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The Deadly Lie Behind ‘Free Palestine’
May 23, 2025 A deadly attack in Washington reveals a harsh reality: the “Free Palestine” movement isn’t just about human rights. It’s...
'Israel must view Trump's moves through a U.S. lens'
05.15.25 Dan Feferman, a Middle East affairs expert: 'We need to remember that the U.S. is the global superpower, and that all of these...
Israel-Diaspora Relations: A New Status Quo?
June 3, 2019 Birthright walkouts. The Nation-State Law. Broken promises over the Western Wall. These are just a few of the many tension...
The American Jewish middle: Declining or transforming?
June 25, 2021 We might be asking the wrong questions and thus reaching the wrong conclusions about the future of American Judaism. To...
Gaza and Abu Dhabi: Comparing a society of 'destroyers' to Emirati 'builders' - opinion
3/6/2025 Gaza and Abu Dhabi could not be further apart, Hamas and the leadership of the UAE could not be more polar opposites. To read...
Reconstruction of Gaza should be used to start the next phase of the Abraham Accords - opinion
3/22/2025 By tying the expansion of the Abraham Accords to Gaza’s reconstruction, a window of opportunity has opened, and it is...
Money talks: Trade keeps Israel-UAE relations afloat despite Oct. 7 and Gaza war
21 February 2025 Commerce between the two Abraham Accords signatories has grown 11% year over year, but maintaining ties has been a...
Can Palestinians go from destroyers to builders?
03.12.25 Dan Feferman developed the concept of 'builders and destroyers' to help explain when Israel and moderate players in the region...
Grapevine January 29, 2025: Eichmann trial on stage
1/29/2025 Movers and shakers in Israeli society. To read the article, click here.
Why Saudi-Israeli relations will likely still happen — despite the presidential election’s outcome
11/2/2024 Are Israel and Saudi Arabia edging closer to normalization — despite the regional conflict and regardless of the US...
Building Ties at Times of War: Bolstering the Abraham Accords through People-to-People Engagement
9/19/2024 Sharaka organized a group of 23 Moroccans to visit Israel for the first time. This group bravely chose to engage but faced...
Moroccan delegation led by Sharaka tours Israel, defies prejudice
7/11/2024 ‘Some participants already face negative backlash from Islamists, but thankfully the King and government stand behind these...
Advocating for Middle East peace by educating on the Holocaust - opinion
5/18/2024 Today, I am traveling comfortably on a train, not to my death surrounded by other desperate Jews, but working toward peace and...
Delegation from the Arab world visits Israel in tolerance trip
4/17/2024 As part of the program, participants will also visit Poland where they will tour the Auschwitz concentration camp and...
Israel-Arab group members work to ‘humanize each other’ as it bridges differences in wake of Gaza war
March 28, 2024 As the Israel-Hamas war threatens to throw the entire Middle East into chaos, one group of Israelis and Arabs is seeking...
Bahraini peace activist's experiences shatter Israel apartheid narratives
1/20/2024 "They said they feel safe, have full rights, and its the country they call home." To read the article, click here.
Living in Terror: Indiana native describes life during Israel attacks
October 12th 2023 This level of brutality is something that we've never seen before," Dan Feferman said. To read the article, click here.
Unity, opportunity and change found after tragedy - opinion
04/20/2023 Like most who visit Auschwitz, Arab visitors carry with them complex emotions. To read the article, click here.
The 2022 Annual Assessment
11/09/2022 The Situation and Dynamics of the Jewish People To read the article, click here.
A Jew and an Arab walk into Auschwitz
We brought an Arab delegation to Poland to teach them about the Holocaust, yes, but also to recognize each other's suffering, in the hope of reconciliation
Tu Bishvat planting ceremonies held in UAE, Bahrain
1/21/2022 "We must work to plant the seeds now so our future generations will enjoy the fruits of peace. That is what the holiday and the...
2021 Annual Assessment
29/08/2021 The Situation and Dynamics of the Jewish People To read the summary, see here.
Israel targets home of Hamas military leader, intelligence site in Gaza Strip
May 14, 2021 Israel bombed the home of a Hamas military leader and destroyed a cyber intelligence site on Friday as part of its campaign...
Despite the Gloomy Headlines, American Jewry has Grown in Size
American Jewry has grown in size, is largely connected to Israel, and the young generation can be engaged; is more diverse and divided...
למרות הכותרות הקודרות, יהדות אמריקה הולכת וגדלה
למרות הכותרות הקודרות העולות ממחקר "פיו" על יהדות ארצות הברית, שפורסם לא מכבר, או מדו"חות המתפרסמים חדשות לבקרים אודות אנטישמיות, תנועת...
