring Creativity, Judgment, and the Role of Technology in Craft

Amos Oz (1939–2018), one of Israel’s most celebrated contemporary writers, once described writing a novel as an act of almost unreasonable patience. To write eighty…

Once again, Netanyahu has worked his magic and he will probably manage to pass a bogus draft law which will enable the ultra-orthodox to continue to evade army service, and Netanyahu’s coalition to survive and pass a budget by the end of…

I’ve compiled a list of ways in which the state of Israel are held to double standards. From what I’ve gathered, I could continue this list indefinitely. That’s because the bar Israel is held to is infinitely rising. Israel is expected…