Here is a bet you can hold me to. The respect from the US lasts. The protection that used to come with it does not, and it gets tested before the year is out, probably in Lebanon.
A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.
Zionism and Americanism make Israel and America dynamic, catalytic countries, yearning, churning, and ever-trying to better their nations by fulfilling their founding ideals.
Bibi has put Israel in a weak position with little choice but to follow Trump’s lead.
My 20-year-old self would have been incredulous to learn that, almost four decades later, I am in the same place, with the same mission statement, in Lebanon.
The question before Israel is not whether it is entitled to defend itself. It does. The question is whether Israel can defend itself in a way that preserves the American political coalition.
We must remember that in any society, different groups will contribute in different ways. To aim for a forced “equality of service” is insensible.
Israel still seems not to grasp that the main battle is being fought not in Jerusalem but in The Hague.
For the past decade, I have been working with my colleagues at Eshel to increase acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals in the Orthodox Jewish world.
When an international framework appears to prioritize regional calm over dismantling Hezbollah’s threat, residents hear the same old message: wait longer, trust more, accept less.
No, not every autistic child is a card-counting savant. Not every blind person can play piano at the age of three. But every human being has something to offer.
