The Failure of Oslo, 30 Years On
A strategic blunder that brought repression to Palestinians and violence to Israelis.
August 23, 2023
Jewish Flight from Russia and Ukraine Provides a New Challenge, and a New Opportunity, for Israel
“Israel always wants aliyah, but I don’t remember the case where Israel was prepared for a wave of aliyah.”
In the 1990s, over 1 million citizens of the former Soviet Union made their way to the Jewish state, changing it and strengthening it dramatically. The current war between Russia and Ukraine, and the increasing repressiveness of Vladimir Putin’s regime, have prompted another wave of immigration. Armin Rosen describes Jerusalem’s efforts to respond to what he calls “Putin’s aliyah.”
August 23, 2023
The Seductive Dangers of an Israel-U.S. Defensive Treaty
Regardless of its particulars, such a pact would tie Jerusalem’s hands.
Jewish Flight from Russia and Ukraine Provides a New Challenge, and a New Opportunity, for Israel
“Israel always wants aliyah, but I don’t remember the case where Israel was prepared for a wave of aliyah.”
The Golden Age of Medieval Jewish Poetry
And its great soldier, stateman, poet, and rabbi.
The Jews of Sub-Saharan Africa Are Blazing New Trails with High-Tech Farming
Poultry meets big data.