To Save Lebanon, It’s Necessary to Undermine Hizballah
With Hizballah’s guns trained on the Lebanese people, efforts to promote democracy and reform will hit a wall.
August 30, 2021
Israel’s Ambassador to Britain Talks about Judaism, Israeli Society, and Diplomacy
Sometimes politics do end at the water’s edge.
After the U.S., the Jewish state’s closest collaborator in matters of security and intelligence-sharing is the United Kingdom—which is also its third-largest trading partner. Thus the position of ambassador to the court of Saint James is an important one. It has since August of last year been held by Tzipi Hotovely, the child of immigrants from Soviet Georgia and a devout Jew, who previously served for eleven years as a Knesset member for the Likud party. In a wide-ranging conversation with Eli Spitzer, Hotovely discusses Anglo-Jewish relations, the future of the ḥaredi community in Israel, the British media, a virtual audience with Queen Elizabeth, and the ways Israeli politics really do end at the water’s edge. (Audio, 45 minutes.)
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Poland’s New Restitution Law Isn’t about Property, but Rewriting History
Transforming the Shoah from a Jewish trauma to a Polish one.
Israel’s Ambassador to Britain Talks about Judaism, Israeli Society, and Diplomacy
Sometimes politics do end at the water’s edge.
Political Sermons Squander a Precious Opportunity to Engage with Judaism
Rabbis are sending the message that religion is simply a lens for politics.
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A photogenic rabbi of many talents.