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States’ Rights

"There is a sense in which Israel is right now politically a state of all its citizens. The real difficulties are not political, they are cultural, and they arise in every nation state." (Interview by Alan Johnson)The Least of These

In 1872, a German architect became one of the only Westerners ever allowed to investigate underneath the Temple Mount. The wooden model he created remains a key source of information for archeologists.Incentivizing Organ Donation

Israel, until now ranked at the bottom of Western countries on organ donation, has started incorporating "nonmedical" criteria into the priority-based transplant list for organs. It's working. Crisis of Succession

Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the spiritual leader of Israel's Lithuanian Haredi community, has never chosen a successor. Now that he is critically ill, the Haredi world may soon be facing a power struggle.Russia’s Useful Idiots

Fans of the cable network RT may view it as an impartial alternative to Western news coverage, but in reality it is a mouthpiece for Vladimir Putin, and uncritical viewers are his dupes.A Delicate Balance

Israel's Arabs are regarded as victims by the Left and a fifth column by the Right. In fact they play the system like any other group, and the state must allow them to do so.From Slovakia to Flatbush

The busiest synagogue in Flatbush traces its roots to a bunker in rural Slovakia, where its founder, Yechezkel Shraga Landau, led a community in hiding during the war.Analyzing Iran’s Attacks

This week's attacks by Iran's proxies on Israeli diplomats in India, Georgia, and Thailand have been strategically located in countries with which Israel is building diplomatic and military ties.Teach Your Tongue to Say “I Don’t Know”

When a nation struggles with the threat of being vaporized in a nuclear conflict, to call its policies on the West Bank and Gaza "the great question of the age" is myopic at best.