The Blogs: Our Only Choice | Harold L. Katz
This week in Israel is very different beginning with last night’s Yom-Ha’zikaron-Day of Remembrance. It is a night…
The Blogs: 78 Going on 100: In the War of Information, We Are at a Loss for Words | Nathalie Cohen-Sheffer
Hasbara, from the Hebrew word “to explain.” So many of us are still racking our brains how to…
As Former Leaders of Israel’s Military, We Know the Country Has Been Hijacked
The politization of the ceremony is a symptom of a much deeper malady. This government is totally out…
The Blogs: Between Memory and Hope | Jeffrey Levine
As we approach Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut, we pause. We remember our fallen soldiers—those who paid with…
The Blogs: Celebrating Israel at 78 amid unprecedented challenges | Kenneth Jacobson
Israel celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut this week, its 78th Independence Day. Since it comes so close this year to…
The Blogs: This Memorial Day, let’s remember Israel’s 1948 foreign volunteers | Aron Heller
Unlike Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is focused squarely on our painful past, the country’s annual Memorial Day…
The Blogs: The Belonging I Only Recognized After Leaving | Harper Spero
I never thought that after leaving Israel, the holidays would be something I missed. For me, holidays were…
The Blogs: Our Next Independence | Ariel Beery
Leaving the Underdog Behind “This Yom Ha’atzmaut feels so much more hopeless than the last ones,” my wife…
The Blogs: Israel at 78 – Fact and Emotion | Ben Lazarus
Israel at 78 — I must start with a declaration. I make no apology for loving this country.…
The Blogs: It Depends on Us: Realizing Declaration of Independence Promises | Yehuda Yaakov
Many Israelis note Independence Day with activities that start with bereavement and culminate in a barbeque; that’s only…
The Blogs: The State That Refused to Fail | Harley Lippman
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the State of Israel. Within hours, five Arab…
The Blogs: Holding Contradictions on Yom Ha’atzmaut | Abi Dauber Sterne
The contradictions that I am holding right now about Israel and about Zionism are simultaneously dizzying and comforting.…