The solution to the falsehood of haste

The solution to the falsehood of haste

Jews have long been known as the "People of the Book," and when in exile, it was our portable homeland. If you want to know anything about the Jewish people, read the book by which they live. Now more than ever, in the era of quick and short ideas, we must revisit it.

Israel's Knesset: Dissolved and in disarray

Israel's Knesset: Dissolved and in disarray

Blue and White party leaders promised to “make Netanyahu’s life miserable.” But when push came to shove, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Moshe Ya'alon and Gabi Ashkenazi proved they have zero execution capabilities to speak of.

Revisiting the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry

Revisiting the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry

A tour of Spain's Jewish past, in Toledo, Barcelona and other cities, reveals just how much our collective heritage was impacted by the cultural and philosophical richness of that time. Even the tragedy caused by the Inquisition could not erase this.

Expect the unexpected from Lieberman

Expect the unexpected from Lieberman

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been dancing the same waltz since the 1990s. Netanyahu holds Lieberman back and Lieberman goads him into doing what he wanted to anyway.

Can European Jews and the far Right get along?

Can European Jews and the far Right get along?

As radical, populist parties make gains all over the continent, the French Jewish community is wondering whether their former enemies can be allies, or whether there are lines of history and ideology that should never be crossed.

Still frozen

Still frozen

When it comes to building housing for Jews in east Jerusalem, there is little difference between the Trump and Obama eras.

'Israel is not prepared for the future'

'Israel is not prepared for the future'

"We walk around with the sense that we are still a start-up," future studies researcher David Passig says, "but we are here for a historic project of thousands of years, and we should start thinking from this perspective."