Course
Zionism and Anti-Zionism: The History of Two Opposing Ideas
A comprehensive look at the history of Zionism—political, social, and religious—and the schools of anti-Zionism that have opposed it.
By Dr. Einat Wilf and Zoé Tara Zeigherman
The Best of Tikvah Ideas: Israel & Zionism
The ideas that built the Jewish state, the history that made it, and the questions that shape it today.
The Zionist Idea
Essay
What Ahad Ha’am Saw and Herzl Missed—and Vice Versa
The unresolved rivalry between Zionism's great thinker and strategist still shapes competing Jewish outlooks today.
By Hillel Halkin
Essay
The Jabotinsky Paradox
How could a man who once scorned religion become the forefather of the coalition that secured its place in Israeli life?
By Avi Shilon
Course
The Meaning of Jewish Nationalism
Yoram Hazony Teaches The Meaning of Jewish Nationalism
By Dr. Yoram Hazony
Essay
The Mystery of Theodor Herzl
How a secular Viennese writer changed Jewish history forever.
By Rick RichmanIsrael at War
Observations
Every Soldier an Odysseus
As Israelis fight and return home, Homer's Odyssey helps them grasp their experiences.
By Ido Hevroni
Essay
Ecstasy and Amnesia in the Gaza Strip
Three catastrophes have shaped the Palestinian predicament. What pattern do they share?
By Shany Mor
Observations
A Special Dictionary for Israel
When describing Israel’s actions, the world redefines old terms—and invents new ones.
By Shany MorIsrael at War
Response
The Strategic Failures of October 7, One Year Later: A Symposium
A diverse group of writers engage in a vigorous debate over what went wrong on October 7.
By The Editors
Response
Why the Two-State Solution Is Dead—and What Comes Next
Elliott Abrams and Jonathan Silver discuss why the two-state solution is likely dead.
By Elliott Abrams and Jonathan Silver
Essay
The Israeli Reservists Who Just Won’t Quit
Fighting Israel’s longest war, the IDF’s citizen soldiers are revitalizing the Zionist ideal.
Israel at War
Observations
“Gaza = Auschwitz”
Holocaust inversion—has come to the American university campus.
By Martin Kramer
Response
What We Have Forgotten About War
Militaries must revive the ancient belief that killing more aggressors is preferable to losing their own.
By Victor Davis Hanson
Observations
Israel’s Attack on Iran Is Reshaping the Middle East
Operation Rising Lion.
The Road to Statehood
Lesson 1·Declaring Israel’s Independence
We Hereby Declare
Israel's Declaration of Independence is the most important Jewish document written in two thousand years.
Essay
The Forgotten Truth about the Balfour Declaration
For 100 years, the British statement that legitimized Zionism has been seen as one nation's act. The truth is different.
By Martin Kramer
Essay
Who Saved Israel in 1947?
The usual answer is Truman—but it could just as easily be Stalin. Thanks to Zionist diplomacy, it was both.
By Martin Kramer
Observations
Benzion Netanyahu, the Altalena, and Me
Looking back at the founding moments of the state of Israel with the father of the current prime minister.
Israeli Society Today
Essay
Israel’s Russian Wave, Thirty Years Later
Three decades ago, a million immigrants from the former Soviet Union arrived in Israel. What's their story?
By Matti Friedman
Essay
The Migration Debate Israel Is Not Having
Two competing stories dominate the discourse on Jewish emigration and aliyah. Neither one is about the trends that actually matter.
Essay
Israel’s Judicial Reckoning
Israel’s court is unusually powerful and has eroded faith in government for half the nation. Reform can help—if it doesn't alienate the other half.
By Evelyn Gordon
Episode 355·The Tikvah Podcast
Yehoshua Pfeffer on Haredi Service in the Israeli Military
Haredi enlistment in the IDF gains urgency post-October 7, as Rabbi Pfeffer argues for Jewish duty in national defense amidst rising tensions.
Hebrew Letters and Israeli Culture
Course
The Jewish Genius of S.Y. Agnon
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks Teaches The Jewish Genius of S.Y. Agnon
By Rabbi Jeffrey Saks
Essay
The Sage and Scribe of Modern Israel
Novelist and rabbi Haim Sabato infuses fiction with tradition as well as any Yiddish great. The difference? His work is free of modern angst.
By Ruth R. Wisse
Episode 187·The Tikvah Podcast
Podcast: Ruth Wisse & Hillel Halkin on the Authors Who Created Modern Hebrew Literature
Hillel Halkin and Ruth Wisse explore Hebrew literature's role in shaping modern Jewish identity, tradition, and cultural preservation.
Observations
Rama Burshtein and Meir Soloveichik Talk “Fill the Void”
The Israeli director and the American rabbi team up to discuss her groundbreaking film about marriage and Jewish life.
Israel and America
Essay
Two Providential Nations
A new book explains why Israel has such a prominent place in the American mind.
Lesson 4·Israel on the Precipice: The Yom Kippur War at 50
Nixon and Israel
Dr. Doran analyzes Nixon and Kissinger's Israel policy, and what effect it had on the war's ultimate conclusion.
Essay
‘I am Cyrus’
Will Americans continue to listen to the Bible, as Harry Truman did?
Essay
Israel Through Hollywood’s Lens
Hollywood is full of Jews. So why is it so insistent on universalizing the story of the Jewish state?
Episode 421·The Tikvah Podcast
Michael Doran on Israel and the American Right
Republicans remain staunchly pro-Israel, despite their social-media eccentrics