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Choice Voices for the Week of
Thursday, April 9, 2026
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The emperor’s old-new clothes
By
Elana Kaminka
Not for the first time, Israelis are supposed to be resilient patriots and trust our leaders’ claims about reality after six weeks of war
Esther Braun
The Hormuz pawnshop: Why the ‘budget nuke’ is failing
By weaponizing the narrow waterway, the IRGC provoked the world to figure out work-arounds that will soon eliminate demand for this route
Jeremy Issacharoff
Netanyahu’s wars and squandered diplomatic gains
Expanding military campaigns and talk of ‘historic victory’ mask missed regional opportunities and an ongoing evasion of responsibility
From the blogs
Those trad Catholic bros who hate Israel
By
Yaroslav Mar
They don’t hate the Jewish state because of theology. They hate it because Israel embodies everything they thought they’d find in the Church
David Haldane
Another political pope
The Vatican’s antiwar message falters against a reality in which fanatics are bent on oppressing – or destroying – much of the world
Sherwin Pomerantz
AOC’s absurd red line: Not even defensive aid for Israel
What happens when ideology collides with the realities of missiles and shelters — and what if the question of survival applied to her own district?
The manosphere’s antisemitism problem is nothing new
By
Miriam Eve Mora
From ancient claims that Jewish men menstruated to modern conspiracy theories, attacks on Jewish masculinity offer an all-purpose answer to male grievances
Mois Navon
Reserve duty. Again
My son and his friends are being called up to ’miluim’ for the nth time and have asked why they should go. I explain why it’s a no-brainer
Douglas Feith
‘Was Iran an imminent threat?’: Wrong question, wrong standard
A president’s duty isn’t to wait for perfect certainty, but to decide when a risk has become too dangerous to bear
Did Israel get the death penalty right?
By
Simon Kupfer
A long-sought answer to terror arrives at last, but the new law raises uneasy questions about justice, equality, and what kind of state Israel wants to be
Sarah Raanan
To all my ‘friends’ who saw the news but didn’t check if I was alive
Getting in touch privately to see how I’m doing when ballistic missiles being are fired at my home should not be controversial
Baila Brackman
The most memorable Seder — and we weren’t even there
When we couldn’t be home to host 150 college students, the next generation, ages 21, 18 and 13, made it happen. That’s Jewish continuity
A trauma surgeon’s prescription for peace
By
Adam Lee Goldstein
If Israeli and Palestinian doctors can train together even as the missiles fall, our leaders can find a way to sit together and work it out
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