Since October 7, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has given at least 27 interviews to the international media (mostly U.S. outlets), according to a media watchdog site in Israel. Only one interview in Hebrew was granted- to the government-affiliated Channel 14. Netanyahu continues

The precipitous dip in quality of new music, movies and books is because musicians, filmmakers and authors are, like us, always on their phones, and thus no longer forced to creatively contend with the silence and boredom which used to be an inescapable reality of everyday life

🚨Netanyahu's Office appears to be waging a disinformation campaign targeting the 🇮🇱 public by leaking fake/falsified #Hamas documents to foreign media outlets (the German BILD, the British The Jewish Chronicle). Scoop by Ronen Bergman ynet.co.il/news/article/b…

Ebensee is one of those concentration camps that, despite having some of the most harrowing Holocaust photos, is barely known among the general public. Along with Gusen and Woëbellin, it's one of the least known camps. 👉Thread & colorized photos:

The IDF and Israeli intelligence are highly suspicious of the publications recently made in The Jewish Chronicle and Bild about Hamas’s intentions. One on a Hamas document supposedly showing their plan not to reach a deal. The other about a supposed Sinwar plan to escape to Iran.

Source: ynet.co.il/news/article/b…

This is good news - Dan aka Daniel B Schwartz is a terrific historian, public intellectual and educator, and a great person too. A reminder amid the awfulness of past months of the terrific scholars and educators hard at work.

That's one of the key conclusions from Matti Friedman terrific essay. Jews and Israel are canaries in the mineshaft of journalism too.

On this Sept 11, please take a moment to read this

NEW: Pro-Palestinian groups in SF claim they successfully lobbied the school district to "cancel" an antisemitism training today because the group leading the training, AJC, is pro-Israel. Story in J. The Jewish News of Northern California ⬇️ jweekly.com/2024/09/11/ant…

Tel Aviv protest tonight. Or the part that fit into one frame.

מהר אבל בטוח, ישראל הופכת לרוסיה כחול-לבן. זה תמיד מתחיל במעצרים קטנים, ״מעצבנים״, על ״שטויות״. ואם הרוב הדומם לא יפסיק למלמל בבית ויתחיל להשמיע את קולו - בעוד זמן לא רב, לא יהיה לו קול, ולנו לא תהיה דמוקרטיה. יואב לימור Yoav Limor החדשות - N12

"In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity." Abraham Lincoln Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862

The sad truth is that months ago the Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו govt made a decision to create a buffer zone inside Israel due to Hezbollah rocket/drone attacks. This was essentially the relinquishing of sovereign Israeli territory to an enemy and sent the wrong message to Hezbollah which has

How has the Israeli economy weathered 11 months of war? Karnit Flug, former head of the Bank of Israel, joins me on Decision Points to discuss Israel’s wartime economy, the effects of policy missteps, and the economic trends emerging from the war. Listen here:

I vividly remember R. Dovid Silber sharing that one theme of Tanakh is the way that we imitate the attributes of our enemies.

Amid the relentless noise Samer Sinijlawiسامر السنجلاوي picks up on and shares the crucial signal. What he writes here is key to the future.

מאתיים בחורים מחסידות ענקית וניתן לתאר לעצמנו מי מהם יישלח לצבא. עם כל ההסתייגויות הראויות, חייבים לשאול בכל זאת: חוזרים לימי הקנטונוסטים?

Delighted to share that Rabbi Moshe Maimon's magnificent edition of Rabbi Avraham b. HaRambam's commentary on Bereshit and Shemot is now available in the Mikraot Gedolot. Links to get started: mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/R._Avraha… mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/R._Avraha…

This excellent essay by Noémie Issan-Benchimol & Gabriel Abensour K. Les Juifs, l'Europe, le XXIe siècle is one of the best analyses I've seen of current debates on Israel, esp deep affinities bet radical Religious Zionism and radical American Jewish Left. k-larevue.com/en/mapping-dia…