By Lucille Marshall
As Israelis and Palestinians embark on yet another round of negotiations this year, Shahar Sadeh, a visiting professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute,...
Israel’s Negev Bedouin Challenge and the Exploitation of Human Rights
By Emily Ziedman
The relationship between the state of Israel and the Bedouin population in the Negev is extremely complex, and is the subject of intense...
An Interview with Israeli Politician Ruth Calderon
Why the secular talmud-talking feminist is turning heads in the knesset and beyond. Moment Opinion Editor Amy E. Schwartz sits down with Calderon to discuss her decision to run for office, how she works with haredi colleagues, and what she sees for Israel’s future as a Middle Eastern state.
Q&A: Naomi Tsur on Women in Jerusalem Politics
Naomi Tsur spent five years as a third-string deputy to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, responsible for the ancient city’s urban planning and environmental sustainability files.
But...
Opinion: Gilad Shalit’s Negotiator, Gershon Baskin
On October 18 we mark two years from the remarkable day when the world waited with great anticipation to see Gilad Shalit stride from captivity...
Q&A: Middle East Scholar Aaron David Miller on Syria and Israel
The United States, Russia, China, France and Britain reached a UN Security Council resolution this week to compel Syria to relinquish its chemical weapons stock...
The Dead Sea’s Revenge
The story of how humans are killing the Dead Sea—and how only international cooperation may save it.
From the Editor
As we enter the year 5774 on the Jewish calendar, I find myself thinking about where the world was 100 years ago
Opinion | Letty Cottin Pogrebin
American Jews need to stop turning a blind eye to the resettlement of Israel’s Bedouins.
Opinion | Naomi Ragen
Since the recent elections, new laws are changing Israeli society for better and worse.
Whose Side Is the U.S. Really On?
As U.S.-brokered negotiations begin–again–between Israelis and Palestinians, both sides want to know: Hey, America, whose side are you really on?
After living in Jerusalem for seven...
Jewish Word | Yerida
Yerida: The downside of aliyah