Opinion | American Jews Just Don’t Get It
Reactions to the embassy move to Jerusalem show how little they understand Israelis.
Opinion | Should Israel Deport African Asylum Seekers? | Yes, It Should
We need to bear witness to the Talmudic dictum, “The poor people living in your own city come first.”
Opinion | Israel’s ‘Teflon’ Prime Minister
Four flimsy and ridiculous scandals won’t bring Benjamin Netanyahu down.
Opinion | Are Jews Historical Artifacts in Europe?
The future of Europe’s dwindling Jewish communities is bleak.
Opinion // The Shot Heard Round the World
The Israeli soldier who “neutralized” a terrorist is not the true villain.
Opinion // An Israeli in Paris
“So, you’re probably not coming…” my daughter said with a mixture of fear and resignation…
Opinion // Living Under the “Terrorism Tree”
Attacks may be a fact of life, but Israelis will never consider terrorism “normal.”
Opinion // Max Steinberg: A Real American Hero
Not so long ago, American Jewish children learned from their parents to love the State of Israel. Even secular, assimilated American Jews gave their kids charity boxes to collect nickels and dimes to plant trees there, as the parents do in Woody Allen’s 1987 film Radio Days. But that was a time when Jews remembered the tragedy of the ship St. Louis, with its hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazis and not a single country willing to take them in.
Opinion // “I Want To Serve, But…”
Naomi Ragen
Fear of ostracism—not lack of conviction—prevents some haredi men from enlisting.
A day before the haredi “million man march” called to protest the new drafting...
Opinion // Rip-Off Rabbis and Sacred Scammers
By Naomi Ragen // Several high-profile Israeli rabbis have come under fire for less-than-holy schemes.
Opinion | Naomi Ragen
Since the recent elections, new laws are changing Israeli society for better and worse.
Naomi Ragen: Israel’s Kaleidoscope of Expectations
With the new government in place, Israelis are beginning to address the complicated question of what they want their country to look like.