Opinion | Mine, Mine, All Mine
What makes a place holy? And who gets to decide? Such abstract questions become concrete and emotional when we talk about Jerusalem.
Moment Debate | Is Critical Race Theory a Threat to Education?
It’s incompatible with the essence of a liberal arts education.
Moment Debate | Is There a Moral Argument For Raising Taxes on the Rich?
Not as an abstract principle, true any time, but I approve of the tax and spending program proposed by President Biden, and I’m prepared to defend it on moral grounds.
Winners and Losers in the Most Recent Israeli Election
More than a week after the most recent Israeli election, Israelis are still trying to find a way to make sense of what happened—and, no...
Moment Contributors Weigh In on Israeli Election
Following Israeli election returns is not for the faint of heart. With four elections (so far) in less than two years, more than a dozen...
Moment Debate | Does Electronic Surveillance Threaten Democracy?
What undermines democracy is the use of electronic surveillance by government without tight limits: judicial oversight, transparent policies and publicly available information after the fact.
Opinion | Will Israelis Embrace Biden?
Five days after the U.S. elections, my husband and I enjoyed a rare Pilates class between lockdowns.
Opinion | The Trouble with ‘Q’
In her victory speech in August, after winning the Republican primary runoff for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, Marjorie Taylor Greene was obstreperous and foul-mouthed.
Opinion | Picking Their Poison
In every Israeli election since 2015—we’ve had four now, and in 2021 are headed toward a fifth—the average Israeli voter has one main thing in mind when he or she decides whom to vote for: Do I want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep his job?
Opinion | A Dangerous Precedent
The Supreme Court has entangled synagogues in culture wars with its absolutist rulings on religious liberty cases during the pandemic.
Debate | Should We Rethink the Police?
Yes, but the more difficult question is, what kind of changes do we want? The police and science have made great strides in preventing crime.