Tag: Israel
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The Famine That Wasn’t, the Blame That Was
This is an English Translation of an op-ed published on Ha’Aretz as היו פגמים בדו”ח על רעב בעזה, אבל (There were faults in the Gaza Famine report, but; Oct. 15, 2026). The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is an international framework for classifying the severity of food crises, established in the early 2000s. One…
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How Israel Defied the Second Demographic Transition—Thus Far
Israel’s extreme demographic exceptionalism can be summarized in the following figure: A much expanded version of this post was published on Tablet Magazine as The Israel Exception: Why Israelis continue to have babies and defy the collapse in fertility that has swept Western societies (Sep. 24, 2026). Each point in the chart represents one of…
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Dudu Geva: A Childhood Hero and a Prophet
Great art remains relevant for years. Real masterpieces can gain relevance over time. But these two pieces by my childhood comic books writer idol, Dudu Geva z”l, that I clipped from Kol-Ha’Ir (Jerusalem’s local newspaper) as a child some 24 years ago, are nothing short of divine inspiration and prophecy.
