What America Should Demand of Iran
In the last round of conflict, President Trump didn’t understand how the ayatollah sees war.
February 23, 2026
Neither the IDF Nor the Knesset Alone Can Get Haredim into the Military
Lessons learned from serving alongside a platoon of “Hasmoneans.”
Last week, the Tikvah podcast featured a conversation with Yehoshua Pfeffer, a haredi writer and rabbinic judge who, despite being able to avoid conscription by reason of age and profession, recently allowed himself to be drafted into the IDF to set a new precedent for his community. Rabbi Pfeffer explained the roots of haredi anger at the government’s current efforts to impose military service on young haredi men. Yafit Assyehen looks at the same problems from a different perspective: that of a combat reserve officer who served alongside a haredi platoon:
February 23, 2026
Unless Gaza Is Deradicalized, There Will Be No Peace
Turkey and Qatar now stand in the way.
Neither the IDF Nor the Knesset Alone Can Get Haredim into the Military
Lessons learned from serving alongside a platoon of “Hasmoneans.”
In the Hebrew Bible, People Reconcile, but Do Not Forgive
To forgive is (only) divine.
More Than 80 Years Later, Roddie Edmonds Gets His Due for Saving His Jewish Comrades in Arms
“We are all Jews.”