State of the Nation
Flipping the Board: A Tale of Knights, Queens, and a New Balance of Power
By Claire Ambinder Kanner It was 8:15 AM on February 28 when the first bomb detonated in Tehran. Within minutes, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead. It seemed like another Middle Eastern war was starting, but that interpretation misses the real story. What happened that morning was not simply a…
Are the Haredim Wrong? Rethinking the Haredi Draft Debate
By Avigail Kundin The ongoing debate over whether Haredi men must serve in the IDF is often framed as a conflict of fairness, economics, or national security. However, after examining the religious and social nuances of this crisis, I believe the fundamental error lies not with the Haredi…
The American Jew: A Halakhic Framework for Dual Loyalty
By Rachael Kopylov For much of history, Jewish communities have lived within host nations, either protected or ruled over by foreign powers. Because of this, diaspora communities have needed to balance maintenance of their separate religious identity with loyal participation in their host societies. This careful equilibrium of…
