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After 50-something years, and to the astonishment of our children and grandchildren, at the end of June my husband and I packed up our things and left Jerusalem, moving halfway across the country to settle in Zichron Yaakov, a quaint, hilltop village overlooking the sea. ...

Arguments over Israel on college campuses are not new. Every few months, stories of antisemitism and anti-Zionism at American colleges

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In mid-July, a majority of justices of Israel's High Court of Justice ruled that Israel's Council for Higher Education can continue its gender-segregated education programs for ultra-Orthodox students in publicly funded colleges and universities. ...
The week that has passed since Ben & Jerry’s announced their decision to stop selling their frozen goods in the Palestinian areas occupied by Israel in 1967 provided ample time to come up with puns and memes about this rare intersection of ice cream, Israel and antisemitism. ...
In an exclusive interview with Moment senior editor George E. Johnson, Israel Prize-winning journalist Nahum Barnea offers fresh insights on how Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new Prime Minister, will govern and why it may be different in both method and substance from his predecessor and from what people may have assumed ...
This week, Nathan Guttman reports from Miami, where families and friends are still hoping to find their loved one's alive under the rubble. ...

In a Moment Zoominar on Tuesday, historian and former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren, who also served

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Former Israeli ambassador to the United States, former Knesset member, historian and prolific author Michael Oren discusses his latest novel, To All Who Call in Truth, a story about passion, betrayal, adolescence, and murder, drawing on his own experiences as a teenager growing up in New Jersey in the early ...
Naftali Bennett, Israel's new prime minister, has little international experience. Like Netanyahu, he opposes the Iranian nuclear deal. ...

With just 34 minutes to go before the deadline, Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, made the requisite

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Bibi could somehow peel off a couple of wavering right-wing members from the new coalition and force another round of elections. It’s extremely unlikely, but, as opposed to storming Capitol Hill, it is a legal option. ...
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is in place, but tensions remain high. What made this outbreak of war different? Will the violence and unrest impact the Abraham Accords—and the region? What can be done, if anything, to end the cycle of violence? Middle East analyst and negotiator Aaron David ...