As the U.S. House prepared this week to take a pivotal vote to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, one leading Jewish Democrat had words of praise for a prominent MAGA diehard who helped make the vote…
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Israeli defense firms return to French security exhibitions
39 Israeli companies are exhibiting this week at France’s Milipol homeland security event in Paris, “Al Jazeera” reports.
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The World Has Spoken: It’s Time to Take Care of Us
After I published “When Our Children Hide Their Stars, It’s Gone Too Far,” a few people reached out and asked, “What can we do?” The truth is, this moment demands much more than learning how to argue on social media or how to win…
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Polls, Peace, and Partnership
Do public opinion polls actually reflect genuine public opinion? I am frequently asked about public opinion in Israel and in Palestine – especially about what people in Gaza think. My answer since October 7, 2023, has been that wartime polls…
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It’s Always Possible to Change
The rabbinic tradition portrays Yaakov and Esav as two sharply contrasting personality types. Even their manner of speaking is interpreted as a window into their inner character. The very choice of words each uses becomes significant. Esav’s…
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Don’t worry, Israel will be just fine. And the world too.
It’s like suspended animation. The war is mostly over. Israel defeated Iran and its proxies. The last living hostages are out of Gaza. An international force is poised to enter Gaza, but Hamas won’t disarm and the international force seems…
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Isaac, the Genocide Libel, and the Persistence of Antisemitism
Jews are sometimes accused of finding antisemitism everywhere, even when it does not exist. There is some truth to this claim; no less an authority than the Netziv (R. Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin, 1816–1893), who composed an entire monograph on…
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Michael Eisenberg on Israel’s Trillion-Dollar Future
I call on all of you, readers of Sapir in the Diaspora, to bring your capital, talents, networks, and sense of purpose to a Jewish state that cherishes life, peace, and human dignity. Help create Israel’s trillion-dollar economy. Abraham’s…
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My Grandparents’ Legacy and the West Bank
The images of young Israelis in the West Bank brandishing guns and clubs, killing Palestinian farmers, torching their crops and property, makes me think of my maternal grandparents. I can only imagine how Papa Sam and Grandma Bessie would respond…
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“We would not be who we are without the graduates of the Yemin Orde Mechina”
“On behalf of the State of Israel, I would like to honor you today—your contribution to the country’s security, its social resilience, its economy, education, spirit, and culture—to every field and domain. We would not be who we are…
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