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The Blogs: Early "Zionists? The Daughters of Tzelofchad
10+ hour, 42+ min ago (1526+ words) Why five sisters who never entered the Land became among the greatest role models in Jewish history. The first Zionists did not drain swamps, establish kibbutzim or gather in Basel. They stood before Moshe in the wilderness. They were five…...
The Blogs: Washington's New Middle East Playbook
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (345+ words) Nowhere is this more visible than in Iraq and Lebanon, two states where the central challenge is not the absence of government, but the fragmentation of authority across formal institutions and armed non-state actors. Since taking office, al-Zaidi has launched…...
The Blogs: Israel Is Building a CT Scanner for Clouds
9+ hour, 47+ min ago (427+ words) Sometime in the coming weeks, a satellite about the size of a shoebox and roughly four kilograms, the heft of a small housecat, is set to lift off from California to attempt something no weather satellite has managed. It will…...
The Blogs: Truth, Timing, and Turkey: Why Israel Finally Recognized the Armenian Genocide
10+ hour, 31+ min ago (343+ words) History did not change on the day Israel's Cabinet voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide was a historical fact in 1915. It remained a historical fact while governments debated whether acknowledging it was politically convenient. It remained true…...
The Blogs: Beyond Partisan Politics: Why Israel Must Repair Its Relationship with Democrats
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (241+ words) Today, we are witnessing the catastrophic collapse of that gamble. Netanyahu's strategy reached its zenith'and its inevitable breaking point'during his reliance on Donald Trump. The transactional nature of this relationship created the illusion of strength. The relocation of the embassy…...
The Blogs: Connection to Israel is built through experience
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (813+ words) When thousands of Jewish athletes arrive in Israel for the 2026 Maccabiah, they will come to compete. But they will also be doing something much larger than sport. They will be showing up. And at this moment in Jewish history, that…...
The Blogs: Lebanon is doing Israel's work for them
17+ hour, 21+ min ago (300+ words) Israel was about to eliminate Hezbollah, when Iran mixed in and demanded that Lebanon needs to be part of the Iran-US peace deal. This was followed by a peace deal between Israel and Lebanon, in which Lebanon agreed to disarm…...
The Blogs: The Chareidi Draft Crisis Is Not Only About Chareidim
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (776+ words) Right now, the issue tearing the Knesset apart, threatening the coalition, shaping the coming election, and at times dividing the country itself is not Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, or the Supreme Court. It is the issue that the war has pushed…...
The Blogs: Gaza: Confronting Complicity and Extremism
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (589+ words) The Hard Questions Masked by the Selective Outrage of Sonia Gandhi: A Reckoning with Islamism, Gaza, and the World's Convenient Amnesia This essay is not that story. The Ideology Nobody Wants to Name This matters because the global conversation about…...
The Blogs: The Hostage State: Tehran's Cynical Gambit in Lebanon
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (440+ words) To the uninitiated, this might seem like standard diplomatic posturing. To the student of Middle Eastern power dynamics, it is a transparent act of geopolitical hostage-taking. In response, Tehran has performed a strategic pivot: it has repurposed the proxy. If…...