The American Jewish middle: Declining or transforming?
In my most recent article, published in E-Jewish Philanthropy, I suggest that the three markers traditionally used by scholars and Jewish...
החידושים היחידים בזרמי היהדות באמריקה הם בקרב צעירים
My analysis of the recent 2020 Pew Study of American Jews, with a focus on denominational identity, in Hebrew. מה אומר מחקר פיו החדש...
Pew survey shows shift in affiliations of young American Jews
The PEW Research Center published a new survey of American Jews, with research conducted throughout 2020. The last major survey by PEW...
The Capitol Insurrection and the Biden Administration: Implications for Israel and the Jewish People
For the Hebrew-readers out there. Here is a paper I prepared based on a JPPI meeting that focused on the events in the Capitol building...
Writing the Next Chapter of the Abraham Accords
As a part of a special Abraham Accords series in the Khaleej Times, I was honored to contribute this op-ed, written together with my...
The Iran Assasination Doesn't Bring us Closer to War
In this op-ed/analysis piece published in The Algemeiner, I claim that the supposed Israeli assasination of Iranian nuclear chief and...
A Big Deal in the Middle East
The announcement regarding the normalization of ties between the United Arab Emirates and Israel was a dramatic and welcome surprise,...
Gantz's Choice
In this feature piece on RealClearWorld, I describe Benny Gantz's tough choice in joining Netanyahu in a unity government. Remaining in...
Israel's Elections: What has Changed?
In this feature piece on RealClearWorld, and shared on RealClearPolitics, the day before Israel's September elections, I lay out why...
From the Margins to the Mainstream: Millennial Jews and the Reorientation of the Jewish Middle
The onset of COVID-19 and the ensuing economic crisis in early 2020 threw the world into a spin. Virtually overnight, travel shut down...
Israel-Diaspora Relations: A New Status Quo?
June 3, 2019 Birthright walkouts. The Nation-State Law. Broken promises over the Western Wall. These are just a few of the many tension...
Why this Israeli Election is Different
In this comprehensive analysis of Israel's elections, published the day before in Real Clear World, I lay out how elections in Israel...
Is the Chief Rabbinate becoming Obsolete?
I note that the Chief Rabbinate, an institution that once had relevance, has become obsolete. That is, since it was established for a...
What is Hamas's End-Game? Escalation Control
In this article, published in the Jerusalem Post Weekend Edition, and which was re-shared on Real Clear World, I wonder why Hamas would...
The Gazan Kite Offensive and the Arc of Human History
I write that Hamas' recent use of flaming kites, as was portrayed on Israel's Eretz Nehederet, "It's a Wonderful Land" political satire...
Rock-Paper-Scissors: The Israeli Political Edition
In this analysis / op-ed piece for The Tower, I claim that Benjamin Netanyahu’s, and by extension – Israel’s future, could go in any one...
Israel’s African migrant challenge: A new role for world Jewry
In this op-ed, Dov Maimon and I summarize the JPPI policy paper offering a solution to Israel's African migrant challenge, that balances...
An Integrated Jewish World Response to Israel’s Migrant Challenge
In this JPPI policy proposal, Dov Maimon and I examine Israel's challenge of what to do with 38,000 illegal African migrants - a dilemma...
Blinded by Their Dislike of Trump, the Reform Movement Miscalculated Badly on Jerusalem
In initially rejecting Trump's recognition of Jerusalem, a move celebrated by a consensus of Israelis from right to left, the American...
Putting the Kotel Decision in Context - Implications and Steps Forward
The Israeli government decision from June 25, 2017, to freeze the Western Wall (Kotel) agreement, and advance a conversion bill, was...
Putting the Kotel Decision in Context
The recent Israeli government decision from June 25, 2017, to freeze the Western Wall (Kotel) agreement, and advance a conversion bill,...
Criticism of Israel is not Anti-Semitic – but it quickly leads there
A controversial anti-Israel conference held in Ireland raised once again an old debate over when criticism of Israel is legitimate, and...
Why anti-BDS legislation is important... but ultimately limited
Pennsylvania just became the 16th state to pass pro-Israel and anti-BDS legislation in the past year and a half. I write in the Jerusalem...
State-Level Anti-BDS Legislative Initiatives
In a feature policy paper in the Jewish People Policy Institute's (JPPI) Annual Assessment for 2016, I examine the recent trend of...
New Aid Package Reflects Changing Regional Roles of U.S., Israel
The US and Israel recently signed an historic deal that secures the next decade of US military aid to Israel - $38 billion over the next...
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