Hope gives us a sturdy anchor – despite the disagreements.

Even as the Biden administration sounds the alarm on Israel's democratic character, it provides support of many billions of dollars to countries where the courts are for show only, whose rulings are dictated by the government, and where human rights have been trampled on for many years.

The administration crosses two ominous red lines.

Moshe Dayan’s decision to prohibit Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, writes Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik, “was a terrible mistake, the worst in Israel’s history.”