Debate | Should There Be Medicare for All?
Two experts weigh in.
Opinion | A New Age of Moderate Islam
Let us start with the difficult truths. To many Americans and many Jews, Islam by its very nature demands violence against infidels.
Opinion | Want to Inspire Young Jews?
It wasn’t until I joined Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign as an organizer in 2016 that I first experienced anti-Semitism.
Opinion | The Politics of the Rule of Law
In February, Justice Minister Amir Ohana of the Likud Party announced his decision to appoint a senior attorney, Israel’s top white-collar crimes prosecutor Dan Eldad, as the interim State Attorney.
Debate | Should Jews Support Leaders Who Lie? | No
The simple answer would be no. It depends partly on how you define lies.
Debate | Should Jews Support Leaders Who Lie? | Yes
Yitzhak Shamir once said that for the safety and security of the State of Israel, one can lie.
Opinion | Israel’s ‘Democracy Quake’
In future times—may they be happier and calmer—we will remember the year between April 2019 and March 2020 as Israel’s annus horribilis.
Opinion | The Life-Changing Magic of Clutter
"I remember where, or whom, each object came from, what it stands for, and why I’ve kept it."
Opinion | Mike Pompeo Was Right
When my daughter Bracha decided to sell her apartment in Modi’in, a small city between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and move to a spacious corner house in Elkana, one of the first settlements over the so-called Green Line, no ideology or nefarious government scheme played any part in her decision.
Debate | Are Colleges Overprotecting Their Students? | No
The university context is special, because students have a status that allows the university to regulate them qua students—which is very different from the relationship between a citizen and the state.
Debate | Are Colleges Overprotecting Their Students? | Yes
Not only does the university not have the right, or the power, to educate students in what it thinks is civil or not civil; doing so is contrary to the goal of a liberal arts education.
Opinion Interview | Will the Middle East Erupt?
When a Middle East crisis erupts, it can be hard to think long term. But Robert Malley sees larger, longer-running dangers in the region.