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Shmuel Rosner

A man walks past a television channel advertisement featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his main rival, opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot, ahead of Israel’s general election, in Ramat Gan, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
September 30, 2026, 5:03 am
‘It’s bad’: In a polarized Israel, the likeliest election result is more uncertainty
This may be Israel’s most consequential election ever. But neither side has a clear path to victory and they’re both plagued by infighting. On Oct. 27, don’t expect a reckoning
By Ben Sales
The logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, on October 12, 2017. (AFP/Jacques Demarthon/File)
October 18, 2017, 1:44 pm
Israel’s planned withdrawal from UNESCO unlikely to improve anything
Since the problem is with individual member states and not the institution itself, Jerusalem would only hurt its own interests by leaving, critics say
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative image of an ultra-Orthodox Israeli contractor greeting a Palestinian construction worker as he and others wait on the Palestinian side of the checkpoint at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 20, 2017, 6:32 pm
Reform and Conservative Judaism left out of new Israeli pluralism index
Survey of 1,300 Jewish and Arab Israelis is a window into seeds of coexistence, and lingering prejudice
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An IDF soldier prays atop an armored IDF bulldozer near the Gaza border in southern Israel on the first day of Operation Protective Edge, July 8, 2014. (photo credit: David Buimovitch/Flash90)
July 23, 2015, 3:55 pm
World Jewry ever more uneasy with Israel, major study finds
Most Diaspora Jews don’t believe current government is sincere in quest for peace; feel entitled to a say in country’s security policy, new JPPI research highlights
By Raphael Ahren
Members of Women of the Wall perform their monthly Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall, on December 4, 2013. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
May 23, 2014, 5:33 am
Poll: US Jews want Israel to be democratic, pluralistic
Survey finds support for an Israel that is not monopolized by Orthodox, seeks an accommodation with Palestinians
By JTA
Illustrative. Young American Jews participating in a Birthright event in Jerusalem. (Dudi Vaknin/ Flash90)
June 24, 2013, 5:34 pm
Teetering on the edge of the Jewish ‘leadership cliff’
Some worry about impending doom if new leaders not found to steer the tribe, while others debate the merits of top-heavy funding of Jewish twentysomethings
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Peter Beinart (photo credit: CC BY-ND Center for American Progress Action Fund, Flickr)
June 18, 2012, 2:39 pm
Hawkish forum opposes left-winger speaking at presidential conference
Organizers say panel on world Jewry must represent everyone
By Aaron Kalman
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