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An invitation from the Daniel Centers for Progressive Judaism to readers of Israel from the Inside
Rabbi Meir Azari and his staff have graciously agreed to have us invite all our readers to join this online conversation next week. Pre-registration is…
"Zion Shall Not Fall Again? The Existential Stakes of Zionism Today"
Dr. Einat Wilf delivered the first Annual Lecture of the Asper Center for Zionist Education on June 5th at Shalem College in Jerusalem. Today, we share…
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"The Last Jewish Frontier": A new bestselling Hebrew book reimagines Israel—its people, its geography and its future
Listen now | Amotz Asa-el, whose book THE JEWISH MARCH OF FOLLY became a huge bestseller in Israel years ago, follows it with another bestseller, THE…
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"We're both marrying off a daughter; please let us help pay for the wedding."
On mornings like today, people here try to remind ourselves why we still love this place. Along with the many, many things that we still need to fix.
If these wars are about to end, will we now begin to think about who we must become?
With all eyes on Washington, the question isn't only whether there will be a deal. It's whether, should there be a deal, we have it in us to have the…
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Turns out, this was all a lot closer than most of us wanted to believe
A day in Tel Aviv proved very revealing ... about what could have happened, what did actually happen, and about what might still lie ahead ...
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He set out for Harvard never imagining that he'd end up suing the university. He won, returned to Israel and now he's starting a political…
Matan Yaffe is a serial entrepreneur. He built a school for Beduin kids in the Negev. Then he sued Harvard, and now he's helping to launch El Ha-Degel…
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Bibi Netanyahu loves to think of himself as Winston Churchill. But in one major way, he probably hopes he's different.
Winston Churchill saved Britain and the West, and was then promptly voted out of office. We speak today with someone who believes that Bibi won't risk…
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June 2025

For years, Yossi Klein Halevi has been advocating that Israel attack Iran. So now what?
Now that we have done what he's long urged, is the worst behind us? Quite the contrary. Yossi Klein Halevi on how he hopes that the work of healing this…
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"Don't worry, Uri, there will be more wars."
Watch now | Israelis are addressing deep uncertainty with a combination of pride and humor. And a good deal of soul searching. Do we know what really…
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Beneath the claim that this fight was not America's lies moral rot bequeathed to us by both liberalism and isolationism that have lost their…
Our guest today, Melanie Phillips, is to my mind one of the leading moral voices on the justice of Zionism and the moral erosion of the West. Two days…
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"This is not the end, but it is the end of the beginning." Nadav Eyal captures the moment perfectly.
That said, this is far, far from over. Israelis are resilient, increasingly optimistic and very, very tired.
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