Likud Seeking to Scuttle New Elections
byForming a government with Blue & White instead of going to elections would make it easier for the Likud to accept Trump’s new secret plan for the region.
Metal Elephants
byMetal elephants chewing across fields of dry gold rousing specters from the earth swirling cloud of tanned dust billowing out, gentle drift like some…
A True Friend Would Offer Israel Independence
byIf Trump is as good a friend as he likes to profess, facilitating a smooth transition towards complete Israeli independence before he leaves office would be the best way to substantively show it.
Win Win: A Radical Vision for Peace
byCan you imagine a story that’s big enough to encompass seemingly rival narratives?
Former Egyptian President Morsi Drops Dead in Egyptian Courtroom
byEgypt’s only democratically-elected leader dead from medical neglect and mistreatment in prison.
Seeing Thunder
byA jolting crash, deep and resonant resounding tone spiraling and tracing like a rake through jeweled sand swirling around the temples finding home in…
Arms Sales Betray Israel’s Soul with Elie Yosef
byElie Yosef explains his fight to stop Israeli weapons sales to human rights violators.
Surrendering our True Power
byJewish women forgot our own power.
Egypt
byI’m grateful that you brought me out of Egypt, But each generation has its own Egypt From which we must extract ourselves- You give…
Living in the Seventh Day
byThe revival of our language, ingathering of our exiles, attainment of independence and unification of Jerusalem merely represent stages in a larger ongoing revolution we are meant to participate in.
What is Israel’s Oral Law?
byIn anticipation of the Shavuot festival, please enjoy this 2015 discussion on how Israel’s Oral Torah actually predates the Written Torah.
Can Smotrich Transcend Narrow Jewish Nationalism?
byThose interested in making the state more expressive of Jewish values should focus on the aspects of Torah that can meet the people’s real material needs and express the universal vision of our prophets better than current Israeli policies.