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Yair Lapid rode a wave of dissatisfaction with Israel’s economic state to a second-place finish in Tuesday’s elections. But can he make common cause with a prime minister focused mainly on security? JTA’s Uriel Heilman reports. |
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The Islamic Republic bobs and weaves as the Western powers try to nail down the specifics for another round of talks while the sanctions noose grows ever tighter. Tony Karon writes that Iran’s leaders feel free to delay because they don’t believe a military strike on its nuclear facilities to be likely. |
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Yossi Klein Halevi writes that it is Yair Lapid’s unencumbered Israeliness — his ability to mingle with all sectors of the Israeli public and his non-ideological capacity to define the political center — that earned his vote. |
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Abe Karem, an Israeli Air Force veteran and graduate of Israel’s Technion, built the prototype that eventually became the Predator drone in his Los Angeles garage. |
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Evan Fallenberg, who translated Yair Lapid’s memoir about his father into English, reflects on Israel’s newest political kingmaker. |
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Taking his cue from Abraham’s open-tent policy, an Orthodox shul in Denver opened its doors for an LGBT training institute. Senior Rabbi Ben Greenberg tells why they chose to do so. |
