How Would Israel Survive a Pandemic That Wipes Out Most of Humanity?
Science fiction has a surprising answer
Zionism
'In India, People Appreciate Their Relationships More Than Their Careers'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An American expat who considered becoming a Jew before embracing Jesus, a Canadian who helped bring ice hockey to Israel
Opinion If You Care for Israel, Don’t Waste Time on Zionist Dinosaurs
Voting in the elections for a useless, anachronistic organization such as the World Zionist Congress isn't worth your time
Anti-occupation, Pro-religious Pluralism Activists Aim Big in World Zionist Congress Vote
U.S. Jewish progressives hope to help decide how $1 billion in annual funding at World Zionist Organization is allocated – including curbing money for West Bank settlements
Not Just Settlers: The Identity Crisis Threatening Israel's Religious Zionists
The movement has a large number of identities that could not have previously existed within Orthodoxy’s boundaries
How an Ethos of 'Muscular Judaism' Went Wrong
The advent of the so-called Jewish Olympics was a continuation of the Zionist vision of a physically and spiritually strong nation. Sadly, the Tel Aviv team embodies the negative aspects of that concept
Why Modern anti-Zionists Love the Bund
The Bundist movement is making a comeback among radical Jewish millennials, including those in favor of BDS. But are the Neo-Bundists upholding its true tradition?
Lion? David Ben-Gurion Was Actually a Mouse in His Early Years
According to a new Hebrew-language biography, David Ben-Gurion failed at everything through World War I, at least. Later, he'd be a master of tough decisions
Opinion Why the Most Fiercely anti-Zionist Rabbi in the World Just Visited Israel
The tens of thousands who thronged to welcome the head of the Satmar Hasidic court weren't really celebrating his 'triumph' over the Jewish state at all
Secrets and Lies: Scenes From the 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine
A deep dive into the UN archive reveals a lively trade in ideas and plans that were thrown into the ring but ultimately left on the cutting room floor of history
Ex-spy Who Set Up Zionist Underground in Iraq Dies at 95
Shmuel Moriya regretted founding the undercover ‘mistarvim’ unit, whose members posed as Arabs and infiltrated Israeli Arab communities
Analysis In Israel, a New Consensus on What Being Jewish Really Means
When the issue of religion and state becomes central to campaigns, voters move from the right-traditional religious bloc to the central-civic bloc — as long as its parties clearly brand themselves as Jewish
Opinion My Day With the West Bank Settlers Who Are Destroying Zionism
I found good and caring people. The only problem was that they are living in denial, in a fervent but alternative reality where the occupation is not only sustainable but irreversible
Opinion Israel's Latest Fearsome National Security Threat: Yiddish
There was once a war between Yiddish and Hebrew. For a motley band of pro-Israel Yiddish-haters, that battle is still raging - and a production of Fiddler on the Roof, in Yiddish, has triggered them
An anti-Zionist Movement That Promoted Judaism as a Secular Culture Shuts Its Doors
They believed in a just society and wanted to teach Palestinians Yiddish. The Bund’s center in Israel closes, marking the end of a movement that offered a radical alternative to mainstream Zionism
The Religious Activists Waging a ‘Holy War’ Against Israel’s Arms Exports
The country’s sale of weaponry to murderous regimes goes against all Jewish religious teachings, charge members of No 2 Arms — and they are fighting back
How the 1929 Arab Massacres of Jews Shaped a Generation of Israeli Leaders
More than 130 Jews were killed in Jerusalem, Hebron and elsewhere. Children would write about their experiences, and Haaretz noted that ‘we know that the whole of the Arab nation in this land wasn’t responsible’
'I Want to Show My Friends and Family in Rome That There’s a Different Israel'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: This Italian student feels like she belongs in Israel – but isn't sure making aliyah is the right thing to do
Ignored by Liberal Elites, Exploited by Extreme Right: The Left-wing Case for Nationalism
In an age of populism and virulent nationalism, Prof. Yael (Yuli) Tamir’s new book 'Why Nationalism' deftly explores issues that the liberal elites have ignored and the extreme right has exploited for its own ends
When Arabs Were Invited to Live the Zionist Dream
In Israel’s first decades hundreds of young Arabs left their villages to work on kibbutzim, where they learned Hebrew, raised the Israeli flag and even took Hebrew names. The Arab pioneers movement was born of romantic hope that was soon tragically dashed