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What happens when post-army Israelis take their proverbial trip to India, but then have a PTSD crisis far from home?
Tamar Friedman, a military mental health officer, and Hezi Shohat, a trauma social worker, knew someone needed to be there for those people. They went…
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These Israelis are desperately begging for help, while Haredim chuckle at the mere thought they'll ever lend a hand.
Hanoch Daum on a meeting he attended—a group of mothers with sons who suffered grievous brain injuries in the war. While another woman, at the Knesset…
Jan 22
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What's "patrimonialism"? It's what you end up with when democracy withers—and what we already have, to some degree.
It's not "authoritarianism" we should fear, argues Professor Jeffrey Kopstein. "Patrimonialism" is both more subtle and perhaps more dangerous. And, he…
Jan 21
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Back to the desert, so they can build the future
A seemingly innocuous meeting of a group of young couples speaks volumes about the resilience of Israel's society, and how its future is being written…
Jan 20
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Is Democracy in Israel in Retreat? Two leading Israeli jurists explain why they believe it is.
Prof. Yaniv Roznai is Vice-Dean of the Law School at Reichman University. He discusses his new book and his deep for the future of Israeli democracy.
Jan 19
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"Today, at your wife's wedding..."
Hagai Lober pens a "note" to his son, Yehonatan, z'l, killed in Gaza in 2023, on the day that his widow remarried.
Jan 18
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A field trip to a shiva, because "grief is the price we pay for love."
In what kind of a country do you take fifth graders to a shiva? In a country where the goal is not to shield them, but to teach them.
Jan 15
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The US may not renew the MOU guaranteeing Israel's $3.8B / year military support. But does Israel even need it anymore?
Jordan Hirsch and Eyal Hulata in conversation about Hirsch's dramatic call for a wholesale rethinking of American Judaism's major institutions—and what…
Jan 14
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"What I do now as a commander is to make sure that the soldiers don't kill themselves."
It's mostly quiet on the fronts, so Haredi draft and this government's willingness to abandon those willing to serve, is, at least in my circles, the…
Jan 12
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"Forgive us that your replacement didn't arrive in time."
Another heart shattering funeral on Mount Herzl this week is a reminder of the egregious fundamental unfairness that we refuse to fix.
Jan 9
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"The sages of the Talmud ended the death penalty when the number of murderers increased."
Should Israel execute the hundreds (or thousands) of murderous terrorists in our jails? Itamar Ben Gvir says "yes," while today's guest, Rabbi Dr…
Jan 7
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Itamar Ben Gvir wants the death penalty for terrorists. Suleiman Maswadeh is opposed.
A brief introduction to the extraordinary life story of Suleiman Maswadeh, a young Israeli-Arab journalist.
Jan 6
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