2025 ended the way it lived: restless, loud, and slightly unreal in a world that no longer pauses to catch its breath. And there I was at the Circus Maximus, the place where ancient Rome’s chariot-racing stadium stood, receiving 2026 with fifty…
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The Blogs: Why Real Assets Matter in Capital-Constrained Economies: Israel and America | Eli Sidlofsky
For much of the past decade, financial markets in both Israel and the United States operated under conditions of capital abundance. Low interest rates, ample liquidity, and accommodative credit environments reduced the cost of financing and…
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The Blogs: Finally, A Bill That Will Actually Fight Antisemitism | Jamie Beran
We cannot dismantle antisemitism without tools that help us take action. And we’re starting the new year with an important new tool in our kit: a proactive, forward-looking plan that will help fight antisemitism — and all forms of…
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The Blogs: Courage Over Volume | Michael Schlank
As we enter a new year, the noise of public life grows louder commentary layered over outrage, opinion edged with mockery, and the easy currency of bombast traded for attention. In moments like these, volume can easily be mistaken for vision….
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The Blogs: Greenland is not Venezuela. It is also not Cyprus | Shay Gal
For half a century, Cyprus carried the cost of Europe’s hesitation. What was tolerated there hardened into routine, and what became routine escaped scrutiny. Today, the same logic is being tested elsewhere. From the Eastern Mediterranean to…
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The Blogs: Bibi, We Love You…But It’s Time | Sherwin Pomerantz
We are now at the beginning of 2026 and sometime within the coming ten months Israel will go to elections. The various parties will go through whatever processes they have established, or perhaps yet change, to choose their lists. Those will…
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The Blogs: When definitions disappear, violence fills the gap | Isabelle Hall-Burns
Zohran’s removal of the IHRA definition of antisemitism concerns far more people than just Jews, as it encourages all types of hatred. This is not a symbolic gesture; it is not a semantic debate. These changes structurally weaken the system…
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Slanders, Smears and Slurs
I have battled against disparate forms of antisemitism my entire life, but because the rules of engagement have changed, we Jews are living in increasingly ominous times. Unlike years past, when antisemitism was a shadowy specter hiding in the…
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The Blogs: Another Severe Winter Storm | Barry Lynn
The BlogsBarry LynnIntersection of Science and Policy
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