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Pro-Israel Democrats’ Moment of Truth

President Trump’s peace plan challenges long-held views of the Washington foreign policy establishment, including those of pro-Israel Democrats. When the

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The Heavy Price of Israel’s Coronavirus Lockdown

Flinging their doors open, Israelis are running outside, hugging their grandchildren, sunning on the beaches, strolling the parks and crowding

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The Case Against Benjamin Netanyahu

History was made Sunday in an over-crowded, bare-walled room in Jerusalem’s district court building. A defendant, facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, took his seat and acknowledged, in front of the three-judge panel and the entire State of Israel, that he had read the charges and fully ...

The Four Key Players in Israel’s Annexation Debate

What are the chances of this dramatic step actually taking place? Is this an inevitable result of the new government formed or yet another election-promise bound to be discarded as campaign rhetoric makes way to reality? It all depends on four key players, their motivation, and their ability to influence ...

The Start-Up Nation Seeks COVID-19 Solutions

By harnessing the energies that produced the so-called "Start-Up Nation"—cross-team multidisciplinary approaches, willing to work intensely and collaboratively, ingenuity, and a good dose of unhumble chutzpah—Israel has been able to achieve important breakthroughs. ...

Israeli Culture at the Democratic Crossroads

Artists and cultural institutions, globally, are trying to reinvent themselves online to keep the flame of their artistry alive. In

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Sharing the Pain of Yom Hazikaron

In many ways, sharing pain seems to be a radical, dangerous act. If we focus solely on our own hurt, we may not have to ask why we were hurt. But if you accept "the other's" pain, you start to think that pain might not be necessary for either side. ...

Locked Down No More?

At this point, the restrictions are being eased—and Israelis are becoming increasingly doubtful that we should be taking the remaining restrictions seriously. ...
Virtual (Holocaust) Yom Hashoah Keeps Holocaust Memory Alive

Virtual Yom Hashoah Keeps Victims’ Memory Alive

Today, before the sirens went off, hundreds of volunteers throughout Jerusalem placed a flag and a potted plant outside the doors of survivors, and as the sirens blared, they stood with them, but at the required six-foot distance, so that they would not be alone. And on-duty police officers called ...

Israeli Comedian Gets Sick—and Makes Jokes

Unlike the rest of the country, the residents of the hotel aren't in lock-down. Or at least, not within the hotel. "We can do whatever we want. We've arranged schedules for ourselves. We play games, we listen to music, we dance, we do yoga, I do standup, we hang out, ...

The Holy Week of Corona

The police are out in full force. They always are during these holidays to maintain order among the crowds of hundreds of thousands that come to pray. But this year, they are out to ensure that there are no crowds, as Jerusalem remains under virtual lockdown. ...

A Post-Bernie Democratic Race

Last Wednesday, as Jewish Americans were busy wrapping up their Passover shopping (well distanced outside the supermarkets, or begging for an online delivery slot) and struggling to set up a Zoom call with their socially-distanced families, Bernie Sanders bowed out. ...