Ofir Haivry, an Israeli historian and political theorist, is vice-president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and the author of John Selden and the Western Political Tradition (Cambridge). He served as chairman of the Public Advisory Committee for Examining Israel’s Approach regarding Worldwide Communities with Affinity to the Jewish People, appointed by Israel’s ministry of Diaspora affairs.
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“The Looming War over Israel’s Law of Return,” investigates both a major debate facing the Jewish state in the coming years and the sociopolitical factors driving it. Yet for all the importance of t...
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Mansour Abbas has revolutionized his community’s politics.
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John Selden.
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In my Mosaic essay, “ The Restoration of the Jewish People .” I addressed the welcome challenge posed by an amazing contemporary phenomenon. I described that phenomenon as follows: Millions of indiv...
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Unprecedented numbers of individuals with some historical connection to the Jewish people are seeking closer contact with it, and many are aspiring to join it.
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Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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I thank my respondents Sarah Rindner, Haviv Rettig Gur, and Alon Tal for their comments on “ Israel’s Demographic Miracle .” All three essentially agree with my presentation of the facts concerning th...
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Birthrates are falling across the world, especially in developed nations—except in one. How did mainstream, middle-class Israelis start having children again, and what does it mean?
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The dangers of rhetorical hysteria.
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John Fortescue’s Mosaic constitution and John Selden’s Noahide Laws.
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I greatly appreciate the three responses to my essay, “ The Great Arab Implosion and Its Consequences .” Although David Pryce-Jones , Martin Kramer , and Amos Yadlin come from different directions...
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John Selden, Brexit, and the need for national laws.
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Who or what will replace a century of failed Sunni Arab dominance? What, if anything, can the West do to help shape the future?
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To serve as a forward defensive line for Jordan, Israel, and the West.
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I am grateful to Michael Doran, Efraim Inbar, Martin Kramer, and Robert Satloff for their extensive comments on my essay . Although we disagree, sometimes fundamentally, about many aspects of the is...
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The Middle East is imploding. America is pulling back. Time for a new regional strategy.
