Bangladesh on the Kinneret?
Israel is a small country, often described as “the size of New Jersey.” With a population of about 9 million, it also has about...
Marriage progress in Israel?
At first glance, the headlines were heartening: “In first, Israel recognizes three civil marriages performed online” and “Couples marry online … beat lack of...
Cautiously optimistic
Last month, with the first rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, we saw the beginning of the end of the pandemic. We were happy to see...
Déjà vu, all over again
Unless there is some tectonic shift in Israel’s body politic over the next dozen weeks, the country will hold national elections on March 23,...
A $900 billion down payment
We are under siege. The U.S. will end 2020 with 330,000 people dead from COVID-19 — a virus none of us had even heard...
Experienced Cabinet ‘firsts’
Competence, experience and precedent-setting diversity appear to be the hallmarks of the most recent round of men and women President-elect Joe Biden has nominated...
Stunning religious practice in Europe
Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s highest court, dealt a serious blow to ritual Jewish and Muslim...
Pursuing stolen art
Why is it that 75 years after the end of World War II there is still Jewish-owned art looted by the Nazis that has...
A great deal for Morocco
The historic Abraham Accords have been a singular foreign policy success of the outgoing Trump administration. Last week, a fourth Arab country — the...
The naiveté of Benny Gantz
Israel’s Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz has shown remarkable naiveté and disturbing short-sightedness as he has stumbled from one strategic miscalculation to...
