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A troubling new coalition in Israel
How will Netanyahu and his new allies govern? And what will become of the Israeli left?
When Israeli settlers meet West Bank Palestinians
“How had I not heard these stories and met these people, living 30 years right next to them?” asks Hanan Schlesinger. “How could it be?”
interview by Philip C. Maurer
Mary, Joseph, and a tea vendor named Sami
In Luke’s Advent story, Bethlehem’s economy is central—and it looks a lot like Bethlehem’s economy today.
Archaeologists find structure corroborating Hanukkah stories
Understanding Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett
Fiercely Zionist yet pragmatic. Bold but not charismatic. The independent leader of a disparate coalition.
A Palestinian evangelical’s supersessionism
Munther Isaac’s critique of the Israeli government is perfectly fair. But why does he also need to critique Judaism?
A psychological thriller about four Israeli women and their biblical role models
Sarah Blau’s protagonists are childless by choice. Herein lies the danger.
What will Israeli politics look like after Netanyahu?
The promises and dangers of Israel’s new coalition government
Take & Read: Old Testament
Four new books about biblical texts and their reception
selected by Amy Erickson
Can classical music come out of Nazareth?
Nabeel Ashkar has worked for years to bring Western art music to Arab young people in Galilee.
Why did Benny Gantz form a coalition government with Benjamin Netanyahu?
And will he regret it?
What steps toward peace could Israelis and Palestinians take now?
A noncomprehensive list of realistic, practical actions
by Cary Nelson
The story of Israeli prime minister Yitzak Rabin’s assassin
Incitement shows the roots of political fractures that remain.
The many varieties of anti-Semitism
Deborah Lipstadt shows how anti-Semitic sentiment can spring up where we least expect it.
by David Heim
An Israeli writer’s final word to his fellow citizens
Amos Oz feared that fanaticism was rising in Israel as well as in the West.
by Emily Soloff
Zionism’s competing visions of Israel
by David Heim
How new is the new Christian Zionism?
There have been many Zionisms over the years. Only one has imagined an eventual end of Judaism.
Dreaming in Israel
In Aharon Appelfeld's novel, a teenage Holocaust survivor sleeps, remembers, and learns to speak anew.