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Choice Voices for the Week of
Thursday, August 6, 2026
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Nitsan Plitman
Israel’s secular ethos is unraveling – with surprising results
Once Torah study is enshrined in the country’s basic laws, it must belong equally to all citizens
From the Blogs
The hidden costs of all that reserve duty
By
Sarit Silverman
New research shows that reservists pay the greatest price for their additional service not in today’s lost income, but in tomorrow’s lost opportunities
Amichai Cohen
The IDF must remain above politics
By openly linking a senior commander’s fate to a political dispute, Defense Minister Katz put the military’s legitimacy — and Israel’s security — at risk
Simon Fink
The market solution to the Haredi draft crisis
Instead of fighting a losing battle over conscription, the IDF should pay fair wages to professional soldiers and let incentives do what coercion has not
Promoted Content
Rebecca Lieberman Nissel
So Proud
A grandmother’s reflection on the quiet maturity, deep moral standard, and immense responsibility carried by our young soldiers.
Keep your $3.8 billion in US aid
By
Joseph P. Rhinewine
Critics invoke a single number to portray Israel as an American client state, but that distorts the strategic alliance that benefits both countries
Ethan Kushner
The Democratic party divide is regional, not ideological
From Michigan to Missouri, local politics explain US primary election results better than sweeping narratives about a leftward shift
Menachem Rosensaft
Thanks to Mamdani, I won’t protest Netanyahu’s UN visit
Liberal Zionists demonstrated during the prime minister’s previous NY trips to support Israel’s democracy movement. We can’t rally alongside antisemites
The crocodile: Israel’s latest candidate for public service
By
Yochanan Schimmelpfennig
Ben Gvir wants to deploy fearsome reptiles as prison guards, but their real habitat is the media cycle
Ronen Shnidman
Is Mount Herzl the right place for the Herzl family?
When Serbia approved reburial of the Zionist visionary’s grandparents in Israel, its eyes were on Trump’s White House, not on Jerusalem
Beyond boundaries: Rethinking Jewish sex education
By
Talli Rosenbaum
Religious young people need a primer on pleasure, intimacy, relational integrity, and how to ask their questions (or they’ll risk the internet for answers)
Daphne Lazar Price
The Spain that might have been
When the Inquisition expelled one of Spain’s most intellectual and creative communities, the country lost not only its Jews, but also their future endeavors
Janet Bond Brill
The Nazis took the piano. They couldn’t take the songs
How a family on Mila Street sang through the destruction of everything they owned, and why the music outlived the men who came for them
A famine in the house of bread
By
Mimi Gewirtz
Bethlehem’s Christians are going abroad to escape economic collapse, leaving behind weaker institutions and a more fragile West Bank. Israel can’t afford to lose them
Ekaterina Deilli
The words I didn’t have
Israel – and my conversion to Judaism – taught me a whole new vocabulary for connecting with people
Gila Zarbiv
The sirens only we can hear
This isn’t a plea to be nicer. It’s a reminder that Israelis exhausted by years of war need compassion as much as they need security
From the Blogs
The shadow of the Hebrew U. bombing, 24 years later
By
Molly Livingstone
The day Marla Bennett was murdered, I was waiting for her to return to our California summer camp and tell me all about her time in Israel. I am here because of her
Top Ops
Elie Klein
Cancer, chemo and a kinder worldview
After years of telling awe-inspiring stories of those living with and touched by disability, I finally understand what it means to be vulnerable
Steven M. Albert
The time my mother bought me an antisemitic book
Is it too much to ask editors, retailers, or even an AI program to flag books that are unabashedly, blatantly promoting Jew-hatred?
Marco Greenberg
The new ‘Birthright’ play moved me – and I didn’t even go on Birthright
It captures the life-changing experience of spending time in Israel and doesn’t shy from the hard questions participants ask (and argue about) years later
Gidon Bromberg
A cold peace with Jordan isn’t enough
The Iran war proved that cooperation with Jordan is key to Israel’s security. The next government should deepen ties through water, infrastructure and shared regional interests
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